Johnstown High School - Spectator Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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obtained in this manner IS not to be considered as the one and only measure of success The real index IS some worthy service to your fellow citizens and to your country It will not be necessary for you to look long and far in order to find where you can serve At this very hour your country IS calling for you to enter who have a wllllngness and a desire to help democracy remain the only government for a free people In measuring success a worthv work well done is after all the essence of success A student who strives toward tha ideal will be striving toward true success The motto that many of you have heard stated on different occasions He proflts most MR WALTER C DAVIS who serves best 1S still true in all the walks of life In Splle of what you may hear to the contrary the world still continues to give 1ts greatest rewards to those who serve it best Rewards may come then in many ways m fact wealth IS only one from among many spect may be listed among these rewards However service IS the key that unlocks the treasure house of all these things As your principal I need not urge you to put forth your best efforts to assure true suc cess for I know you will need no urging from me to do that However I shall look for and expect great things from you You have just heard Mr Walter C Davis prmczpal of lohnstown Hzgh School address the class of 1942 any of the avenues which are open to those Happiness, contentment, distinction, public re- . K . . 9

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Wrthout turther ado we now brrng to you our loyal trzend and prxnczpal Mr Walter C Davzs who has so ably gurded us through our jumor and senror years at Central I-'rgh School Mr Davrs wrll now address the class ot l942 To the Class of 1942 Your class w1ll be graduated mto a World at War For several months along Wllh you school Work you have been rn a number of Ways makmg your contr1but1on toward the wrnnmg of the greatest War IH whrch Amenca has been engaged Although your efforts rn behalf of your country have been needed the past they W1ll be requ1red to a much greater extent 1n the future As soon as you are graduated from hrgh school you w1ll be called upon to serve 1n an lncreased capaclty In the rendermg of lh1S serv1ce you w1ll beg1n to reahze at once the place and the value of your educat1on for acceptance of respons1b1l1t1es your knowledge ,gn ,Ex 8 and experlence w1ll prove of value Unques txonably as good C1t1zens you w1ll want to glve the best you have You w1ll reallze that all your Work has been for the purpose of develop mg m you those qual1t1es and Gbll1l1eS that W1ll enable you to perform your dUl16S of c1t1zensh1p to the best of your ab1l1ty Whatever you do Whether 1n the rm medlate serv1ce of your country 1n schools of h1gher learnlng or rn mdustry you w1ll Wan' to be successful The rmportant th1ng to keep 1n rmnd 1S the fact that success IS not measured 1n terms of wealth alone How the wealth was acqulred and not merely 1lS possessxon IS a matter of prrmary rmportance Wealth that has been accumulated as the result of useful serv1ce to the World may be looked upon as one mdex of success however f1nanc1al gam Mr Davls steps before the Mlke . Y' - in , ' ' - , . in the performance of your duties and in the ' fV'- V .Ag:..Q, A V Q- 'Q - ? 3 r 4 ' f

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