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THE MAGNET Vol. XI. LEOMINSTER, MASS., JUNE, 1018. No. 8 Entered as second class matter at Post Office at Leominster, Mass. EDITORIAL STAFF Epitor-In-CHIEF, MorcGAN M. WHITNEY, ’18. Assistant Editor-in-Chief, Lucia WARREN, '18. Business MANAGER, EVERETT G. RICHARDSON, '18. Assistant Business Manager, Ray BERGER, ’IQ. Exchange Editor, Trressiz ComEau, ’19. School Notes’ Editor, Epwarp F. Knapp, ’18. Alumni Notes’ Editor, NormMAN FAsseEtTT, ’18. Jokes’ Editor, Kz=rmir Mappev, ’18. Athletics’ Editor, WINCHESTER F. BLakg, ’18. Critic Editor, HELEN Connors, ’18. Published monthly during school year by pupils ef the High School. The Road to Success SALUTATORY AND ESSAY ARENTS, teachers, friends. In behalf of the class of nineteen hundred and eighteen, I bid you welcome to our graduation exercises. . First I bring greeting to you, our friends; for you have played the important part of urging us ever onward to do our best, and you have al- ways been ready with words of encouragement when we were down-hearted. Especially do we greet the teachers; you who have labored long and patiently with us during our high school course and have been ever ready to help us over the hard places. What is more fitting than that you should be here to witness the closing chapter of this part of our education which you helped to begin. Gladly do we greet our parents, for it has been due to you alone that we have attained this end. You have struggled and have denied yourselves much that we might reach this goal. We realize that whatever we may accomplish in the future worthy of praise, will be due in large part to the unfailing sympathy and support which has been given us during these years. Once again, in behalf of my class, J bid you all welcome. 7
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8 THE MAGNET HERE comes a time in the life of each one of us when the future seems al a thoroughfare along which all activities move toward a common goal: success. With education our most valuable asset, we go out into the world to become independent citizens, our minds fixed upon one ambi- tion to which all other aims and hopes are subordinated—a consuming desire to achieve some great purpose in life. This craving for achievement influ- ences all our efforts and guides us on and on,as the lost hunter in the woods at night is guided by the star which will lead him out of the wilderness. The unsuccessful would have us believe that the Road to Success is dark, rough, and jagged, filled with obstacles that can be surmounted only by the herculean efforts. On the other hand the fortunate ones, who have labored faithfully and long, tell us that it is a broad, open way leading straight onward to that star, Success, whose rays make it a path of light. Why, then, are not more successful? If the Road to Success is so easy to travel, why do not more reach the goal? The first few miles on the Road to Success are level and we run at top speed. Then some of us, out of breath, sit down by the wayside to rest, “Tt will be easy, after we get our second wind, to make up for lost time,” we say. But, alas! some of us never get our second wind. Others go on more slowly, perhaps, for the road begins to be stony and to slant slightly upward. On each side of the road are branching paths, bordered with flowers; every few miles appear attractive sign-boards festooned with gay colors with a hand pointing always away from the path we travel. Many travelers stop, saying, ‘‘Why not see all there is to see while journeying alongr” They turn in and never come back. Others are able to detect the false light from the true star and turn back to continue in the main highway, trying to overtake those who have gone steadily onward. The Road to Success is not difficult to travel if we are willing to toil, but to overcome the temptations to depart from this road calls for the best that is in us. A few fortunate ones, favored by opportunity and influential friends, go rapidly on their way, as in a speed car, but the rest of us plod along, thrown upon our own resources, gaining ground by our own efforts. We must take care not to establish ourselves in a rut; we may travel, first on one side of the road, then on the other; we may adopt new ideas, with caution, for rashness often leads to destruction. A wise man once said: “ Be not the first by whom the new is tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.” But whether Fortune smiles upon us or we are forced to struggle hard, let us, my fellow classmates, remember that “‘ He conquers who labors;” let us keep our eyes upon that one star and travel the straight road, the only road that leads to ultimate victory. AGnEs M. Bemis,
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