Lock Haven High School - Gazette Yearbook (Lock Haven, PA)

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. .,. ..-VW 'w-?1n:4- - ,ln .1 . ,, .q'f'Vj , O:OY10iilllli0l0i0l0i1li010l0i0l0i1PllYilKlQ0l!ll1bl0i0l0l011lii7IfD1fll1Pll7ifll0llQ:O T H E1 G A z E 'r T E The Meaning of the Purple H Every student in the school who participates in athletics of any sort and who reaches a high stand- ard in that sport is entitled to a High School Letter. These letters are the highest possible award to any athlete. They represent more to him than any other material award. The letter in itself is of practically no value for the cost is but eight cents apiece. But the things for which they stand can not be measured in terms of money. These letters mean hours of hard trainingg they stand for days of constant work and grind in sim- shine or in raing they represent great sacrifices in order to keep in perfect physical conditiong they are the reward for pains, humps and all bodily ailments during the seasong they recall the pangs of defeat 4.15, of their team or the joy of victory which goes with every winning gameg they represent development in character that teaches them to play the game fair and treat the opponent as a friendg and lastly they prove that the wearer was loyal to himself, his school and his team. It was loyalty that prompted him to go out for the team and it was loyalty that gave him the courage to stick to the task until it was done. The purple H should be a reward that ought to inspire every student to try and secure one. No one, but the person who gets a letter, knows the thrill that accompanies it or that pride that comes from wearing it. When all other school Wants are forgotten the letter will act as a reminder of the happy days spent in High School. G. V. G., '27.

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Q F LS A :nz-sz .AA Af E 3 e 3 2 , , I l l L i Mt the Cross Roads You to the left and I to the right, For the ways of men must sever, And it well be for a. day and a night, And it well may be forever. But whether we meet or whether we part, fFor our ways are past our knowingxr A pledge from the heart to the fellow heart On the ways we all are going! Here's luck! For we know not where we are going. RICHARD HARVEY. The truth of the matter is that, though we may chatter cheerfully of future Alumni returnings and other class gatherings, we shall never be together again as an entire class. Some to the right, some to the left. Some for the high road, some for the low. At the partings of the ways we all make our choiceg and there is no turning back. We can't do anything about it. We can't live our High School days over againg but we can remem- ber those old days, and profit by them, be cheerful and helped by them in after years. - So let's be very happy and very friendly, Seniors, during the little while that remains. And before we go let's not forget that some of us will not find our roads-high or low, straight, or otherwise-easy to tread. Let's say to our friends, Here's Luck! For it's You to the left and I to the right, For the ways of men must sever, And it well may be for a day and a night, And it well may be forever. Be Yoursey For every action of every day of our lives there is a goal upon which our more serious thoughts are cenleredg here the mind dwells when seeding ideals upon which to mold the character of the indivdualg lastly, it runs in channels of thought pertaining to the acquisition of the object providing a spur for our every action. Why should not that object be- individuality? It is a most desirable thing-individualityg it is a most elusive thing. So easy-so very easy it is to follow in another person's footsteps! One says, I have set as my ideal some great figure in world historyg he embodies all that to me is idealistic: I'll follow in his footstepsg Ifll place first in my thoughts his objects, the ends to which he struggledg yes, I'll follow him if I can, and attain the realiza- tion of my idealsf, A very good resolutiong but, if you've made a similar one yourself, is your present character, your own individual self, now strong enough not to be entirely swallowed up in this stranger personage whose character you have studied more deeiply than your own? Don't let that self which is crying out for development go unsatisfied. When ideas present themselves to you, do not cast them aside, as un- worthy of your ideal, but keep, retain them, con- sider them, change them, remold them, until you can truly say of them that they have been perfected. Add each one as a part of your individuality, your personality, which is in itself a life factor. First, last, and always, be yourself! I. C., '28.

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