Midland High School - Catoico Yearbook (Midland, TX)

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To the Class of 1940 the Bo 1rd of Educatlon evtends congl atulat1ons haxe acqulred ln the Mldland Schools the baslc fundamentals of an cducatlon and aboxe Lll xou haxe bullt the foundatlon upon XVl'11Ch to further enlarge xoux ab1l1t1es and opportunl t1es You must constantlx vxolk at the 1ob ot lemamlnff an educated ln CllVldU8l To attam the status ot an educated person to dax IS not enough Unless you contlnue to progress to broaden the scope of voul knowledge and ulden the 11m1ts ot your concepts vou wlll soon cease to be educated It 1s YOU! dutx as a c1t1Len to contmue to grow for only by so domg can each of sou tulflll the destms that IS yours We Wlsh for sou the best 1n ex eu XVOI'tl'lVNh1l6 xenture vou max undeltake V C MAI EY Presldent on XOUI graduatxon You SCHOOL BOARD Lett to Ilght George T Abell secletuy Flank Momoe Llpelllltefldefll. Mua McRevnolds secre V C Malev p1es1dent P F taly to SLlU61lI'lt6l lClCIXl D W McDonald LOUIS Spam Co o1d1nato1 Blldgewatel vlceplcsldent R W Hdm1ltOD L G 'Vhckew MIS W H G11mo1e

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.ff '-,R Dear Students of you We especlally deslre that those vt ho are leavmg by graduatlon have come to reahze durmg the course of good home tfalnlng a balanced rel1g1ous l1fe and through thelr educat1onal endeaxors that our forefathers left us a pr1celess herl tage Our country yn as establxshed wlth freedom as 1tS cornerstone but 1n the mam talfllllg of that freedom there 1s requlred the falthful serv1ce of each of us Whether you contlnue your formal educatlon on a college campus or IH the broader flelds of experlence elsewhere may you reallze that your own happmess and m turn the welfare of our country depends ln the fmal analysls on the success of the famlly ln all lts relatlonshlps lVIay you stay alert to new sltuatlons be open mlnd ed get the facts on both sldes of any questlon be energet1c courageous and above all try to achleve a workable m dlum of self d1sc1pl1ne Remember that one 1nd1 uduals rlghts end where the other fellows begm I am vushmg for you the bfst of luck and hope that you w1ll come by the 0fflCe to see me when you have tlme Slncerely yours FRANK MONROE Supermtendent . E r 24 , 2 , 'l W Q r We teachers hope that the school year of 1948-49 has been a profitable one for each

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In lecent yeals thene haxe been xast changes IH the econ omlc eocml and polltlcal phaies ot oul ndtxonal hte It 18 the 0bl6Ct1XL ot Nlullfmd Hlgh School to glue xou the funda mentals neceesarx to succeed 1n our complex SOC16tX The prlulegeq ot an educatlon are youxs, xouls, also. lb the responslbllltx for b11ng1ng democracy cooperatlon, and bnothelhood to the xx orld CHARLES F MATHEWS Prlnclpal