Mission High School - Mission Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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t'llill'ilt'lt'l'. 'l'll1- svopo zllld power of tho intellect illcroilsos or dilllillishc-s diroctly als tlll- l'XlPilllSl0ll or l'0lllI'2ll'll0Il of the lIll?I1fill horizon. Aside from individual, lllllt'l'lll'tl slllalllllllss or g.fl'0iltll0SS of lllllltl, the Ill0I1tl1l falcllltivs are limited or de- vt-lopoll 2lt'l'0l'tllllg to tho oxolw-iso thvy l'0C0lVK?Q and a llllllll truly grunt ill an- zllysis, tllSl'l'lllllll2lll0ll, dm-isioll, vxvlrutivo ability, and good jlltlglllllxllf, llI'02ltl and llm-op. is lllll tht- llillllfill product of the IIRIITOXV lilllitzltiolls of Slllllll dlltivs woll llUlll'. lfillzllly, tho habit of 4-xtl't-lllv l7ll0I'0l1gIllIl0SS will unfit 0110 for liberal illttlljlflli ol- l'tlllllll't'llt'llNlVP 2lt'll0Il, dwarf tho lllllltl, llI'illfl0ll tho SylllIl2llllll'S, warp tlll- t'll2ll'ilt'it'l', illltl show forth ill the exprossioll of llllx flu-v. 'llll0l'UllQllllt'SS, too, has illl t'll'llll'Ili of sl-lfislllll-ss. For whill' llllllt zllld alt- l1'llllUll 2lI'l' nlt-votwl to dutil-s that will hl-illg 1-rvllit Zllltl Niltisfilctiflll to tht- WUl'lilllilll, il lilll1ll'l', lltlliltll' tlllij' to his llI'0lll0l'N illltl sistors of t'Zll'fll is ll0g,fll't'l- 4-ll, to lw t'0llSltlt'l'Zll'1', loving, Zllltl llvlpflll-Allllsvltish. flllIl0I'llllllll0S 2ll'0 glVl'll us lltll' 1lt'Vl'l0Illlll'lll., pllysivall, lllvlllill. spiritllzll. Pllysivall tll'Vl'l0llllll'llt 2ll0ll0 is piti- alllla-. l,ll'VNll'2ll tl0Vt'lUlPlIl0llf without thu SIbll'lillill, is llt-plllnllllv. llllt no llcvolop- lll4'lll should lu- ovl-rlookvd, just ln-vzlllso wv :Irv so llllllllf ou lll0l'0l1glll.Y llllll1'UVlllQ tllll lllst tPlllNll'lllllll'Y that we Cillllltlf peru-iw thi- lll'Xf out-. Slll't'l'NN is il j,Il'2ltlll2ll risv fl-olll tho ll0l't'SSlinV of ln-illg 'IbillllSl'illilIlQl.Y l'llUl'tlll,Qll to llll' llt'l'l'SSll.Y of lt'2lVlllg llltlNi of that to otlwrs. A. lllilll of l2ll'gIl' llllsillvss uf- l'illl'H 4-llllllot :lttt-lld to t'Yt'I'A'illlllgI llilllst-lf, Zlllll llv is wisv if 110 dovs llot Uilllst' t'l-it-tioll witll his l'llllll0j't'S lay :lttc-llllltillg it. hvlltdl wv look illtolltly :lt 0110 oll- jl-vt, wt- fllil to sl-ll its l-4-lzltiolls to Slll'l'0llllIllllgIS, Zllltl lwvl'-vstilllzltv its llllll0l'f- :llll-1-. AYll2ll is so llisllt-zll't4-llillgg als to spolld llollrs doing Sllllltl 1l2ll'lll'lll2lI' work lll0l'llllQllly, illltl lllt'll flllll tllzlt tho day SUUIIIS walsts-d.z1l1d tllv work dom- st-vllls so slight? .AIIIV lll'HVt'l'lD lllilj' llc- studivd ill tllis NVZIXQ :uid it will always he found tllalt t'Yl'l',V ill'fIllllll'lll ill its l'2lYUl' l'2lll luv quickly tllltl vttovtiwly l'0fllll'll 2lfl4'l' Il littlt- oxzllllillzltioll, fol' tho :lpplicahility of ll lbl'0VI'I'll is vitllt-l' vvry l'vstl'it-tml, or vlsv lil-s lll2lllNllDlnY till tho Slll'f2l4'l'. A p1'0V01'll is Nlll'll Rl llool- l'Xl'llSt' for l'l0Vl'l'lltlsNl lt is tl'itl-, Ellltl l'0llllll0lllPlilt'l', illlll its uso is lltll alt' alll Vtlllllllllll0lliZll'A' to tho illtvlli- gt'llt'l' ol' its usvr. 'l'lll'l't' is ollly Ullt' worthy 0Xl't'llllUll to tho Zltllllibllllltbll tovsvllvwp1'0v01'lls, Slll'llt'l' is goldvllf' lilll if 2ll'fll2ll llIlll2llDlhlllt'SS l-l-slllts l'l'0lll tht- Rll'll'llllll to 11-- l'l'illll l.l'0lll tlll-il' llsv, :lt ll'ilNl lu- ol'i,Qgill:il. Ilzlvt- pity Ull El paltil-llt 1-irc-lv of l'l-it-lllls :lllll il litll't'll pllhliv. lay llc-illg your UWII lll'0Vl'l'lD lllilliltl', lllltl lllillil' llltllll llllNlt'I'll. Nlzoux Il. Clllclvli, l,llll'., '0T. is Gfgxn I, ssqggjn UGYJ it 0 1 M90 1G

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THE FOLLY OF READY-MADE WISDOM iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii P1'0V0l'llS have boon a sort of standing adyico, as far haok as tho inomory of man goos. All tonguos and all timos havo had an Zlljlllltlillllftl of this l'02lllj'-Illiltll' wisdom. Pl'0Vl1l'lDS dosoond from the filflllll' to tho son, unto all postority. You Uilllllllt oss-apo thomg thoy gram-o our gay and our sorious moods, and may do duty as woll at a funoral as at a wedding. A provorh is supposod to so aptly ox IDPUSS a gonoral truth in a prom-iso way, that it is a gom of spoooh. Quito truo, hut -just as family jowols displayod not wisoly, hut too woll, givo an improssion of vulgal-ity, so thoso flll't'QlfllD2ll'0 roliosof am-ostral porspiouity lWfl'Zl4Y oithor a sup-orlioial oduoatod ignorauoo or a wooful laok of individuality. Ilowovor, thoro is ono point i11 favor of provorhs-that thoy soryo tho praisowortlly purposo of provonting any nood of thinking up a sontimout suitahlo to an om-oasion and ox- prossing it woll. Tho inapplioahility of popular provoi-hs to llltNlPl'Il conditions, and ospooial- ly to -Xlllf'1'lf'ill1 lifo, is yory ovidontg for instant-o, t'IIasto makos wasto. 'l'his is apparoutly unsuitahlo for any hut trivial matters. And also, lil'fft'l' lato than llf'Vl'l'.v llo who talcos this as a littlo Ql'2llll of truth is Vf'l'vV liahlo to miss a for- tuno somo day. -lust imagino a sorious young nian's starting out in lifo with this for his motto. lf anything is worth doing at all, it is worth doing wollf' l'nloss his oarnostnoss is tomporod with a groat doal of sou11d judgmont, tho standard hy whioh ho llll'ilSlll'l'S his work is likoly to dofoat his aims. lloing oat-h thing in daily lifo woll moans, in this ago of pi-ogrossiyonoss, doing hut a yory fow things at all. lndood, tho usoloss oxpondituro of timo and onorgy on trivial nlattors, in a painstaking ottort to ho thorough, invariably prooludos tho 2lt'l'llIlllDllSllllll'Ilf of all that our 4-horishod plans and tho insistont donlands of tho passing days ro- quiro. flrantod that tho ahility to do work thoroughly and intolligontly is osson- tial to sux-oss in any lino of au-tivity, yot what dogl-oo of sum-1-oss would aoorln- to tho young man who niado alrsoluto thoroughnoss tho koy-noto of his lifo? If ho startod at tho hottom. ho would stay th-oro. for his sum-oss in filling his position would so om-oupy his timo that ho oould givo no attontion to his own iltlVillll't'llll'lll. and it might also l'0llVllll'0 his omployors that at last thoy had found tho round pog for tho round holo. and dotormino thom to lcoop him filf'l'l'. Tho zu-gumont horo is against oxtromo fllUl'UllQlllll'NN. It is a moi-o unfor- iunato hahit to an-quiro than oarolossnoss, for it oonstantly opprossos with tho sonsoofrosponsihility, takos up time that oan ill ho atifordod, and koops tho in- dividual oontinually unproparod to moot unoxpootod doniands upo11 timo and sorvioosg whilo niodorato oarolossnoss at loast has tho advantago of giving oooa- sional intorvals to thought. t'ontinuod oontomplation of tho dotails of daily lifo, and applic-ation to thoni, hayo a vory injurious offoot upon tho montal outlook, and lalor, upon tho l5

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0112155 nf Olhri5tmz15 'II7 0112155 0D1Tirvr5 PRIQSIDIENT. ....... ...GORDON SPROL Y1L'li-1'R1lSIDEXT.. .. ..... MAI? 13ER'l SL II TREASURER ..... ......... J ACK XYATRIXS SECRETARY ........... .... D IOSEPHINIE ML'RIx XX SERGE.-XXT-.X'l'-ARMS ..... ..... T HOMAS SPELLNI XX -IAM ES .'XRNOT'.l' MAI! IEERTSCII RALPH DIFFER .XNNIE HURLEY GEORGE IQXNXIXC IIRENTA H.-XYNES PERCY COHN LIXRRIE SHORT QIR155 iKnll GORDON SPROUI, .IK DSEPHINE 1IL'RR.XY TIRIOMAS SPELLKLXN ZliI.M.X X'AAA1l,X ,IAXCIQ XY.XTKINS IIARRIET HAXSIEX X lit DMA CHECK ' AGNES RUSSELL :XLKI.'X SOI-IST Q rvx IT