New Castle High School - Ne Ca Hi Yearbook (New Castle, PA)

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f ME-Cfl-HI TO THE SENIORS “Carry On.” This is an expression made famous by the war. It is no more applicable in war times than in peace. At the time of graduation it is full of significance. There are many things that should be carried on from high school into one’s future work. The first—education. The high school should be only a beginning. There is no excuse now-a-days for a boy or girl not receiving a college education, if he or she has the determination. Lack of funds is no excuse. Provision is made in nearly all colleges to meet this condition. There is a temptation everywhere among high school graduates to be satisfied with present conditions; to be contented with their present educational attainments, when often they ought not to be satisfied. A liberal education is a good investment for any young person who desires it, if he or she has the health and ability to obtain it, no matter what occupation may afterwards be followed. Howrever, it is not necessary for one to go to college in order to continue one’s education. Education should be made a life long process regardless of one’s calling in life. At this stage of your progress you should realize how little you really know and how' much you yet have to learn, and thereby see the great importance of continuing your education. In the high school one learns to appreciate the study of good literature, of history, science, and kindred subjects. There is no excuse for not continuing the study of these subjects after leaving high school although one does not go to college. Much pleasure and benefit may be derived from a continuation of the study of one or more of these subjects throughout life. So I would say, “carry on.” Do not permit your education to stop after graduation, but “carry on.” High School life is full of enthusiasms. Enthusiasm is a good asset to carry on with you. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. We should lay up a stock of enthusiasms in youth or else we shall reach the end of our journey with an empty heart, for we are sure to lose a great many of them by the way. Enthusiasm makes w'ork easy. Enthusiasm helps one to enjoy life. One can not attain the greatest success in any line of w'ork unless one has enthusiasm. Enthusiasm enables one to overcome obstacles. Then carry on your enthusiasms of youth into your after life. Many habits have been formed in high school that will be beneficial throughout life. Regularity and punctuality are two. In the business world these are indispensible assets. Your success will be in proportion to your strict observance of these two habits. Carry them on. The high school should have taught you the meaning and necessity of hard work. In this day of keen competition and intense struggle for existence, hard work is a prime requisite. If you are afraid of hard w'ork and diligent application then your prospects for success are indeed limited. Through hard work a person with only mediocre ability w ill succeed, while one with brilliant attainments without it will fail. Do

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r NE-Cfl-HI not be afraid of hard work. If you do not have this habit, attain it. “Carry on.” Another thing you should have developed in high school is the power of concentration. How important is this factor in the preparation of lessons. It enables you to do in a short time what otherwise would require a long period of time to accomplish, or what would not be accomplished at all. Concentration enables one to save time. The most successful men in every calling of life have the habit of concentration. Thomas A. Edison is an example of what concentration means and will do. He has the ability to concentrate his mind and energy for days at a time on a single problem. This trait has made him the most successful inventor of all times. Whatever measure of this accomplishment you have, carry it on with you as you leave school. You are to be congratulated on the success you have attained in school work. It means much to be graduated from high school. You are being graduated at an opportune time. It is a great privilege to be entering on one’s life work in an age such as this. You are to be envied for the possibilities that are before you. There are many opportunities for young men and women of education who have the habits of hard work, of regularity and punctuality, who have enthusiasm for the work in which they are engaged and who have the power of concentration. It is to be hoped that the high school has given vou these qualities. It is a hard world into which you are going. It knows no favorites. What you make of life will depend on your own individual efforts. The world will soon learn to know you even better than you know yourself. Play the game fair and square. We all say God-speed and may the greatest success be yours. “Carry on.” FACTS ABOUT THE HIGH SCHOOL 1. Location—Southeast corner of Lincoln Avenue and Reis Street, New Castle, Penna. 2. Longitude—80 degrees, 20' 54.3 West of Greenwich, England or 80.3483 degrees West. 3 degrees 20' 54.3 West of Washington, D. C. 3. Latitude—41 degrees, 00' 00 North of the Equator. 4. Altitude—930.9 feet above sea level. 5. Grounds purchased July 26, 1907. 6. Purchased by the School District of the City of New Castle, Pa., from Mrs. George B. Berger. 7. The amount paid was $37,500.00. 8. Frontage on Lincoln Avenue, 325 feet, Reis Street 340 feet. 9. Board of Education members at the time of purchase were: Ira S. Fulkerson, W. J. Chain, R. C. G. White, W. K. Hugus, John H. Bittner, W. E. Patterson, J. D. Clark, Jere Blucher, George W. Heck-hart, E. F. G. Harper, R. W. Hamilton, Chas. G. Martin, Thomas Sadler and S. A. Barnes.