Ada High School - We Yearbook (Ada, OH)

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IS STATE OF OHIO EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT COLUMBUS March 16. 1913. To the Senior Class of the Ada High School:— You ask me to say a word to my good young friends who graduate this year and it is a pleasure to respond. Commencement period is one of the happy events of a lifetime and while I should prefer to add to the pleasure of the occasion rather than to add to its seriousness with counsel, yet there is much that may be said along this line. Education and mental equipment are not the only requisites of success. More essential than either is application. Success comes only through earnest endeavor. Following the line of the least resistance will result in small reward, while persistence and tireless effort coupled with initiative and self reliance will inevitably bring triumph. Be good natured and congenial. Do your work with a will. Another great factor is friendship. Choose friends who will be of help, but bear in mind that friendships must be mutual. 1 o have good friends you must be a friend. Have confidence in your friends and win their confidence in you. You have the power but not the right to break down confidence your friends place in you. Patience is a virtue to be achieved. Do not expect all things to come your way at once. Keep on striving and never lose hope. Look back over your past. Recall the great number of things over which you worried that never occurred at all. Keep clean, mentally and otherwise, keep busy, keep posted, keep good company and keep faith. Keep close to the teachings of your childhood days. Some one has said “that he who keeps on good terms with himself and his God is safe. Very truly your friend. Governor Frank B. Willis

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Governor Frank B. Willis The people of Ada are proud that their town is the home of the man who occupies the Governor’s chair, and as a High School we are proud of our village, and proud of our fellow-citizen who has had the highest honor in the state conferred upon him. Mr. Willis is a gentleman of fine education, agreeable temperament, untiring industry, and noble character, and his example and Influence should inspire us and spur us on to greater and nobler things. 12

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