Angola High School - Key Yearbook (Angola, IN)

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-immii .mJra LIFE— A GREAT ADVENTURE Life is a great adventure. All who live find adventure profitable if they make good use of it, constructive if they choose wisely, futile if they make it so, but always interesting. We come upon obstacles which we cannot always overcome. There is no assurance that what we do will lead to a certain end, but one may plan and enter into this great adventure with hope. Vision is the first essential of this great planning. If we are to get any place in the world, we must not wander around spending our time at other things. We must look ahead to what we want and make our goal high enough that when we reach it we are on the top. No one was ever a success in life without some sort of vision of what he wanted to do or what he wanted to be. But having vision, we must also have faith in ourselves. We must be sure that what we are doing is worth doing, and that wc can do it well. Vision and faith are not all that are needed, for we must have action in order to progress. A quality necessary to action is courage. We must have the courage to keep going even though our vision fails or our faith is shattered. Having all these qualities is not enough; we must combine them into one force, energy. Energy is human horse power; it is not a virtue in itself, but the application of virtues. We see our goal; we believe that we can reach it; we have the courage to go ahead in the face of ditficulties — the outcome of all these is our going ahead to attain our goal. The greatest adventure in life is, of course, living. Many of us, who are now fin- ishing our school careers, wish that we might be able to have a second chance. Many of us would do better a second time. We think we should do a great deed or find time to do things which we had plenty of time to do but never did do. A number of things that are not pleasant happen in life; we have done things which we are ashamed of; we are guilty of things unworthy of us; we are the victims of unfortunate circumstances. If we had a second chance all this would be changed, but there have been so many pleasant times, so many nice people, so many satisfactions. These are the things we should like to live over again, not the chance to do better a second time. The threads of opportunities lie broken along the path of our school days. But our joy comes, not in regretting what might have been, but in making the most of what yet may be. During the past twelve years our teachers have guided us and helped us to pick up these opportunities. To them we are grateful. But now we are beyond the jurisdiction of our teachers; we are faced with the task of making our own decisions and finding our opportunities. We regret that we arc at the end of one great adventure, our school days; but we rejoice that we are at the beginning of another great adventure, finding our place in the world. A new world lies before us with numerous opportunities. We must have the vision to see our advancement, faith in our own ability, and courage to carry out our plans. These will make our own success in life — a great adventure. — Mary Catherine Lippincott. Pa e tticnly

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nence -rom eve ? : lLitit ; d dadit-ing are the thing With ilarg- r t. orchestra, and swing G. R. 11, ih . IV: G. A. C. Ill; G. A. C. Operetta IV; May Festi- val III: 4-H Club 11: Vocational .Skits II. CHARLES PURDY (? - was e er so carefree and ay, Whistling a tune along life ' s ■ yay. Hi-T II. Ill, IV: Debate II; Op- eretta III. CAROLL ZIMMERMAN Life wouldn ' t be half-bad ■ ' ith a certain college lad. G. R. II. Ill; Home Room Offi- cer I: Operetta II: Chorus II: Key Annual Staff: Key Periodical taff IV: Senior Play Committee. RALPH C. THOBE I ' d remember a heap of things. But my memory takes to wings. Hi-Y II, III, IV, Sergt-at-Arms III: Home Room Vice Pres. Ill: Basketball I. II: Baseball I, II, III: Debate II: Operetta III; Chorus I. II, III, IV: Rifle Club I, II, III; Vocational Skits 1. MARK XL GRAIN Jlarks a fine lad; you ' ll like him so, .A future farmer, as good as they Baseball III, IV; Senior Play Committee: F. F. A. I, II, III, IV: 4.H Club I, II. Ill, IV; Gold Med- al Club. EDW ' IX GRIFFITH lien of few vords are the best: Sometimes it ' s they who have the zest. Hi-T II. IV; Orchestra I, II, TX: Band I, II, III. IV: German Band II. Ill: Second Trombonist in State Champion Trombone Quar- tet III. Page nineteen

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OPENING DOORS In the past school years we have had placed before us many opportunities which may be interpreted as so many doors; these may be opened in many different fields of work. The teachers and instructors who have supervised our learning may be called locksmiths. At first these doors were simple and made up the foundation of the future we are now facing. But as time went on the doors became more complex and elaborate. Now the doors which lie before us are for our own choosing and of course, we must choose the ones through which we are best suited to enter. The first door we must open is the one of opportunity. The head of a world- famous university once said, The greatest opportunity that can ever come to you will be no greater than your preparation for it. This statement sums up in a few words what we have been working for all these year s. After opportunity comes another door; namely, the door to a vocation. It opens into a vast room of many professions. The decision of which vocation to choose is a hard one to make. Probably most of us have not decided definitely about this door yet. Another door that has been partially opened for us by the locksmiths is the door to religion. Religion is of major importance not only to us but to everyone. This can- not be stressed enough for sooner or later we must all recognize it. All during our school life we have associated with religious principles and we must carrv them through all time to come. Closely related to religion is the door of service. In the various organizations in which we have participated we have had the ideal of service held up before us. We cannot evade the fact that this constitutes a primary factor in our adaptation to the future. Of course there have been times when we have forgotten the idea of service but to be successful we must pass through this portal. Along with the others there is a door to be opened called health. We have always been taught the rules of good health and in order to reach our goal those rules must be followed. In the athletic prograna of the school we have practiced good health and clean living. To attain the highest achievement we must always seek good, clean living. Another door we shall meet is that of leisure time. When I mention leisure time, this question arises: Are we going to spend this leisure time in a profitable way or are we going to idle it away? We were instructed to use it to the best of our advantage. In the Hi-Y and Girl Reserve clubs opportunity was given to us to use our leisure time in a profitable way. I feel that we shall carry this habit out into life. Challenging us to open it is a door, which in my mind, is considered very im- portant. It is the door that opens into the room of social standing, in other words our associations in society. We aspire to associate with the more responsible people in the community. Shall we always feel this way? Shall we combine this door with others and develop a high Christian character? Our characters will depend upon the Open- ing of the Doors of Life. I speak for the whole class when I say that we desire to open all of these and enter into the successful phases of life. I feel sure we shall attain the goals which have been placed before us by the locksmiths (the teachers) in the school, ' e shall try, and I am sure we shall find a place in the world to render the service for which we have been prepared. Thus shall we show our appreciation to the community and to the teachers by whom we have been guided. In conclusion I want to express our happy and sincere welcome to you and to the life we are about to face. — Max Tucker. Pii; i ' uciit -oiic trssT ' rmmanmimmssm sst.ai ' MWW ■PBXH!