Baltimore City College - Green Bag Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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EthiLGREEN BAG L921! To the Members of the Class bf TWenty-Three FEW clays and Baltimore City College, so far as you are concerned, will be but a memory. The door of the Future is open and you are eager to cross the threshold to meet your opportunities. Permit me, as your friend and advisor, to say a last word or two that may inHuence you in i your endeavors to gain your Success. Success that can be measured in terms of fortunes is a trivial thing when compared with that greater success, which is measured by intelligence and Character. To neglect to strive for those qualities which hold up a strong char- acter is to Choke the garden of the soul with weed, that will, sooner or later, kill the human plant and nip the bud of success before the time of fruitage. If you would be successful, make inspiration your motive power and manli- ness your goal. Such inspiration may be gotten from the thoughts of great and gifted men. The essence of all that makes for true manhood is to be found in the treasure house of good books. SucceSSful men are thOSe who have done the most good. If your life has not been spent in improving your intellect, and in developing a noble character, then your efforts will spell HFailure, and it will matter not how much of this world's goods is yours. Will you travel the road of the truly great? Will you emulate the example of gifted men? Choose, but make a wise Choice. Don 't waste your life in chasing rainbows in search of happiness. Get your happiness out of your work, or you will never know what real happiness is. Your mission is to pass on this old world to the next generation better than you found it. But remember, you will always be boys of the Baltimore City College. You will always be bound to it. Whatever you achieve, whatever honors you may gain for yourself, the prouder your Alma Mater will be of you and the greater will be the fame of Baltimore City College. JOHN COULBOURN. l19l

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