Berkeley High School - Olla Podrida Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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l Success UCCESS to you! This is a common expression. You hear it often. It is meant to stimulate and to show good will. It puts heart into you and fires your ambition to attain great things-those things that make a show in the public eye-money, fine homes, big business, high political office. These become your goal and are apt to assume so important a place in your mind that you may fail to realize under what conditions alone they are worth the having. You grant that happiness is more important than riches, but you may not understand that happiness depends altogether upon what is in the heart. I pray you do not make this mistake! You will hear all kinds of specious arguments to the contrary, made for their own con- solation by people who have missed real happiness, or who have some other motive to tempt you from seeking the real things of life. Do not confuse the issue. Real success. is that which brings you ultimately the greatest amount of self-respect. The important things for you to acquire in your youth are those mental and moral qualities upon whose foundation will naturally grow a noble character. These qualities are not mysterious, or hard to understand. Neither are they in conflict with material things. But they flourish best when not considered in connection with the things of the world. They are found best developed in the happy home and are made much of in school. They are such qualities as kindliness, helpfulness, good- ness, loyalty, honesty, truth. You may acquire them without effort by merely yielding your mind and heart. They will soon take possession and then your foundation for success is assured. With increase in years will come increase in happiness, no matter what may be your worldly position. And this will be real success. In this sense I wish it most heartily to all of you. . C. L. BIEDENBACH.

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- K V Q + r. BERKELEY HIGH - SCHOOL