Brackenridge High School - La Retama Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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 DEAR. STrDENTS: The time has finally come when you are to leave Brackenridge High School and are to go forth into other fields of endeavor, whether it be for further study or whether it be for the more serious business of making a living. It is my sincere wish that, when you have left the halls of this institution, you take with you the Brackenridge “Spirit”, and also a firm resolve that you will carry on as you have so nobly done here. We, of the faculty, have done our best to develop within you those powers which God has given you. You alone, however, are responsible for what use you will allow your abilities to be employed. I trust that your efforts will always be directed toward the good. As a parting bit of counsel, may I just quote a line from the Old Testament: “Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth. while the evil days eonre not. nor the years draw nigh. when thou shalt say. have no pleasure in them.” You cannot live your life without God, no matter how great your success might be. Page Id

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DEAR STUDENTS: You arc now entering upon another phase of the adventure of life. It is an adventure of mingled trials and pleasures. None are forced to struggle through alone, but altogether, helping one another over the difficult places. Some of you it will lead, without doubt, into strange lands, some into scientific discovery or application, some into the great material treasures of life, some to heroic sacrifices, and all, let us hope, to worthy service IN and FOR a better state. Now, in this adventure, you hope to win success. “There is but one straight road to success, and that is merit. The man who is successful is the man who is useful. Capacity never lacks opportunity. It cannot remain undiscovered, because it is sought by too many anxious to utilize it. A capable man on earth is more valuable than any deposit under the earth, and the object of a much more vigilant search.” Very faithfully vours, Page 1H

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 TO THE SENIOR CLASS: You have striven arduously, you have achieved your goal, and you have come to the parting of the ways. The joys and thrills that you are experiencing from having accomplished successfully your laudable ambition to secure a high school training obscure to a very large extent the tinge of regret that always creeps into occasions like this. All of you are bound to regret more or less the severance of the ties that have bound you to one another, to your friends, to your classmates, and to dear old Brackenridge. It is with genuine regret that 1 see you go. But at the same time with my whole heart I rejoice with you in your praiseworthy desire to march triumphantly forward along the pathway of life. As you leave Brackenridge and go your separate ways, some into colleges and universities, some into the strife and turmoil of the complicated business world, others into the trades and professions, you will need to hold fast, to your ideals. To forget them or to ignore them is to invite failure and disaster. Permit me to wish for each of you a most prosperous and pleasant voyage upon the “Sea of Life” and a safe and happy landing on the shores of Eternity. Remember! You carry with you my best wishes and utmost friendship. Yours most faithfully. £, -72 Page 20