Bryan High School - Zeta Cordia Yearbook (Bryan, OH)

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It is customary to offer congratulations to members of graduating classes. Why this custom? Have you reached an end ?-an objective? The answer is no. High school graduation today is an achievement expected of the youth of this nation. Those who do not complete high school attract more attention than those who do. A few years ago only the few were graduatedg the majority discontinued their public education before the completion of the twelfth grade. The changing world has affected this sit- uation until today we find the normal young men and young women all high school graduates. Graduation is not an end in itself 3 it is not the ultimate objective. It is a partial means to an endg a stepping stone or a mile post along the course of life. A high school diploma possesses no magic power which will assure the student a livelihood or a definite place in the society of man. Your graduation does, however, indicate that you have met one of the necessary requirements placed upon the young men and the young women by present day society and business-the completion of a high school course. People who have not graduated from high school are now denied the right to enter many fields of employment. Your experience in overcoming the obstacles along the way, your dili- gence and application in accomplishing school assignments, your civic and social participation in your school society-all have contributed to the training and judgment which you will need very much in the future. Your education has just begun. It will continue as long as you live. Congratulations upon the progress which you have made to date! Best wishes for continued success and happiness in the future. If you preserve two things-a good reputation and your credit-you can be but an asset to any community regardless of your financial success. Good-bye, and Bon Voyage. -Rufus Scales Q, Q' Q J X .

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Twelve years ago you Seniors of the Class of 1939, then small six year olds, waved goodbye to your mothers and started of for your first day at school-the beginning of a long road on which you were to meet many ad- ventures and undergo experiences which have helped to make you what you are today. Now you have come to the place where that road branches- now you may choose the particular path which leads to what you desire from life. That choice is a challenge to you today. What are you going to do to serve your world this time? A commencement speaker said facetiously, The senior class motto now-a-days is 'W. P. A., here we come.' I am glad to believe that you Seniors are not looking forward to an easy job-not planning on being provided for. Rather you are going to make a contribution to the world in your services. Thus far you have been on the receiving end. Your parents, many times by sacrifices, have made it possible for you to share in the opportunities of education. From now on you will be contributors. By the work of your hands and brains you will contribute to the Work of the world. To this end the public schools have endeavored to train to efficiency the mind and body. This is evident to the casual observer, but he who runs may not so easily read the deeper meaning of educationg the school has tried to devel- op in you Seniors certain attitudes towards life-love of learning, desire to work, ambition, love of fair play and justice, tolerance, and unselfishness. These are things of the spirit, only through spiritual life may we save our civilization from the greed of dictators, from the menace of material things. We believe the Class of 1939 is ready and fitted to meet the challenge. In it and in all youth lies the hope of America. -A. R. White

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