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Valedictory Another year has passed. We are now at a turning point, every one of us eager to round the corner and find what new experiences are awaiting us. As we look back over the past year, we exper¬ ience certain feelings, some pleasant and some un¬ pleasant, but they are mostly feelings of satisfaction for work accomplished and difficulties conquered. During our sojourn here, how often we have been discouraged by trifling things, but surprisingly enough, these discouragements and disappointments have gone, and in their place only pleasant associa¬ tions linger. And then all our struggles, our amuse¬ ments, our failures and our successes—how closely they have brought us in contact with our fellow stu¬ dents! How many friendships we have made, and how we hope they will be lasting! Now we are on the eve of new experiences and great decisions—decisions which will affect the whole of our lives. However, with the training this Normal School has afforded us, and our own grain of common sense, we will be able to overcome our difficulties. Our interests have been broadened; they are now centred around definite units of study. We may have disliked some of our courses a great deal, but we will all find that our minds will become alert, if, in our casual reading, we chance upon a word or phrase relevant to one of them. Even the books which, after our examinations, we would gladly have seen “go up in smoke,” will be carried back to the bookcase and cherished as real friends. We have all lost something by coming here—- youth. The dissolution of youthful ties w-as accom¬ panied by some small measure of sorrow. But what we have gained far outweighs what we have lost—we are not the losers. The things which have been lost or gained have been gradually dropped or acquired by the inspiration and guidance afforded us by the in¬ structors. Up until now we have been building a firm foundation and framework for the House of Charac¬ ter. The past year has strengthened it, but it remains for us to complete the building as well as we can in order to justify the faith which our parents and the Normal Staff have placed in us. Editorial Some time ago a startling statement came to my attention: “Achievement is the parent of sincere desire.” At first this did not seem possible, but after thinking about it I found it to be entirely true. The majority of people believe that we must desire a thing before we even set about to achieve it, but let us see. For instance, with the first evidence of individuality in a child comes an effort for achievement. A step is created and immediately there comes a desire to try another, two and three follow until the child can walk. Thus all through life, as achievements are realized, desires are created for greater things. The most successful person is one who realizes that idle dreams and selfish motives avail us nothing, but that success lies in high appreciation, earnest effort and patient and applicable study. Achievement seems to be naturally associated with unselfishness, because real achievements, those which are lasting, have their conception in unselfish¬ ness. In order to achieve heights in service we must all practice unselfishness. If every teacher could consider himself a gar¬ dener in the garden of childhood, tending the roses there, cultivating then: and keeping all the weeds away, the teaching profession would be glorious. Helping children to achieve speech, good manners and unselfishness, giving them an understanding of life and the good for which it stands, calls for an abun¬ dance of unselfishness, but results in the highest of achievements. We should strive to choose and shape the principles, desires, motives and purposes that go into the forming of the character of the developing young life. We must encourage and assist our pupils, and set their feet on the right path to happy, healthful living. If we could realize our responsibility in guiding these young lives, and our influence upon the future citizens of the country, we would try to be an ex¬ ample of unselfishness, thoughtfulness and kindness. If we are fortunate enough to become teachers in the garden of childhood, we should take as our ideal: to plant an abundance of happiness, and to cultivate it so that the seeds of unselfishness will bring buds of happineSs which will bloom forth into roses of Achievement. THE EDITORIAL STAFF. THE EDITOR.
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