Carson Long Military Institute - Carsonian Yearbook (New Bloomfield, PA)

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THE CARSONIAN OF 1947 i l l wget Itwf Howano G. HANSEN HH!! iz: Roxen Road Rockville Centre, Long Island Acting First Lieutenant Drum Major jay Vee Football, '44 jay Vee Basketball, ,44 Varsity Football, '45-'46-,47 Varsity Basketball, '45-'46-'47 Varsity Baseball, '44-'45-'46-'47 Varsity Tennis, '45-'46-'47 Co-Captain, Varsity Football, '47 Co-Captain, Varsity Basketball, '46-'47 u Co-Captain, Tennis, '46-'47 Intramural Volleyball, '44-,45- '46-'47 l Intramural Ping Pong, '44-'45- '46-'47 C Club, '44-'45-'46-'47 President of C Club, 147 Twin County All Star Basket- ball Team, 46-'47 Roman Leader, '45-'46 Secretary of Freshmen Class Secretary of Sophomore Class V ice President of junior Class Drum Corps, '44-'45-'46-'47 Head Drummer, '46 Drum Major, '46-'47 Old Guard Senate, '47 House of Representatives, '46- '47 Vice President of House of Representatives, '47 Sergeant at Arms of Senate, ,47 Secretary of junior Literary Society, ,44 Dance Committee, ,47 Ski Patrol, ,47 Assistant B Company Com- mander, '47 Blue Ribbon Squad, '44 Glee Club, '44-'45-'46-'47 Athletic Medal, '46 Officer Candidate Class No. xo T'S over now. lt's done. Forget it. Don't forever be raking it up, 'thinking it over, wishing you had done dif- ferently. Forget it. What's done is done. I-t's down in the bottomless pit of the past, let it rest. Look ahead not behind. Think of to- morrow, not yesterday. You can make some- thing of tomorrow, yesterday is beyond recall. Yesterday's as -dead as a door-nail, as lifeless as a brick, as hopeless and changeless as wood. Turn away from it. Tomorrow's alive, filled with beauty, and is bulging with power. Turn to it. Forget-ting those things which are behind and reaching forth unto those things which are before us is the key passage to success. For the future is everything that life needs. A lot of you probably have had some bad experiences in the past. Maybe these bad ex- periences occurred in your high school class- room, maybe on the athletic Field, or at home. All -these incidents keep coming back to you and leave nothing but worry and confusion. It was a wise man who said, Never cry over spilt milk. Forget it, boy. You have brought tears to the eyes of her who brought you into this world and whose love for you is greater than any other thing in heaven or on earth. But she will think of it no more if you will only come back, put your face upon her knees, and let her love enfold you. A mother's love is e-ternity's wildest, deepest sea, and everything you have done wrong will be drowned in it. Forget it, everybody. Every rising sun brings a new chance to all the sons and daughters of men. Every swelling moon means a new month of opportunity. Every star is a star of hope. Forget it. Face front, you!

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CARSON LONG INSTITUTE DON C. GLENN Don e 115 Circut Avenue Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts Stuff Sergeant 2nd Platoon, Company A Band, '44-'45-'46 Royal Cadets, '44-'45 Red and Blue, ,47 Rifle Team, '47 Blue Ribbon Squad, '46 ucv: Club, x47 Honor Roll, '47 Centennial Hall Representa- tives, '46-'47 Secretary Centennial Hall Rep- sentatives, '46-'47 Reporter, C.-msoxmx Staff, ,47 Team, '46-'47 '46-'47 Old Guard All Star Intramural Basketball Intramural Basketball, '44-'45 Intramural Volleyball, '45-'46 ' Inti-Zmural Softball, '44-'45-'46 lntiijaimural Ping Pong, '46- 47 Decorating Committee, '46 Football Manager, ,47 1 eek and Thou Shalt Fino' 46 EEK and Thou Shalt find. These five words represent the feelings of -the Senior Class of Carson Long Institute. This class, soon to break up, will see each per- son setting out to obtain a position or to further his education. The majority of boys will be worrying abou-t college life and college prob- lems. It is now that every high school student realizes -that college is no longer the proving grounds but ra-ther the parade grounds for the finished product. It is in the years just elapsed -that we have each written a decisive page in our life book. And so now, as we set Ollt for college with the best background known, we must try to go further in our education and grow up to be good citizens. There is another thought portrayed by these live words-that of a college student struggling for his graduation to gain his security. For this security, which is valued so high by so many, men became soldiers overnight to 'fight for'a nation that believes in security for all. Some men, for protecting -this country, will be crippled from injuries they received while in battle. Then -there is another group-those who gave their lives that their children, your children, and my children could enjoy that security -they prized so highly. This security is wrapped around a home with its pleasantries. These pleasantries are revolving around a wife and children, all of them happy for their security. It makes you happy too, -to see your wife and children all united under one roof because you set out to seek security and found it. And so now as we of the Senior Class of Carson Long gather together for the last time to receive our diplomas, we realize that we are just starting in the field of education which will eventually bring us our security. So may these five words remain in our hearts to be practiced through our lives, Seek and Thou Shalt Find.

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CARSON LONG INSTITUTE D.AVlD L. joNEs j0nCSy l i 5 14-14 Street Franklin, Pennsylvania Distinguished Cadet lsr Platoon, Company A Rifle Team, '47 ncaa Club, 947 Cheer Leader, '47 Intramural Softball, '47 Intramural Volleyball, '47 Intramural Ping Pong, '47 O MATTER what may be one's na-tionality, sex, age, philosophy, or religion everyone wishes ei-ther to remain happy or to become happy. One defini-tion of happiness might be that the happiest person in the world is the person who -thinks the most interesting thoughts. This places happiness where it belongs-within and not without. There are many misconceptions of happiness. One of the most common is that money makes happiness. T-his is false. Money may be a help- ing factor, but in any case much money is not the answer. Paradoxically some men may have sold -their happiness but no one was ever able to buy it. Another wrong idea is -that pleasure is synonymous with happiness. This also is false. You can wear yourself ragged in pursuit of pleasure in all -the bright spots of the world and still wake up in dull despair. Another theory is that fame brings happiness. This is l i oppineff very wrong. Take, for example, the marital mixups of our movie stars, anvd then check off fame as a factor in happiness. Finally, some people think -that happiness is found by restlessly running up and down the world. This is again wrong. We carry it with us-or we don't have it. It is often said, Make the most of your years in school. They will he the happiest of your life. If this were -true, nothing would be more tragic than the picture of school boys and young girls, faced with fifty years of decay and of descent into ever darkening days. If we want happiness, we had better look for it where it is and not where we think it ou ht to be or wish it were. XVe are all looking or it-but it is only available on its own terms, not ours. Our only inalienable right to happiness is the right to pursue it.