Central Catholic High School - Katholikon Yearbook (DuBois, PA)

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alll' iilmtur 29 who callles hlS 3LlCl1CI1CQ Wlth hlm llke a Whlll wlnd whlle he IS dellverlng hls speech and yet so llttle of thls personal e ement adheres to hls cold words ln Dllllt that those who 193.41 them are scarcelv moved at all One of the greatest lnvestments one can make IS that of attalnlng a graclous mannel COlCll3.llty of bearlng These are lnfinltelv better than money capltal T01 all doors fly open to sunny pleaslng pelsonalltles They ale mole than vselcome they ale sought fol every whele Accuracy perslstency nerve grlt and pluck are also essentlal to a well rounded successful man Emerson says If a man can wrlte a better book preach a better sermon Ol make a better mouse tl ap than hls nelgh bor though he bulld hls house ln the woods the world wlll make a beaten path to hls door Emerson further states that accuracy IS the twln brother of honesty It IS related that Leonardo da Vlncl would walk across Mllan to change a 9lIIgl8 tlnt or the sllghtest detall ln hls famous plcture of the Last bupper To those who perserve belong the vlctory Napoleon IS quoted as hav ng sald Perpetual pushlng and assurance put a dlfficulty out of count enance and make a seemlng lmposslblllty g1V8 way Carlyle says Sue cess ln most thlngs depends on knowlng how long It takes to succeed Know thy work and do It sald Montlesquln and vyork at It llke Hercules Is It not an hlstorlcal fact that perseverance bullt the pV1am1dS on Egypt s plalns erected the gorgeous temple at Jerusalem lnclosed ln ada ment the Chlnese Emplre scaled the stormy cloudcapped Alps opened a hlghway thlough the Wately YV1ld6I'I16SS of the Atlantlc leveled the forests of the new world and reared ln lts stead a communlty of states and natlons Ale your dlscoverles often brllllant lntultlons asked a reporter of Thomas A Edlson Do they come to you whlle you are lylng awake nlghts '7 I never dld anvthlng wol th dolng by accldent was the reply nor dld any of my lnventlons come lndlrectly thlough accldent except the phonograph No when I haye fully declded that a result IS worth gettlng I go ahead on lt and make tl lal after tllal untll lt comes I haye always kept stllctly yylthln the llnes of comnlelclally useful lnventlons I haxe HSVGI had ally tlme to put on electrlcal vsonders yaluable slmplv as noveltles to catch the popular fancv Any thlng I have begun IS always on my mlnd and I anl not easy whlle away from It untll lt IS flnlshed A man who thus gly es hlmself wholly to hls WOlk IS C91 taln to ac compllsh SOIT19thlIIg and lf he have ablllty and common sense hls success wlll be great Q ' L 1 i - . v . . . . 1 - I . . . . , l . . Q i . . 1 . I . . Y 1 - ,, . ' ' - - v ' - ' ' v Q 1 K 1 - , 1 y I u I 1 7 n 1 - , - Y . Y . . 1 1 1 as , ' I 1 I Q ' . 1 1 1 ' 11 U 1 - . . 11 . . I. V . . k h A 'N u ' 91 ' 1 1 Q . . . - 4 . . . . . H U . ,, . . . Y . . ,, y . . . . . ' . , . . . 1 1 ' . . 7 - 1 ' - ' 1 1 . 1 I . . . , I , . ' y . I . . . . . . - 1 . H . Y . . ,, U . . 1. . . ,, 1 .1 ' 1 . Y . . . . ' . 1 Y I . . . . , l . '. 1. . . Y V YN . . t - ' 1. i Y Y. . . 1 . Y . . y X L V l . . ' Y . . Y 1 . . , N I, v . . . .. ' 7 Y . . . . . . . Y . . Q . Q . .- . . I . Y - - Y - , 1 Y.

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Uhr Qlllmtnr Sussman cl t y light t pt W t I g p d th gh T IS related that Abraham Llncoln the ann1versary of whose b1rth was recently celebrated throughout the Un1ted States walked n1ne mlles to obta1n a copy of Bunyan s P1lgr1m Progress and had lnsatlable thlrst for knowledge 1n h1s younger days enabled hlm to cope successfully durmg h1S term of office as Presldent of the Unlted States With the tremendous problems wh1ch confronted h1m on numerous occas 1ons An old and oft repeated D1 ox e1b 1n tl1e sea1ch for success IS to Alm hlgh The a1m lf reached or not makes gl and the l1fe In thlS wonderful country 1n Wh1Ch we IIVQ and under a democrat1c form of government such as we have there are no asp1rat1ons WhlCh by perslstent effort and an earnest desire to succeed may not be eventually real1zed The story of Benjamm Franklln who landed 1n Phlladelphla wlth sufficlent funds merely to buy two penny loaves of bread and who by h1S mdustry became the lead1ng c1t1zen of that c1ty among hlS many act1v1t1es foundlng the Un1vers1ty of Pennsylvan1a and actmg as the Emlssary of the newly formed Republlc to the peace conference at Parls after the ICVO lutlonary war IS too well known to bear repet1t1on To outllne the var1ous elements whlch constltute success would be to mclude most every term embraced by those humble words of Anglo-Sax on gr1t honesty lndustry and enthuslasm In a la1ger sense a number of elements enter lnto what IS called success In h1S w11t1ngs John Wanamaker states that one half of success cons1sts 1n be1ng on tlme and the resultant formatxon of hablts 1nc1dent thereto Enthuslasm IS another very 1mportant factor It IS stated that one half hour of determlned concentration IS worth years of dreamy speculatxon and also that That moment of 8XC1t6d mterest 1S the tlme for the acqul s1t1on of knowledge Personallty as a success asset can ha1dly be ox Cl estlmated A good xllustratlon of the mfluence of pusonal atmosphere IQ found 1n the orator 28 A 77 Success hy great men, reached an kep, Was not attained h sudden i , Bu they. while their companions sle , ere oi in u war in e ni t. ! 1 u 4 , u . , ! read one hundred and fifty pages before reaching home. This 1 7 1 . 1 . H . . . . N . ,, . . . . , . I 7 . . . . . . , . . . . , Y ' 9 r . . ' 4 I . 1. . , - Y . . V . . H . . . . . . . . b x. . ,

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Will' illlrntnr Cnbbon V901 kecl tu enty X 9313 on h1s Dcclme and Fall of the Roman Fmp1re Noah Webster spent thutx S8313 on h1S d1l,llOll3.lV What a subllme patlence he showed IN du otlng a l1fe to the collcctlon and Llefllll t1on of molds? CQO1g'9 Banclott spent twentx QIX xeals on h1s Hxston of the Unlted States hen ton ILXVIOU-3 hls ClllOll0l0gX of Anclent Wa tlons fifteen tlmes Tltan xuote to Ch3ll6Q V I send x ou1 male-sts the last quppel aftel VK0lk1llg on lt llmost tld1lX lol sex cn xeals The last but not least of the fOl1IId3.tlOll stol 1es of success and whuh we 'vull LOIISICICI COll9CtlVQlX ale nerve g11p and pluck Hald poundlng gentlemen sald Webstel to a xoung man hcsl tatlng to study law because the DIOIGSSIOII was so cxowded Th1s IS true IH every depa1tment of act1x1tV 'I he Voung man who succeeds must hold hlS ground and push hald Whoevel attempts to pass thlough the dool of success w1ll find lt labeled Push A good chalacter good hablts and non lndustlx ale 1mp1 egnable to the assaults of the 1ll luck that fools are dlcamxng of Summlng up success It IS buxlt on oux ab1l1ts to attempt the hard thmgs of llfe and to LRIIX th1ough ou1 IQSOIUUOIIS m spxte of ex erv ob stacle I am remmded of a poem vxh1ch so aptly GXDI esses the sentlments hereln Whlch IS as follows I Ike the m n wh c hat h must th eps t umphn t 'I fi ght he rl I ha s p U Pauhne Allen 24 M o Its hard to tell fx om the p1ns they wear How much they count on belng square The emblem vsoln upon the xest May 1nd1cate that he s the best But doesnt shovs h1s selllsh ends In copxlng funn hls class mate fuends Ad llent Rxan 94 H W ' . v v 1 . ' as ' I , A I A . J ' H. K ' . , . . ' '. ' . ' . . . V' V . A V . . . x I . , , A - ' . . . ' v ' v 1 Y ' xx ' , , I I . I ' I -'-I Q I, I' , ' J' ' . . , . ' H . . ' I . , I , I , - ' H ' ' I , . - . . H 1 V . ' , . I . K I . . . ' ' ' ' v ' . , , as 4 I I , ' I I ' 1 I I J A I . I I ' I ' I I ' ' ,I I c f 7. I . ' . V 4 I ' ,. L Y ' cs , ' 97 I la ' I' , , , x -- , . , I L I . . - . . , . , - 1 I I I . I I . 1 . 7. , V I i J I . ' I I I . - . e K sl . . ' ' xx , H I . H , s 1 ' 1 ' . ' 4 v - ' . ' a ' V - I , A ' u n C A 0 . . . 1 . 1 . . Y v ' . I . .., . . . S K , U - ' v ' Y 1 w ' ' , I I I I a i a ' 0 fa es w e v VVi si ri n and a hurt of cheer? VYho i s t a'ly tile without fear! Sees hi ho cs fail, yet keeps unfnlu-ring tr st. ' 5 . , . 1 ' 1 7 7 r . . y 1 ' 1 . . , u I I , 1 , Y . 1 i ,L K L ' 7 , ,' . ' 1 . - A '- , I I I . I x fl y C . , -4 n