Central Commercial Technical High School - Cog Pen Yearbook (Newark, NJ)

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THE FRATECH CHARACTER In many of my messages to the graduating class, I have spoken about character and pointed out that it was in my opinion the very strongest single attribute which made for real success in the world. Now is the time that you need it perhaps more than ever before. Char- acter is the sort of thing that makes you do the job, makes you do it with a smile and see it through. Character means sincerity and courage in your work, the ability to stand an almost unlimited amount of punishment and still keep your head level and your smile working. The men without character are the first to go under. You have seen them, as I have, many, many of them getting a little more disgruntled, a little more sour and finally winding up as Bolsheviks or Worse. We have all seen the other kind of fellow, the sort of fellow that you simply cannot lick, who does not know the meaning of the word suffi- cient, and who attacks all his problems with all his might, directly, sincerely. and courageously. This is the fellow that wins nine times out of ten. Those of you who graduate under these conditions which surround us. will have good cause to remember, I think, that after all character and what it assumes of courage and sincerity is perhaps the most important thing which you possess. With it nothing is impossible. Withoiit it it is going to be very hard for you to get to any position worthwhile. IXLLAN R. CULLrMoRE, llirerfnr. Nine

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Ijiylxl Director of Newark Technical School

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THE FRATECH To The Class of IQ32 lhc rt-al mirliosc ol a lnghcr crhication he-s not incrcast-rl rt-cognition and stcacly amlranccmcnt in in thc mt-rc accumulation of facts gatlit-i'i-ml from your profcssion. lint your cclucation should mcan tcxthooks. for most of thcm will ln: forgottcn in morc than just a lmcttcr joh. howcycr important a ycar's tim:-. Nor is it thi- mastcry of ccrtain that may hc. nnrh-rlying' principk-s of tht- snhjt-cts taujfht, or Tha- rcal purposc. grcatcr than all of thcscf thc clcvt-loinncnt of skill in thc lahoratory or is to tcach you thc husinc-ss of learning, so that ilranghting room. howt-vcr yaluahh- that training from now on you will hc ahh- to tcach yoursclycs, may hc. t'oniparatix't-ly litth- of all tn-clinical will know wht-rc to look for thc facts whcn you knowlcrlgc- can hc coyt-rt-ml fluring thi- short timc ni-g-cl thcm. will havc an apprcciation for what is which you hayc spcnt ht-rc, in to hc found in hooks. and in most cast-s only tht- yt-ry hc- lc-isurc timc will study to ginnings can h.- toucht-rl 11114121 hroaclcn your knowlcclgc of thc anfl no mattcr how hrayc tcchnical lichl in which you arc hart- hz-cn your 4-fforts, you hayc ' working and in rclatccl tichls as only climht-fl small foothills. for wc-ll. Not only hayc you thcrc has not hi-cn timc to scalc lcarncml how to stumly, hut you thc hcights. If thc chit-f aim have hccn givcn thc urge- to of colh-gc is what it can tcach want to know morc. You have in tht- spacc of four yt-ars. than st-cn thc vision, havc caught 'thc gracluation hrings a tingc of inspiration, and arc now prc- clisalwpointmcnt. for what on: part-cl to liyc your livcs and fol- k-arns is only cnough to makc low ynlll' lJ1'0f0SSiH1l with U10 him rcalizc how much inorc full assurancc of succcssfnl at- thcrc is to know. taimncnt. If your .Xlnia Mater 'l'1,l.M. 5-ml-5 ,Huy M. rich in has given this urgc, this inspira- mvil. l,I,IM.mHim,S fm. friwnlq tion, than shc has abundantly ship anrl thc cxchangc of ick-as fultilh-cl hcr highcst obligation. with fcllow classmatcsg lun JAMES H' FITHIAN l.ifc can hc hollow and cmpty . , Class Adviser , whik- wi- shonhl not ht-httlc thc to thc man who cxpcricnccs no yalnc of such associations, still thcy can harmlly hc growth of intcllcct or skill: it can hc full to saifl lo constitutc thc ultimatc aim of colh-gc lifc. ovcrllowing for him who has thc stimulus of Nor is it. for Yon. tht- linc contrihution which l'9 '5'mi1l ilflllf'Vl'l l 'l- Wlldlwl' if is thc flcslsfll you hayi- mark- to thc sturclincss of your own of a skyscrapcr or soma- pit-cc of work k-ss spcc- charactcrs. in thc sacrilicc of pci-sonal comfort tacular. hut no k-ss rt-al a part of thc linginccfs :mrl pk-asurc :luring thc past four ycars. May gre-at scrvicc for thc wclfarc and aclranccm:-nt this sacrilicc hring thc wcll-ck-scrycrl rc-warcl of of mankincl. Tun