Chilocco Indian Agricultural School - Chiloccoan Yearbook (Chilocco, OK)

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Greetings To The Class Of 1952 It has been my good pleasure to be your School Superintendent for the past four years and I want you to know I think you are a wonderful class of 81 members, more or less. Someone has said to me recently, You always think the present graduating class is the best class ever, and that is exactly the Way I feel this yearg that is the way it should be. Each future class should be a little better than the previous year's class, don't you think? I would like for each of you to know how much personal satisfaction I have gained by being able to work with and for you and for the members of your wonderful class during the past three or four years. ' f! It sometimes takes a sick spell to make us really appreciate friends and friendships but take it from me, life would be a dull existence without real close friendships and when I say this, I offer you this advice: Keep in touch with the members of your class by letter, by visitations and by other metods in the future because as you grow older, these friendships will mean more and more and more to you each year. Your real joys and happiness will come with sharing your sorrows and pleasures with your friends. When you marry and when you have children, keep your classmates and friends advised of these important happenings. It will mean so much towards future happiness. When you think about what we employees have done for you, you could sum it up something like this: We actually have done very little for you. The Superintendent and his staff have advised, counseled and presented you with many facts but what actually happened in your development was more or less up to you as individuals. So my advice to you in this case would be to remember what your good friends and employees of this school have told you and use this advice as a stepping stone for bigger things after you have gone out into the world to work or to continue your education. Your future progress, I repeat, is entirely up to you. I can think of no better advice at the moment than of calling to your attention your class motto: Forward Ever, Backward Never. If you will live up to that wonderful motto, this school and your friends will always have reason to be proud of you. Your class has developed and shown some real leadership. Please see that this spirit of leadership is further developed and encouraged as you grow in your home and local communities. The world is sadly in need of real, sincere leadership at the moment. During the time you have been at Chilocco, the faculty of this school has given you the essential vocational training to enable you to go out and earn a respectable livelihood, in addition we have given you the traditional academic training usually offered in a high school. Your little class annual, the Chiloccoan, will give you a written as well as a pictorial history of your work while a student at Chilocco. Be sure to keep your present memories and acquaintances. active, and fresh in your minds at all times. As Superintendent of this school, I am always glad but sorry to see another wonderful class leave our campus. Future pleasures to be gained from our acquaintances with you, will depend largely upon your future successes. What will the future records of history record in your behalf? It is quite important to you to give some thought to that future record. My last advice to you: Be an active member of the Chilocco Alumni Association. If you will follow that advice you will always thank me for reminding you of this important element towards your future happiness. L. E. Correll, Superintendent.

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Greetings from the Superintendent MR. LAWRENCE E. CORRELL Superintendent

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Io the Class of 1952 MR ERNEST C. MUELLER, Principal You are to be congratulated for having completed the requirements for high school graduation and so it is with sincerity and appreciation that I offer you these congratulatory greetings. Sincerity. because l realize that you are due a great deal ot praise. You have come a long way on the road to successful living. No boy or girl could have accomplished what you have without having developed within his inner-self a determination to accomplish a definite purpose in life. Appreciation, because it has been a genuine pleasure for me to work with you during the four years that you have been at Chilocco. You came to Chiloceo as a high school freshman and during the days and years that you have been here, you have not only grown and developed physically but you have also developed socially. morally and spiritually. You have developed mental attitudes and aptitude skills. As your school principal. l take pride in you as a product of this school. Sincerely. Ernest C. Mueller. Principal.