Coalinga High School - Petrolia Yearbook (Coalinga, CA)

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Mr Geers Farewell Message M' AY au revolr but not goodbye On June 30th 1938 I shall close tyy enty eyen years teachmg IH Loallnga Hlgh School lhaye been yyonder fully happy vyorkmg wlth the chlldren of Coallnga I shall contmue vylth Coalmga Grammar School one more year untll the new Sunset School 15 completed Aft 1 that I shall hve In Coalmga but I shall spend most of my tlme on tvyo hob bles One IS dlggmg fosslls Coalmga IS one of the four greatest places ln the yy ozld for tossllremams The other hobby IS yvorkmg to secul e a more practlcal hlgher edu catlon sulted to the needs and geared to the abllltles of all boys and glrls Th1s1s a line communlty and these people yy ho llve here are fine people and fine frlends I hope to llve here goodbye C L Geer Keep On Learn ng S another school year drayy s to a close and another class IS leavmg nts halls of learnmg there comes to mv mmd the QUQSIIOD After graduatxon what are you gomg to do? No doubt ln the mmd of each semor thls quest1on has presented ltself many tlmes In a few cases the answe1 IS defimte Thelr plans are well orgamzed but for the greater number no solutlon has been found to th1s lmportant questlon To those of the graduatmg class yy ho have a definlte plan and to those who have not the tramlng that you have Just completed must not be the end of your learmng experlence You have only started a founda tlon has Just been land but as yet there IS lmttle evr dence of any bulldmg You mav have completed the supervlsed learmng experlence but lf you are go mv to succeed learmng must contmue on through llfe Your mmd luke muscle of your arm yvlll deyelop only through constant use Each day should add some thmg to vour storehouse of knowledge Ear h day should be so employed as to brlng you closer to your goal Each day should find vou learmng somethmg nevy Io stop learning lb to go backyy ards The gear sh1ft of the school of hte has no neutral It IS elther foryy ard or rey erse There IS no place yy here you can say that noyy you have reached the stoppmg pla e As m school leadmg yylll be one ot the best ap proaches to further tralmng Select y our readlng yy 1th care be sy stematxc mcnude nelds b y ond y our mam mter est Someone has sand Select that yy hlch goes mto y our mmd as carefully as you do the food that nourlshes vour body' What goes mto your mmd IS reflected ln your re actlon to llf9,S sltuatlon If properly cultlyated, your mmd wlll be a master key that yylll unlock the doors of opportunltv and happmess T A. Ellestad 11 , e pats, ,o,, S , N . y y . f Vf v v Q v v .J ' ' ' ' ,fp A ' . v v ' n ' y v . i' C. ' - . s A Q - - . ' ' ' I 3 1 v ' v - ' v ' - . ' kv , . . f - ' ' - . If H . N . . . ,, in Coalinga the rest of my life. Say au revoir, but not , I CC i 99 ' - ' Ls ' ' Y! ' ' . ' 7 ' 9 L- I I v v I ' y? .T:,,,... . , .-- -. - . 1 - -- - 1 -- Qs i I I ' : ' ' .- , an . . , I . . . v . - - il . , - ' 7 Q ' c . ' : j C ' 1' ' A. eg 3 ' ' - I ' . s- V - . V