Huntington High School - Huntingtonian Yearbook (Newport News, VA)

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1595289 THE HUNTINGTONIAN EDITORIAL The Ladder To Success Success is not attained in a single leap. We must ascend the ladder of Success round by round. We may try to jump from the bottom over each round to the top, but the chances are we will fall and fall hard. Let us look into this Ladder of Success, ponder over it carefully and attribute to each letter in Ladder to Success some fitting noun. We find in Ladder: Labor, Adversity, Duty, Diligence, Energy and Right and in Success: Sacrifice, Usefulness, Constancy, Carefulness, Economy, Sagac- ity, and Self-Control. “Labor ipse Voluptas.” Labor itself, is a pleasure, says a noted pro- verb, and if we look at it in th at light, labor will also conquer everything. That is, the first thing we must do as a necessary round to success; labor and labor hard. Although the way may seem dark and dreary, we must simply press onward and upward. We must meet with adversities. In picking the roses look out for the thorns. Adversity is a great thing to- wards helping us to be successful. If life were a calm sea with us always we would soon become self-complacent, we should not be satisfied with our present conditions, and, therefore, get nowhere. Adversity is the thing that will make us appreciate success. Our sense of duty to God and man will be sharpened. We will find that in order to overcome adversity we must do our duty. Let us keep in mind that it is our duty to give God praise for His blessings. We should remember that it is in the hollow of His hand that we are standing, that it is by His guidance we attain success. Duty to our fellow-men is very important. Our duties as citizens are many and too numerous to mention in this small space. Diligence also plays a prominent part in this ladder to success. In order to be successful we must be assiduous only to those things which go for the betterment of our circumstances. Then we must-have and retain energy to overcome these surrounding hindrances. We also must be energetic in doing right. When we do right religion comes into play. Success cannot be had unless we remember the Omnipotent Ruler. We may think we have made a success without His aid but we have not. Soon our air castles will begin to totter and fall. Anything that is successmul will not fall. So, let us remember to do right, for when we do right success is ours. Now that we have climbed the ladder round by round and success is now looking us in the face, let us consider the next steps to take. After we shall have reached the top of the ladder to success, let us pause a while (15)

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THE HUNTINGTONIAN 19 25 | Editor-in-Chief SERA E SE Ар ----------JOHN BALLOU Ee EU HARRY STEWART ато a VIOLA BROOKEN и HARRY STEWART Business Manager... и OUI uum JAMES CRAWLEY Assistant Business Manager E а нос. С ВЕНА WILLIAM BARNES Advertising Manas: Detiene UME ite BE JAMES REID Asst. Advertising Manager PRA CU NS В LORRAINE SPIVEY Circulation С JOHN GILMORE Asst. Circulation Manager. 0. aid bu s MOZELL CRAYTON Organizations. NELDON B ARNEY (14)

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= 0455 19289 THE HUNTINGTONIAN a Se and see what is necessary to do in order to retain our position. Things that seem to be prosperous for a while and then fall are not successful for successful things cannot fall. It was a successful day with the Jews as they thought, when they crucified the Prince of Peace, but these dreams of success were shattered when on the third day Christ arose, making Christianity triumphant. In order to be sure of success we must sacrifice our dreams of Щи ure until the actuality of the thing is revealed. Successful men of ol sacrificed even their lives for the sake of others. Some sacrificed their time, money and other things that were of value to them. What did this Sacrifice mean? It meant that these men were given over to дет ПИ They were not useful in order to get fame. Service is what SA these lives. Let us maintain constancy in our usefulness. Ве stable EC firm in those things that are right and go to make success. To be да ful we must let carefulness be a part of us. We must feel a responsibili | on ourselves; the welfare of others should be our interest as well as ou own welfare. t Success is not selfish. In order to be sure of success we should le M | economy have its share in our program. We cannot be spendthrifts and | retain prosperity. Sagacity is the quality which is very important. i | Wise in our undertakings. Do not be overcome with fickleness. We ne E to be keen minded in order to have a practical judgment of thos things that are best for us. Then self-control is a big factor in success. If we cannot have self-control then success is not ours. If you are striving to meet success, Never look behind you; Fortune will favor your efforts, Unless you Stop to look behind. Keep in mind this motto true, Always with Success in view, Never look behind you. J. JACKSON BALLOU. (16)