Coquille High School - Laurel Yearbook (Coquille, OR)

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Achievement imm 12 INTRODUCTION

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INTRODUCTION 11 Leadership implies the ability to guide or instruct, as a band leader leads the band. But leadership also suggests a position at the head, a position of influence. So it is during our school years and beyond. Some are chosen to lead: some choose to lead. Some choose to follow. The opportunity to assume a leadership role is open to all, but leadership like achievement requires determination. Who are leaders? The boy who makes the winning touchdown; the girl who makes the rally squad. These and many more are important to our school. The student who makes all A's; the girl who sings a choir solo; and simply, each of us as we near adulthood. Leadership cannot be measured by popularity, but the sheer determination and “spunk” it takes to lead.

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Achievement is a test, perhaps the greatest one of all. Achievement measures our ability to survive. It is gathering our laurels in the sheer sense of the word. Achievement takes sweat, brain power, and determination. The achievement of the individual is different from all others and cannot be forced upon us. The greatest achievement of some may mean nothing to others. Achievement combines all our themes — winning laurels, leadership, bravery', and competition. It reflects upon the future of us all, the future of the classes of 1978, 1979. 1980. and 1981. INTRODUCTION 13