Edison High School - Edisonian Yearbook (Lake Station, IN)

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Melvin Anderson, Jr. President George Garber Secretary Fred L. Kitchel Treasurer BOARD OF EDUCATION Clara Donovan School Clerk Newana Rush Principal ' s Office Clerk 6 The l!K)Z Edisonian

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ADMINISTRATION WITHIN THIS SECTION ARE PICTURED THE PEOPLE WHO OPEN EDISON ' S DOORS OF EDUCATION TO THE STUDENTS. ONLY THEIR GUIDANCE MAKES IT POS- SIBLE TO HAVE A CLASS, A YEARBOOK, A BAND. A BASKETBALL TEAM, AND MANY ACTIVITIES. IT IS THROUGH THEIR ASSISTANCE THAT STUDENTS OF EDISON BECOME EDUCATED.

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Congratulations to the graduates at Commencement Season ! Truly, this is for you a beginning of a new era in your life, bringing with it new opportunities, new responsibil ities, new interests, new friends, new joys, and new sorrows. Your education does not end with graduation from high school ; it will con- tinue throughout life. Some of you will continue your education at institutions of higher learning, but most of the mem- bers of the class will seek employment. The immediate objective of your employ- ment is the pay you will receive, but the more remote is your success in life. Charles M. Schwab once said, “The best investment a young man starting out can possibly make is to give all his time, all his energies to work, just plain hard work.’’ Work is the foundation stone of success. Be enthusiastic in your work. Every man is enthusiastic at times; one man has enthusiasm for thirty minutes, another man has it for thirty days, but it is the man who has it for thirty years who makes a success in life. Be ambi- tious to succeed, devoting all your energies to achieving your goals, making sure of a greater goal ahead each time you attain your immediate objective, for ambition is like a torrent — it can never rest or look back. “Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could, some blunders and some absurdities crept in, but forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you should begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old non- sense. ’ ’ — Emerson. The great aim of man’s creation is the development of a grand and noble character — and a great and good character is, by its very nature, the product of the discipline of self. Cyrus once said, “Good health and good sense are two of life’s greatest blessings.” Good character cannot be developed without the exercise of good common sense. Strength of character is shown in the honesty, humility, mercy, kindness, reliability, patience, hope, and charity evidenced by the truly noble. I wish you the best of success and the greatest happiness for each day of your life. Virgil I. Bailey Superintendent of Schools Virgil I. Bailey Superintendent The 1952 Edison ian 7