Elkhart High School - Elkhorn Yearbook (Elkhart, TX)

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499 Wwnage 'ZGWL QA: ' J-:wZ te a message to The editor of the ELKHORN has asked me to wri the student body. My remarks will be addressed primarily to the the entire student body upon ni s but first may I congratulate the general conduct that have se or , the fine spirit, the cooperation, and ' ' the present session. characterized your actions during r at Elkhart High To the seniors who are finishing your caree what the world calls Hsuccessn. School, I wish for each of you that it is not very material how However I would impress upon you and to say that I hope the world at large measures your success, H ssn and that kind of life that is measured for you that kind of succe by the amount of good you can do to others and what you contribute to the elevation of the moral standards of society: that success whose achievements ignore personal gains and exalt living: that puts duty above pleasure, character above power of position. Never take the position that the world owes you a living or an thing else. et. lt is your privilege, You must pay to the last penn for all you g ' hat ou receive, to earn all rewards and to your right, to pay for w y merit all honors bestowed upon you. l f the mendicant, the Let us not as a nation sink to the leve o f r alms a supplicant begging for what beggar holding out his hands o , is unearned unmerited, undeserved. Let us instead return to the ' tion great. The last philosophy of our forefathers who made this na ' uered. There is a vast realm in the in- frontiers have not been conq ' ll ho have the courage to venture tellectual world beckoning to a w forth. May you have the vision of the npioneersn and the fortitude ' f arently insurmountable obstacles. A man's tes to carry on in face o app U success is not measured by the jobs he-begins but by those he comple , , A ' Superintendent A Q

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