Gorham State College - Hillcrest / Green and White Yearbook (Gorham, ME)

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11'--1I...TER EARLE RUSSELL Principal 2G

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TO THEiCLASS OF 1931 1:.H E capetcne cf the great pyramid 2:1 iiiiiiivf Checpe shcute he the admiring specte- ' tcre. i'HEhGiti the exalted pc-eiticn - which I have achieved '5 The man c-f wetilth in a pcsiticu cf prominence and pcwei beasts I am e self- made then The Ncrmel Schccl graduate with an excellent record behind her and bright prcepecte hcfcre her cchgretuletee herself en the greet success she has made cf her life thus far. The cepetcne fcrgets the sweating Egyptians that dragged it intc ite exalted pcsiticn end the breed feuntlaticn layers that give it stabilityr and security. The heeetiug man of wealth and peeie tich fcrgete the favoring ecrciel end pcliticaI back ground withcut which his achievement would have been impceeihle end futile. Is the Ncrmel Schccl graduate, Iccking fern ward 5c ewtpectttiitlj,ir to success, in danger cf fer- getting the debt ehe c-wee tn the State and the municipality fer the crganieed facilities they,r have placed at her diepceal, the obligation she is under tc the ccumitiunitj,r end the heme fer the cnccur- agement and inepiratich with which theyr have stimulated her, and the gratitude due her t'cre- bears fer her rich natural gifts? Is she inclined tc view her successes as 301er her perecnel achievements and her failures as due tn a. hostile envircnment F WALTER EAELE RUSSELL. 21 - xlrt- '-