Grant High School - Memoirs Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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MESSAGE GRADUATES OF 1941: ACCEPT MY SINCERE CONGRATULATIONS AND HOPES FOR STILL GREATER SUCCESSES! AS WE SCAN THE PAGES OF THESE MEMOIRS WE LIVE AGAIN OUR FOUR-YEAR EXPERIENCES. FOR YOU. MANY OF THESE ARE TOO RECENT TO APPRECIATE FULLY OR TO REGARD AS IMPORTANT. BUT AS THE COMING YEARS OF YOUR LIVES UNFOLD THEY WILL GROW IN RICHNESS AND VALUE. ■ ■ FOR ME. YOUR FRIEND AND PRINCIPAL, THERE IS NO GREATER CONCERN THAN THE ONE THAT YOU HAVE ATTAINED AND STRENGTHENED ATTITUDES SO NECESSARY IN THIS GREAT CRISIS OF THE WORLD—SUCH AS: ABSOLUTE LOYALTY TO OUR COUNTRY; A DEEPENED LOVE FOR ITS CHERISHED LIBERTIES; WILLINGNESS TO PUT THE COMMON GOOD ABOVE SELFISH DESIRES; EAGERNESS TO WORK; THE UPHOLDING OF TRUTH, JUSTICE. LAW, TOLERANCE. AND RIGHTEOUSNESS. THINK OF WHAT JOHN OXEHHAM SAYS: ■ ■ ■ WHERE ARE YOU GOING. GREAT-HEART, WITH YOUR EAGER FACE AND YOUR FIERY GRACE? TO FIGHT A FIGHT WITH ALL MY MIGHT. FOR TRUTH AND JUSTICE. GOD AND RIGHT. TO GRACE ALL LIFE WITH HIS FAIR LIGHT. TO LIFT TODAY ABOVE THE PAST; TO MAKE TOMORROW SURE AND FAST; TO NAIL GOD'S COLORS TO THE MAST — THEN GOD GO WITH YOU. GREAT-HEART. RICH BLESSINGS UPON ALL OF YOU! YOUR FRIEND A. F. BITTNER