Hagerstown High School - Epitome Yearbook (Hagerstown, IN)

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Accepting defeat and winning modestly are two valuable assets of human behavior. By taking steps in sports, the athlete can learn to accept these challenges. Defeat is often more important than victory, for it stimulates the individual or team to take one step further to try for success again. The athlete takes one small step toward understanding the necessity of success and defeat. By taking small steps to develop his talents, the athlete supplies the basic foundation of a particu- lar sport. Each individual is responsible for taking one small step in life. School life provies the initia- tive to strive for such qualities. The students search for the right direction in which to take their firt step. Teachers strive to point the stu- dents toward a beneficial road to maturity. Taking one small step through school experi- ences as teenagers will enable students to enter the adult world with a better understanding of their role in society.

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Organizations play a vital role in high school. Each individual in the organization takes a small step toward setting a goal and working until it is accomplished. It is a combi- nation of these small steps which enables the organization to move forward in its efforts to supply the student with mature characteristics of the young adult, and at the same time, ac- complish its goal. The high school student not only takes steps to broaden his knowledge but also to strengthen his social life. These steps are taken by participating in various activities. Perhaps the most important day in the life of a student is Graduation Day for it is here he takes the last step as a high school senior and the first big step toward life as a mature, responsible, young adult. Every individual is plagued by some degree of curiosity. Academics in school life provide some of the answers to questions which stu- dents ask. Regardless of the degree of interest, school studies can satisfy a definite part of individual curiosity. One small step taken through academics will enable the student to be more informed in the adult world of ques- tions and problems.

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Mr. Robert E. Clark took many small steps to further the development of education in the Nettle Creek School Corporation. A native of Kansas, Mr. Clark came to Hagerstown with only six years remaining until his retirement. Instead of taking life easy and merely waiting for retirement, Mr. Clark became more active than ever in education. He set a goal-that of building a new junior-senior high school. Mr. Clark wanted students in the Nettle Creek area to have every advantage and opportunity of a new school as the students in neighboring schools. In six years as superintendent here, Mr. Clark worked toward that goal. In a few months, his goal will be reached. Robert E. Clark was a fine example of how taking one small step can lead to a giant leap — in this case, for the welfare of today ' s youth and tomorrow ' s leade rs. He will long be remem- bered and admired. Memoriam - ' ■H!ULU1»j«j J - I -• i,,