Herbert Hoover High School - Dias Cardinales Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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1 RADUATING CLASS OF JUNE I938-As l thinlc over the past three years that you have been attending this school and attempt to summarize the principles of education or the standards of living that you have received, the most important, l believe, is self- government. What lesson may we draw from the fact that most of the world's great men have come from poor surroundings, men who learn in childhood to accept life as it is, to do their part cheerfully, to dare in the face of intolerable conditions, and to achieve in the face of hardships? While Washington and Lincoln are two of the greatest builders of the nation, l-lorace Mann was the quiet inner builder who earnestly strove for the soul development of the nation. This great teacher of o-ver one hundred years ago scattered the seeds of true education and you have the privilege and opportunity of reaping the harvest. The only sure way is to glean from the experience of your life, the good, the valuable, the true, and the beautiful. Are you getting from your education the highest moral, civic and cultural values? Are you selecting as your habits the priceless gems of honesty, gratitude, service, and courage? Self-government fails unless the heart and soul of the individuals are good: so- Democracy fails unless the people are good at heart. lt is my sincere desire that up to this point in your education you have been trained in purpose, in tastes, in citizenship, and in slcill so that through life you may stand alone in the face of hardships without special privilege or perfect surroundings. If this is true you have indeed learned the principle of true self-government and have every reaso-n to expect a happy and successful life. 7 M766