Hockaday High School - Cornerstones Yearbook (Dallas, TX)

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MISS ELA HOCKADAY President Emeritus Mere words cannot express the affection which Miss Ela Hockaday's many admirers had for her. Miss Ela was not only the founder of a notable institutiong she was an institution in herself. A11 who came in contact with her were impressed by her poise, her devotion to duty, and her sincere interest in each individual's problems. Throughout the World are Women who, as students at Hockaday, captured and still demonstrate something of Miss Ela's thirst for knowledge, her ideals of beauty, and her deep Christian faith. What better way could 'ther girls reflect their esteem for her than by continuing in her same spirit of promoting learning, beauty, and faith. Excerpt from the Last Tribute to Miss Ela Hockaday by John F. Anderson fr., Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Dallas, Texas.

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President My congratulations to the graduating Class of 1956 and to the Annual staff, in particular, for your many achievements during the past year. We are proud of your work in the classroom and in the many extra responsibilities which you have so willingly assumed. It is our sincere hope that this annual will remind all of you, in the days and years to come, of the many pleasant experiences and friendships that have been yours while attending Hockaday. It is our wish that these experiences and associations will serve as an inspiration to you as you move into your future and assume your several responsibilities. It has been and will continue to be the philosophy of the school to provide character building as well as academic training fundamental to the assumption of leadership, which is so vitally needed in our society of today and which will become an important factor in the years just ahead of us. May the knowledge which you have developed become, not only a reminder of your days spent on the Hockaday campus, but a source of strength, inspiration, and happi- ness for each of you. I am proud, indeed, of the Class of 1956 and its record of achievement. Mwii? or HOBART F. MOSSMAN

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BONNIE ALLEN Dean of Students To the IV Form: I have known you briefly, nevertheless, it is clear that as a group you share a vigorous and exuberant pleasure in the business of living. What better gift could a schoolmarm wish for her students than that they may continue to have life more abundantly? I do wish it for you, and I add my hope that your dealings with it may be tempered by qualities you have begun to learn here: personal and mental discipline, discrimination, allegiance to your society, an inquiring mind, courage to support the truth, charitable relationships with all human beings. These values are never fully comprehended. They must be lived with for all the years of one's life. Thus, my second wish for you is that you may never cease to grow in intelli- gence, curiosity, and an understanding heart. ibcmnlltut