Humboldt High School - Life Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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As a senior, he walks around with a stack of books under his arm and tries to look intelligent. I know it all -this is his motto, but he will soon discover that even a Congressman knows more than he does. Paul Johnson The Path of Success Success is like a bright and shining goal at the end of a steep and rugged path. We cannot reach the goal without climbing, and we cannot climb without falling. Hence, if we would succeed, we must rise when we fall, for a successful person is one who has risen once more than he has fallen. Vile, the untried youth of America, are about to start on our journey to suc- cess. Are we well educated? Have we specialized in the branch of work for which we are best fitted. Are we thoroughly efficient in the profession which we haven chosen? Are we physically fit? Are we morally strong? If not, we had better larry a while longer, for he who travels the path of success must be pre- pared. Health, character, and education form the frame-work for our hall of fame. But a frame-work of preparation alone, will not shelter our ambitions from the storms of adversity which we shall encounter in striving for success. In order to succeed, we must be confident of victory. Let us set our eyes on our goal and have faith in our ability to reach it. Let us see ourselves actually filling the position we intend to fill. Let us disregard any thought of failure. If we think success, dream success and anticipate success, we shall realize success. In striving for success we shall come in contact with two forces, namely, op- portunity and failure. If we are prepared, opportunity will aid us, if we are un- prepared, failure will overcome us. Opportunities are as numerous as the stars in the heavens, but we cannot grasp them unless we are prepared. What is to prevent us from inventing a machine which will lighten the work of a million laboring men? Vlfhat is to prevent us from writing a book which will bring cheer to the hearts of the entire world? Opportunities are innumerable. God put them on earth in order that man might succeed. Failures, like opportunities, must be contended with before we achieve suc- cess. If met in the right way, they are valuable experiences which will aid us in the struggle for success. Failure is only Fate's method of preventing the weak from succeeding. If we are knocked down, we must get up and re- sume the fight. Success comes after many years of painful defeat, tedious labor and concentrated effort. James VVhitcomb Riley worked on one story twenty years before he could get a certain magazine to accept it. The world will always make way for the man who is determined to succeed despite failure. To the young people of America, I dedicate my closing thoughts. We are living in the land and age of opportunity. Europe is contented with the learning of the past, America has yet to produce her greatest literature, her greatest art and her greatest men. This is our task. Towards us the eyes of the world are bentg to us our native land offers the helping hand of opportunityg to us success beckons at every turn. Success is ours for the striving. Today is the day of op- portunity, today is the day for action. Forward, O youth of America, forward as opportunity offers. Paul fohnson Edilofs Note: This is the speech with which Paul Johnson won honors in the district and state contests. Thirteen

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wg' Q n t K L I xg C f i SWELL-'I Phys1eal TFHIHIUQ How many of you readers apprehend the real value of a physical training? Have you ever considered the great and lasting effect this training has on our young men? NYhat a thrill it is to watch a game! There on the field are the teams, with the one idea in their minds-to win. llut, can one team win all the time? Often failure is success, but to overcome failure is a test that is fundamental in the training. Thus a physical training, in teaching the members of the team to play fair, sets their standards for the game of life. Humboldt always has a man's team, a team that sends forth young men physically and morally fit to take their places in the game of life. Humboldt has its team of athletes, but what Humboldt requires is physical training for all its boys so that each and every one will be htted with a strong body and an alert mind. For today, the very essence of man's chance is-Is he morally and physi- cally ht? Therefore, Humboldt should have physical training for all its boys so that when an opportunity presents itself, they will not fall below grade because they lack the surety, conhdence and co-operative trust afforded by a physical training. The Humboldt Student It is interesting to notice the four different stages through which the average Humboldt student passes. ' As a freshman, he is a shy, bashful lad about fourteen years of age. He buys a ticket for every athletic contest because he is afraid to refuse the ticket sellers. He listens attentively to all of Miss Peyton's lectures on dancing. For recreation he plays tag in the gymnasium. As a sophomore, he wears long pants for the hrst time and even talks to the girls occasionally. He shows good sense by taking Geometry from Miss Ek. For recreation, he initiates the incoming freshmen and shoots spitballs at the seniors. As a junior, he pays more attention to the girls than he does to his books. He wears a smart tweed suit with leather buttons, slicks his hair back with 'fSta- comb , and oh! how he can dance! Give Caesar the Roman limpire, but give the Junior a ballroom lioor. Twelve

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69 . 55 f TCS X-wg-. ' f4Daddy Long Legs Dacldy Lonfffl.e0's was mresented to Humboldt audiences in three Jerform- . If 5 ances, a matinee on Thursday, March l, r.lllll1l'Sll'1Y eveninff and Friday' e' nine' March 2. ,V 1 V 1' 5 U XC 5, Daddy Long'fl.eg's is a charming play and it was made doulmly so lmy the manner in which it was given. The characters actually seemed to live. Loretta Muehlbauer, as Judy, the heroine, was very appealing and someone remarlcerl after the performance, 'She sure can act. lilroy Isaacson took the title role and he made the part of the man who was hoth Daddy and lover seem very real. Helen XSarg'ent, as Miss l ritchard,', was a very sweet old lady who acted as a Sort of goflmetween for Dafldy and 'fludyf' The part of flimmie Macl!rimle , a wealthy college man, was taken hy Roy Blume. 'Sallie lXlacl3ricle was one of those nice'l girls whom you would want for a friend and Margaret Manx played Sallie-'s part very well. Mary O'Minsky was 'flulia Pendletonu, a yery engaging little flapper who thought rather too much of herself. There were many other characters, all of them wonderfully well done and it would Fill many pages to sing' their praises. Again we may take our hats oft to Miss Graves. Her plays seem to have taken Cones methoclithey are Ngettiiigg' hetter and hetterl' every year. The principals are? Judy - - Daddy T.ong'-Legs Miss Pritchard hlimmie Macllride Sallie Macllride -lulia Pendleton Mrs. Pendleton Mrs. Lippet - Mrs. Semple Fo1f1'fi'i'11 l.oretta Muehllvauer - lilroy lsaacson Helen Sargent - Roy Blume Margaret Manx Mary O'Minslcy Dorothy Stanley Marion Whaley Catherine Coyne