Independence High School - Orange and Black Yearbook (Independence, KS)

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-r. x .. 9 -r il 'rx '- vrnfyggyvq-vfy'x vvtgi1:gqy,y??gg-53 , - if ' T Z 4. :- ! I ' To the Class of Z6' fi From the depths of my he-art, I congratulate you fine boys and girls on this ' realization of one of the laudable ambitions of your young lives. For twelve years, you with your father and mother have cherished the ultimate consummation of this dream. This dream has beeni the lodestar of your vision as well as the impetus that AJ , . has enabled you to surmount many obstacles and triumph over many f1iSaDD0iI1tmeI1tS- 'T E During these years, you have learned the reward of' labor, the necessity of stead- fastness of purpose, the joy of achievement. Your mental and spiritual horizon 3 Q, has broadenedg your habits have crystalized. In some degree at least, you have 2 1 f-ound yourselves,-fashioned a compass and charted your course rather than remain 2 i the prey of the chance winds that blow weaklings hither and thither on life's stormy I seas. ' You have laid the foundation of life's superstructure. What that temple is U0 ' iif become depends with what degree of skill and integrity you have done this prelim- ,g .. inary construction' and the conscious effort and purpose you employ in completng the ' edifice. LQ As yet you are not master workmeng you are still apprentices. The world is n0t I at your feet. A college education will strengthen you greatly for life's battles and xi you should so equip yourself-. But :rhether you continue in school or whether you b enter the field of business, now is the time to take a personal inve-nnofry, Try to analyze yourself, setting forth your weakness as impartially as your strength, Con- .-f f centrate on strengthe-ning the points where you have not done your best. Purge from D ., ylclur ,conceptions every atom, of the idea of getting by. It has no place in any 1 3 sound philosophy of life and will wreck your hopes and bring nothing but failure if and disappointment. Honest endeavor is the inevitable price of permanent success. f' When society was far less complex than today, James Russell Lowell penned: K The busy world shoves angrily aside f f The man who stands with arms akimbo set 57 1 Until occasion tells him what to dog -' And he who waits to have his task marked out h I Shall die and leave his errand unfulfilled. . ' These lines argue the necessity of initiative, of being alert, of seizing opportunity be- , fore a competitor thrusts you aside, the courage to dare. Today with this brave spirit, must go the fitness of cooperative endeavor, the ability of teamwork. Modern QV achievement is not wrought by individuals standing in solitary grandeur, but rather , f' by groups working together, imbued wth common aims and kindred ideals. Organ- ' -1 ization is the motve power behind every large accomplishment. So the school of u I today edeavors to lead -you to crystalize habits of fair play, the submergence of self for the larger good of the group. This does not mean the sacrifice of individuality ' is or the compromise of character. It does not mean that in questions of right and f QR wrong we may merely do as others are doing. Despite the social complexities of 3 the day, the old cardinal virtues still reinailn and we are personally responsible for 5 our moral and religious code, In these big things, these fundamental principles so f fraught with happiness or woe, I would have you stand steadfast, stanch, true and uncompromisng, He who makes terms or gives quarters to wrong, treads on trea- cherous ground. J My confidence, my hopes, my prayers will go with you through the years. May .Q life continue sweet, beautiful and useful. May life be kind but strong, bringing to You the realization of. all your worthy ambitions and the fulfillment of all your gol- ' den dreams- Sincerely, C. S, Risdon, Superintendent. .. :E Page 14 5 -'f1.f --'- -sa.-. .... ,,,, .,..,.,.,,, .sr4sv:f.s5gagaf'ir'wif ewf-w .rs- '. v'-srza 11 x .... 5 T i i ...... awstptmnmct Karlftfxf , . I 7.7 7 .,,. . 'N F P A

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I ,, m'?B n mmnma 1W- r ' ' ' I . 6 i . OQANG Morag, t 92 sn. ' - 1' Greetings From the Board of Education It is with great pleasure that we, the Board of Education of the Independence schools, extend congratulations to each and every one on having achieved the goal for which you have been striving the past four years. It' has been your definite purpose to complete the course and that you have ac- complished. That aim is a strong, definite force in building your character. With Edwin Osgood Grover, I believe in boys and girls, the men and women of a great tomorrowg that whatsoever the boy soweth, the man shall reap. I believe in the curse of ignorance, in the- efficacy of schoo-ls, in the dignity of teaching, and the joy of serving another. I believe in the wisdom as reveale-d in human lives as well as in the pages of ap rinted bookg in lessons taught not so much by precept as by exampleg in ability to work with the hands as well as to think with the headg in. everythng that makes life large and lovely. I believe in beauty in the school room, in the home , in the daily life and out of doors. I be-lieve in laughing, in all ideals and distant hopes that lure us on. I believe that every hour of every day we receive a just reward for all we do, I believe in the present and its opportunities, in the future and its promises, and in the divine joy of living. We hope that each one of you has some worthy, definite aim in life and that you will pursue that aim with the same tenacity of spirit that has brought you to this hour. The little verse that follows, by an unknown author tersely expresses my sen- timent to you: If you cant be the pine on the top of the hi Be a scrub in the valley but be The best little scrub by the side of the ri Be a bush lf you cant be a tree If you can t be a bush be a b1t of the glass And some highway happier make If you can t be a muskie then be Just a bass But be the 1lVe1l9St bass in the lake We can t all be Captains some have to be th crew There s something for all of us here There s work to be done and we ve all got to Our part in the way that s sincere lf yr u cant be a highway then Just be a trail If you cant be the sun be a star For it isn t by size that you win or fail Be the best of whatever you are Th it Independence has unbounded fa th in her young people is evidenced by the wonderful opportunities offered them in securing an education The best that can be procured in teaching force and equipment has been provided and the kind of citizens vou become and the lives you live are the products of our school system That you will be all that we hope and that you will then carry on that hope for the future generations when you fill our places is the wish of us 'ill Sncerely Edwin Potts President of the Board of Education Inge 1 IF ' ' 1 '1l, . ' - . l . .Hz , . Y ' ' . . . I ' v e ' W 7 w ' s v '. , ' ' . do V . ' ' ' . . ' . , . 1 l . L- w ' ' ' I A . 1 . ' ' ' t , ' ' il 17 . Y Y ' JL y- 3 3 fs . .121 H Mummy' 'w'n'W 'i 'W'm Y- ---'f-usf'325'?ff' fi -' ' 'ff 2P- ' -- u kse ..-1 H' arms- - 'W' - Huff-1f ?if'i INBEPENBEQCE KAETMTI li

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l 1 4, if Li I-. ' 1 gt 7? . V r-an-,gfiggagitig1926-Wm OQANGEAN9 B150 A ' Y 311,v..N.. , , l l 1 1 -12:1 ' il 5 I 5 559 F' , ' if ' .e 0 53 .I -r 3 . gi! gi ..1 - af Q .IJ e it - 1' C. S. RISDON, Superintendent - in :Q 7 ' f . . Q 5? We, the editors of thls volume of the Orange and A Black are undergoing much sorrow, and are realizing 2 iig -'the great loss that has come to our school and F community, in the resignation of C. S. Risdon our 11: superintendent. Mr. Risdon has guided the destinies of our schools for the past twenty-five years. The Q 5 national reputation of the Independence schools is A lj . . ll .0 ? the direct result of these many years of faithful 55 service. Mere words will not permit us to express F gi the loss we feel. ,, 5 : af' 3 E gf ,z -2 ,, . 422 5 gg 12 1' .. ll N Page 15 ' ff 1 r J-.mliamr 'll