Lincoln Community High School - Lincolnite Yearbook (Lincoln, IL)

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Tl ITT-l'fLl NCOl. I I BOARD OF EDUCATION DISTRICT 404 To the members of the board of education, district 404, the class of 1927 feels permanently indebted. Hour upon hour these men liste11ed to architects, contractors, salesmen and what not and chose the design, material and equipment for this fine building. Conference after conference, meetings on into the wee hours of the morning, were held, yet these men stood loyal at their posts. Some there are who say that being a member of a board of edu- cation is a thankless task. ln this we do not agree. As boards in the past have done, you too have stood the acid test. You have weathered the storm Well and may truly feel that you may look upon your task as Hwell done , -13.-

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lguuccmg Fo Students of Lincoln Community High School: The most distinguished people the world has ever known agree that a common school education is the minimum preparation for successful living. Such an education enables you to read of things you wish to know and makes it easy for you to find the facts and understand them. Schooling does not give you new talentsg it only gives you increased capacity. If you are trained and disciplined to think and act -along definite lines, you can, when you go out into the world, pursue lines of action as you were taught in school to pursue lines of thought. All the schooling a person can obtain in any institution of learning will not make him master of la trade of profession. No matter what his name, his wealth, or his social standing. he must get into the strife, and push-push hard, and persistently. If there is anything you really want to Know, the chief thing you have to do is to keep after it ten-aciously and relentlessly. Education cannot be generated in the idle brain nor by half-hearted effort. It takes enthusiasm, grit, pluck, and pep to acquire learning. Have self-assurance and be eager to do your best. Education is the transforming influence of this world. Education trains the power of observation. Education develops the power of judgment. Education enlarges the power of expression. Education fosters the power of appreciation. All these powers should then be directed to one goal-the goal of service. Education! Get all you can of it! He is the best educated who is most useful, and he who is most useful is the possessor of a trained mind, body, and soul. Such balanced development will reveal truth and beauty to you as long as you live. This type of education is the living principle of the Lincoln Community High School. CSignedJ Q if f Qmafz, PRINCIPAL -14-