Mason City High School - Masonian Yearbook (Mason City, IA)

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Names? WHEN I first came to Mason City it was my duty to copy the names of the students ofthe Mason City High School upon small yellow cards. For several days as I sat and copied them that is all you meant to me, just names, names, names. But gradually out of this jumble of names and ideas about you all, associated intangibly in my mind tangible individuals have evolved during the passing of the year. And now instead of J-0-h-n B-a-r-n-e-s I see one of our splen- did High School athletes, IVI-a-r-y J-o-n-e-s has become the honor pu- pil: ,I-a-m-e-s R-o-g-e-r-s, the boy who must be watched because he sometimes forgets to come to school and forges his excuse for admit- tance, R-e-b-e-c-c-a A-I-I-e-n is the girl 'iwho can smile when everything goes dead wrong and is active in the school's best interests, B-i-I-I-y J-o-n-e-s is no longer a hazy name but a leader of the activities for boys, and so each name has become a separate entity, an individual as it were. Your name must and does stand for something and you being the masters of your own destiny must be the one to decide for what it will stand. Several days ago a little pamphlet came to me through the mail. It contained some splendid thoughts for High School boys and girls. I believe the Masonian is the ideal vehicle to carry these thoughts to you. To make your name stand for something worth while remem- ber to: Be Honest-not only in talking but be too proud to cheat, to hand in copied work and attempt to bluff. Be honest with yourself. Be kind--no need to wait for someone to be kind to you, be look- ing for opportunities to give pleasure, not with the thought of gain for yourself but for the sake of playing your part in the social life about you. Have courage to do the thing you know to be right, fortunately it is possible to be loyal to your standards without being a prig or a reformer. Work hard--work undertaken cheerfully, intelligently, and pur- posefully brings strength, skill, and a joyful pride in accomplishment which is one of the greatest satisfactions in life. TOMMY D. PRIEST

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