Mason High School - Branding Iron Yearbook (Mason, TX)

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'du- Everyone has two educatlons, that whlch lS glV8U hlm, and the other, that whlch he 21VGS to hlmself Of the two kinds, the latter lS by far the most valuable Indeed, all that 15 most worthy ln a man or woman, he or she must work out and conquer fo themselves It lS that whlch constltutes our real and best nourlshment What we are merely taught seldom nourlshes the mlnd llke that whlch we teach ourselves The alm of Educatlon should be to teach us rather how to thlnk than what tow thluk, to lmprove our mlnds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves I hone these thoughts may become a part of the stu dent's memo 1es of the l947 48 school year grail pteenhjigfzam N.U.CADNES Sufe91?z2Znc4n2f

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'U' A, W AX Qfjggfeznemecefa Dame n DAL PRINCIPAL S MESSAGE Thoufh I have been a member of your faculty for only a short tlme I have come to know and to anp eclate each one of you as a student and as a member of the student ood! Your loyalty, your coon ratlon, and your SGFVIPG have wade thls school year a very pl a ant ani uccessful one As your lrlend and counselor, perult me to warn you against tae apithetmc attltuies and lde ls whlcd nany Anerlcan youths Amerl 30 way of llfe and tend to create rather than solve pre sent d f so lal e ononlc and polltlcal llls May I renlnd you that character SCHOlHTShlU leedershlp, ani service are more essentlal today than ever before ln solvlne these problems I convratulate you on your current dChlSJ9W6Ht Thanxs for th manv servlces you have rendered Mason H125 Scdool I shall follow each of vol as you Graduate from t lS school and enter reater flelds of servlce or endeavor I trust vou wlll always be able to say wlth the poet H matters not how stralght the alt, how charged wlth punishment the scroll, I am the naster of my fate I am the captaln of mv soul H JK N ,J , I I - -DY X ' ' ' O n I 7 , ' ' A ' xD 1 u ' , . r ' ' ,Y I, L ' L. -f 1 oe ' ', up ' . 1 ' egg f S I n ii O . Y N. 1 . I ' z . I ' I ' a .',1 A .' H ' ' are assuming. Such attitudes and ideals are detrimental to our v 'Cl w ' A I - ' aj , c' , c I' ' ' ' . f ' ' ! ' A ..7 'l i Y 7 .D ' 1 s Q A 1 1 Y ' I IA Q A w S U . .QA 1 . . x U . D A h' A S 1 I ' - , ' . It ', a ' I . . ,. ' : A L .