McKinley Technical High School - Techite Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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HE PRINCIPALS EXTEND THEIR BEST TO THE ElfLLO'Zf.4 NEVER BEFORE IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY HAS THERE BEEN so greaT a need for sane and consTrucTuve ThoughT and acTuon among The younger generaTuon IT ns Tor you The Sensors oT I936 To comprehend Thus snTuaTuon and To go TorTh deTermuned To develop your characTers and broaden The range oT your menTal lnTeresTs Tollowlng In The sTeps Toward whnch your home and school IlTe have been durecTed I lcnow Trom long experuence how nmporTanT IT ns To realnze ThaT you may nnTluence The opunnons oT oThers less advanced In Thenr Thnnlong Than you are ThereTore Tollow The greaTesT mmds noT only oT your own age buT oT prevuous ages as well :T you are To aTTaun an apprecnable degree oT success WHILE YOU WERE STILL IN SCHOOL YOUR REPUTATION LAY IN OUR hands buT now ThaT you have graduaTed and musT Tace l1Te s problems undependenTly our repuTaTuon hes In yours Be :T ever your asm To respecT Thus posuTIon as The guardnan oT McKrnley Hugh School s splendxd name and hfgh prnncaples oT characTer Remember never To do say wrITe or even Thunlc anyThlng undlcaTlng a deTour Trom our TrusT In you May I express The hope ThaT your l1Te n The TuTure be OT such Tune caliber ThaT we may proudly pounT To you as a member oT our I936 Graduahng Class PARTING WORDS OF ADVICE ARE EUTILE IF UNPLEASANT THEY WILL noT be Tollowed IT pleasung They are unneccessary Our lnlces and dnslulces largely conTrol our chonces and our chonces condmon our personalmes To a cerTann exTenT we can seIecT Those Ideas and :deals whuch conTrol conducT and To ThaT exTenT aT leasT we are The archuTecTs oT our own desTIny May The walls oT your p:cTure gallery be hung wuTh such :deals as wll unspure you To healThTul luvung wholesome Thnnlcnng and helpTul deeds X o Q ' l

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MR. MYERS. WHO BROUGHT TO LIGHT THIS YEAR HIS HIDDEN TAL- ENT FOR PORTRAYING THE GREAT EMANCIPATOR. LINCOLN, CON- STRUCTS TABLES, LAMPS. BOATS- IN HIS WOODSHOP AT HOME, AND BUILDS CHARACTER IN HIS OFFICE AT SCHOOL. NO JOB IS TOO SMALL FOR HIS INTEREST NOR IS ANY TOO BIG FOR HIM TO UNDERTAKE. HIS HOBBIES RANGED THIS YEAR FROM TINY WOODEN FRAMES FOR WEAV- ING TO A TWELVE-FOOT BOAT. THE LESS TANGIBLE ,CHANGES IN CHAR- ACTER WROUGHT IN HIS OFFICE AT TECH ARE NONE THE LESS VISIBLE AND DURABLE. HE IS LOVED BY EVERY TECHITE, FINAL PROOF OF HIS LINCOLN-LIKE OUALITIES. 67.4