Medina High School - Medinian Yearbook (Medina, OH)

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ff-ff ffsff ffdWdMdW T H E M E D I N I A N FJf1fff X 5 N . 1 Valed1ctory S The Motto of the Class of 1933 is CHARACTER IS 'THE CORNERSTONE OF SUCCESS. I By Dorothy Koehler ST 'For four years we have been trying to live up to it, but have we ever, in all that time, stopped to think what that motto really means? I tried to analyze it, and failing, turned to the dictionary for help. I looked for character first and found Q that it was derived from a Greek word meaning stamp, or, a mark originally used .X as a symbol of ownership. Going farther I found that character was the sum of X the distinctive qualities by which a person is recognized in distinction from others, 5. the sum of traits that make up a person's moral and mental being. 1 I stopped to think, what stamp have we set upon ourselves? For years our parents, teachers, and friends have tried to build in us those mental and moral traits -5 that are best and highest. As we go out into the world, we continually alter, either adding to, or subtracting from, the stamp that distinguishes us from others. What QT then are the mental and moral traits that we should cultivate if we are to lay our lx cornerstones of Success firmly and securely? What qualities must we build in our' X selves if the stamp of ownership we bear within ourselves is to be distinctive? Q Perhaps the first and most important quality we need is Loyalty, for it is so far' Q reaching in its implications. Our loyalty must be of the active, not the passive kind. I We must be faithful and constant to our families, our school, our work, and our x5 friends. We must be willing to give ourselves in their services. It is not enough, for instance, to be loyal to your school, or your job, in words. You must be willing Qt to show that loyalty actively by doing something for your school, by giving the best Q of yourself to your job. Another quality we need to develop is Responsibility. If we are to succeed 'Q in anything from the most trivial to the most important task, we must be dependable. A promise given should be so sacred to us that we would never think of breaking it. If we accept a task nothing should prevent us from accomplishing it. The teacher Q or the employer ought never to have to give the matter another thought. If we are I to be successful, we must be responsible and dependable, the kind of a person of whom it is said, You can always count on him. If he says he'll do it, he will. A third quality we should have is Honesty. This should apply not only to our acts but to our speech as well. We should be absolutely truthful in everything we say. No one ought to be able to say of us, Oh well, you always have to take what she says with a grain of salt. We should be honest in our thoughts, too, as well ,Rf X 'x N TL as in our acts and in our speech. If we are to lay a firm cornerstone to success we S must learn to look ourselves straight in the eye, so to speak, and tell ourselves the K truth. We mustn't kid ourselves along. If we have done a job poorly we must admit it if we are to avoid making the same mistakes again. If, as the poet Says, lx we are to rise on our dead selves to higher things, we must learn to be honest in N our thoughts. lg X .J .ff -..fffjf .ffiflfa ff-fAf-ff.f .ff'.f',f 'ff IM'-ff .ff ff flll ff Sixteen - '

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T H E M E D I N I A N , WFMFWFVXFWIFFWFJFMFJFWI5' Q ,X X. . ,I ,X W s I ' ROBERT SMITH-' 'Bob 1 - l '- Hobby-jerking Sodas I 'i Band '31, '32, '33, Orchestra '30, '31, '32, Football '30, '31, Baseball '32, X L Basketball 32, 33. I .j Never preach beyond your experience. I I K, l ELIZABETH CLARK- Ebbie xx Hobby-Whispering in Study Hall Lx IX Chorus '30, Girl Reserves '31, Bitter Sweet Anne '31. w It is I1 point of wisdom to be silent when occasion requires. 4 VIRGINIA WALTZ- Ginny I I XX Hobby-Playing Tennis 'x 1 Chorus '30, Girl Reserves '31, '32, '33, Orchestra '30, '31, '32, Tennis X' S Champion '31, '32, Athletic Night '32. I Never having much to say, XX I Gentle and quiet in every way. I X . N L w CLINTON SCPIMIDT- Smitty Q L Hobby-Baking w Track '29, '30, Hi Y '29, '30. LX I- When I have anything to do, I go and do it. X I II WELDON ANDERSON- Son fg Q Hobby-Slinging Hamburgers I XI Baseball '29, '30, '31, '32, Football '31, '32, Hi Y '29, '30, '31, Bitter S t An 31. N'- M wee ne Study is a dreary thing, I Q I would 1 knew the remedy. lx I 'S L IRMA AUBLE- Dutch I X Hobby-Dancing L I Chorus '30, '31. I S L The great secret of happiness is to be at ease with yourselff MARGARET THOMAS- Peggy X E Hobby4Flir!ing with the Freshmen ll Chorus '30, '31, Girl Reserves '29, '30, '31, '32. 5 2 She has two eyes so soft and blue, ex Take Care! I l L S GEORGE WHITFIELD- Whit 'X I I Hobby-Playing the Piano X xx Basketball '31, '32, '33, Hi Y '31, Class Secretary '31, Class Treasurer '33, x Q Annual Staff '32, Class Play '33, X I I He merely touches the piano keys, I Q And you hear most beautiful melodies. lx .X nxt FRANK BRITT-Harm Q- Hobby-Making Candy chews '30, '31, '32, Hi Y '30, '31, '32, N. - Men of few words are the best. N- S KORENA BARROW-' 'Gramn1aw Hobby-Collecting absence slips I Girls Reserves '30, I Q Speech is the index of the mind. X33 711. R .5 , l LAURA CHARLTON- Polly ' , , Hobby-Fraternity Pins Q 0 Chorus '29, '30, '31, Sextet '31, '32, Girl Reserves '29, '30, '31, '32, N l ' '33, Bitter Sweet Anne '31. I X' She sings as sweetly as a niglitingalef' X X. i WALTER ABBUI' T I XI In Memoriam I I X, X ,I . N Q dyf'f!' ff fdEWdWEW ff-flee!! ff ff ff ff Fifteen

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THE MED'N'AN X- yi 1 sl In the fourth place we must be Industrious. No one achieves success without I lots of hard work. It's easy enough to think that we will work hard and be indusf X5 l 1 'E trious once we are out in the world, but not only must we have the foundation for lx future success that comes from hard work in school, but also the habit of industry. Il Many people have found to their cost that they let things slide too long, and opporf 'S tunity passed them by. If we are to be successful we must cultivate the habit of I lgp industry now. P. T. Barnum, the great showman, said, Stick to your business and T you may be sure that your business will stick to you. It is this directing your whole mind and energies at one point that brings success. lf Last of all, we must have SelffReliance. Emerson, in his famous essay on Self' ax T Reliance says, 'LTrust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string! If we want to inspire the trust and confidence of others, we must believe in ourselves, not with 1' ...., . . . . l I' an arrogant, overbearing conceit, but with a quiet confidence in our own abilities. X. X- S , We must rely upon our own powers. It has often been said that if you think failure, is you will be a failure, and if you think success, you will be a success. To a certain it extent this is true. We must cultivate selffconfidence and selffreliance if we are to achieve. The man who thinks for himself and makes his own decisions is the one . Tl who succeeds. To quote Emerson again, What I do is all that concern me, not what people think. This rule, equally arduous in actual and intellectual life, may serve L for the whole distinction between greatness and rneannessf' I Let us then strive to set a worthy stamp upon ourselvesg a stamp of distinction, 'S by cultivating Loyalty, Responsibility, Industry, and SelffReliance. It is thus that lf we will build character that will be a real cornerstone to success. 'sl L May we always remember that, Our acts our angels are, or good or ill, our faithful shadows that walk by Us still. TL is . . , Lx sv Looking Ahead W ith the Class of 33 F ll TL lg . By Earl Clement -F ' . l L The question of what the future holds in store for us is one that can not be Q Q answered with a very large degree of accuracy. Even though predictions have some Il 'X information can be obtained as to what will prevail in the next few years, during X bg our progress toward maturity. X c ll They are our observations of present trends and the opinions and reports of lg people who have studied the past and present day conditions. E l These sources appear to justify the conclusions that we are entering a period which S ll will bring a decided change in our political, social, and economic life and which all will generate new possibilities, new fields, and new problems. 5 iff The Class of '33 can look forward to a world which offers not only opporf L tunities but also opportunities that are new and challenging. X' xx ig l L' .Hlrifziflziviz-'ZFWWFrWWzJWL:.WWr-4WFWJWEQZEMTJWFWLQZTJIEVFW IL Seventeen