Montana State University Bozeman - Montanan Yearbook (Bozeman, MT)

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The opportunities to learn and exercise leadership are many and varied throughout life. In almost every situation in life, the individual can develop his leadership capabilities. Who is the leader? Perhaps the best explanation is a description of the actions of a leader. A leader must put the interests of the group ahead of his own. He must accept the desires of his followers; he must get back of them, not back at them. The leader must learn to obey those over him, the dictates of his conscience and the rules of our society. But the leader cannot be so involved in his own convictions that he docs not recognize another’s right to differ. This is not leadership; rather, it is prejudice in its rawest form. Obedience is the most important, and possibly the most difficult to follow. The leader cannot expect any thing from his followers that he will not do himself. Association with others brings forth these characteristics in everyone. Who is the leader? We must first look at ourselves to find the answer. 13

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The first task we are given in life comes to us while we arc very young and continues until we die. This task is living — with ourselves and with others. From the time we join a trechouse club until we sit in the park talking with our contemporaries, we must accept the fact that life is a constant conflict of interests and ideas. The individual must learn to respect others if he is to have any degree of success in life. Without others it is impossible to find any of the finer things that make life so wonderful. Living with each other is something that cannot be taught; it must be learned by experience. The fundamentals must be learned in youth, but life is a constant refinement of this quality. 14