New Kent High School - Iliad / Cavalier Yearbook (New Kent, VA)

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There is a time in every man’s education when he arrives at the convic¬ tion that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must take him¬ self for better for worse as his portion; . . . The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is which he can do, nor does he know until he has tried. Emerson in ’’Self Reliance” These words of the American essayist attempt to instill in us a confidence in our own abilities and our own thinking. Your task as you make the transition from the high school classroom to the college halls, the shop, or the home, is not only to seize opportunities to enrich your life and to serve your fellow men, but TO CREATE such opportunities. Your goal must not be adjustment to your environment, but MASTERY of it. For twelve years you have studied -- acquiring information, accumulating facts, drilling, diagramming, outlining and summarizing. Much of what you have gained will be utilized in the years ahead. Many of the facts, however, will be forgotten, much information will find little application, and you may never diagram a sentence or use a Bunsen burner again. But if, through the fu lfillment of your classroom requirements, you have found the satisfaction that comes from a realization of your own ability to recall, to solve, to imagine, to create and to express, and have gained a confidence in yourself that enables you to confront the challenges which your chosen vocation presents, you have received an education. Again from Emerson: To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men -- that is genius.

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SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS President - Farron Davis Vice-President - Carol Stuck Secretary - Patsy Hodges Treasurer - Dickie Mapp SENIOR CLASS Class Flower: Yellow R ose Class Colors: Gold and White Motto: 10