Newcastle High School - Yearbook (Newcastle, WY)

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Mrs. Ethel Graham Principal - 0. C. Kerney Superintendent Page nine

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RESPONSIBILITY Responsibility is a very extraordinary word, full of im- port and a symbol of concentrated duty. Responsibility is something that is ever present in varying degrees, and al- ways evaded if possible. It is, however, impossible to dis- card responsibility. No matter how you live, no matter how you die, you have responsibility thrust upon you as a matter of course. It is as inevitable as death. I have been on the road, living the life of a carefree wandererg I have occupied positions of all kinds, in all kinds of trades, but yet I have the occupation or the existence to find that carries not its own responsibilities. It is the un- voided wish of everyone to be at some time free of all re- sponsibilities. Never can you obtain that Wish. For long years I have sought that stage, but it is not in this life. Even in dying you have the oppressing sense of responsibil- ity. It is indeed a joke this life that We live. If it were not for our innate sense of curiousity there would not be a thing to live for, We are all curious to see what happens tomor- row. We cling tenaciously to this life in order that we will not miss anything. It is amusing to see the people that will persist in doing things that are ruinous to their health or happiness in order that they may view with a curious eye all th.at happens. The tourists every year rush across the United States and the other countries of the world as fast as their modern means of transportation will carry them, just in order that they may see what I is ahead. It is always ahead. That is the secret of the love of life. Many things are resorted to in order that they may view all that takes place, yet at the same time they all wish to shirk responsi- bility. Responsibility is at the same time the brake and the gspur to human achievement. If you dislike responsibility, as we all do, and discard as much of it as it is possible, you have applied the, brake. If you accept it as inevitable, as it most certainly is, and proceed to discharge it in the best manner known to you, you have applied the spur. For when you have discharged your responsibility to the best of your ability, you will have more and many fold thrust upon you. But always it will be the same task to discharge it credit- ably. The task will not be lessened, nor will it be increased, ' fContinued on page sixty-five? Page eight

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