Newton High School - Newtonia Yearbook (Newton, IA)

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B. C. BERG Superintendent NEWTON B. A. University of lllinoisg M, A. Columbia University, University of Iowa. i l OU CAME into this world in the years of readjustment following the First World War. You entered school while we were riding the crest of a tremendous wave of so-called prosperity. Some of you do not remem- ber the crash of l929, but the years of depression and the attempts to meet its dark problems have been part and parcel of the major experiences of your lives. Now, as you leave school and childhood behind you to take your place in a world at war, those of us who have had a share in your education hope that you leave with understanding and faith in our Anglo- Saxon culture and in our American ideals for the development of individual security and freedom for each mans personality, for his mind, for his method of expression, for his religion, for his home and property, for his family, and for the democratic institutions which he has created to protect them. We hope that you have the courage and discipline to stand fast for the things you believe ing that you have learned enough skills to find a place where you can begin to earn your own daily bread or enough preparation to go on satisfactorily in more advanced studies. The world has changed a great deal in the last decadeg it will change more in the next. You will have a chance to use your power and influence in the creation of that world. Be sure that it is not a worse world than the one we have known. 'Through Louise, l have had a great personal interest in the class of 1941 and in each of its members. l wish success for each and all of you.

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H. A. LYNN Principal, Senior High NEWTON B. A. Parsons College, M. A, Columbia University, University of Colorado, University of Iowa, University of Chicago. ENIORS, since you entered kindergarten until now, you have been confronted with a definite challenge to make the best of your opportunities. The school has tried to provide the means whereby you could develop and succeed to the best of your abilities. How well have you succeeded? The following quotation by H. S. Wells may help you in your decision, He says: Wealth, notoriety, place, and power are no measure of success whatever. The only true measure of success is the ratio between what we might have done and what we might have been on the one hand, and the thing we have done and the thing we have made of ourselves on the other, Seniors, whether this ratio be great or small, the fact remains you must build your future on what you have been able to achieve so far. You have your start, but very few races are won here. The finish is equally as important. Everywhere the demand goes out for people who can finish things. That is, do a complete job, and not be satisfied with one only halt done. You will meet with numercus hozards but with the proper persist- ence, that inner desire to get ahead, and a definite faith in yourself, you can succeed. Seniors, you have numerous possibilities and a wealth of potential power, but so many times you fall short because you lack a definite aim. l challenge you to aim at something that will really test the best that is in you, WM