Northampton Area High School - Amptennian Yearbook (Northampton, PA)

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 DR. GEORGE A. EICHLER, Superintendent

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 yOR A NUMBER of years you have eagerly looked forward ! ( to the time when you would he graduated from high school. It seemed such a long hard road. Now, all too soon, i -t commencement time has come and with it one of the important cross-roads of your life. The sheltered period of your life is over; you have become men and women and you must now carry many of the responsibilities of life, which up to now have been carried for you by your parents, teachers, and friends. We sincerely hope that you will carry your increased responsibilities worthily. If the prospect of immediate financial and economic success seems doubtful and discouraging to you, remember there is much more to life than money. Mere material things can never bring real happiness. It is possible to play an honorable part in life even in these days when few positions are open to young people. Some one has said that if you want to get ahead, you must do the things you know you ought to do and stop doing the things you know you ought not to do. On first thought this seems simple, even foolish, but I assure you it is worth reflection. You have received during your twelve years of education at public expense detailed information on what you ought to do. You have also been constantly instructed on what you ought not to do. Have you the moral stamina to do what you know you ought to do? Herein lies your great problem. We are counting heavily on you to solve this problem not only for your own best interests but for those of all mankind as well. G. A. Eichler, Superintendent

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5 -J WONDER how many of you realize that as you leave the I portals of your Alma Mater you take the first step in a con- I test that ultimately must prove your worth. You enter the j world of affairs possessors of a fine high school education. You have learned by precept and example the value of untiring effort. See to it that you never lose sight of these fundamentals. Like Bunyan’s Pilgrim, you will early meet those who would show you some easier road to success, but the signboards on such roads are repaints only of age-old doctrines and isms” which have brought failures to countless numbers. Don’t be deceived. Keep ever in mind that human accomplishments have been and always will be the result of hard work and the determination to win in spite of all obstacles. Equipped as you should be, you have advantage over those individuals who in this day and age have grown “soft,” who are relying on the false belief that the world owes them a living. The opportunity greater than ever before lies ahead of you. Persons who win will be those who work. To this end, your Alma Mater has given you a much greater heritage than perhaps you now appreciate. 1 wish that you may be better men and women than were we who have gone before you. 1. L. Sheatfer, Principal