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

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A M U I I- N N 1 To the Class of 1938: There are three processes to education to which, in your reg-ular class routine, you have unconsciously been subjected. These processes may also be applied to a more extensive field of en-deavor. The first of these processes was the presentation of the problem; that is, introducing you to a new situation, a new knowledge of things. The second was the application — putting into practical use the knowledge just given to you. The third, as you leave these portals, you must accomplish yourself. It is drill, daily practical usage of the knowledge gained in the first two processes. To accomplish this make common sense your guide and remember that the world does not come to you; you must go to it. —Thelma Santee, B.S. Seniors: You, the graduating class, are about ro take your place in the world of today. No matter where that niche you carve for yourself is, you are the one that put it there. We all hope it is in the House of Success. But remember: “There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done. There are thoc sands to prophesy failure: There are thousands to point out to you, one by one The dangers that waif to assail you. But just buckle in with a bit of a grin, lust take off your coat and go to it; Just start to sing and you tackle the thing That “couldn’t be done,” and you’ll do it.” —R. C. Stewart, A.B. To the Class of 1938: It is your fortune to enter upon duties and encounter adversities the like of which you may never have dreamed. In whatever you make your destiny, you will find strewn across the way the pages of records left by man immortal. They are omnipresent. We can take them with us in our wanderings, or gather them around us at our firesides. In the lonely wilderness, and the crowded city, their spirit will be with us, giving a meaning to the seemingly confused movements of humanity, and peopling the desert with their own bright creations.” —Nelle Y. Fluck, B.S.

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MS N IA N To the Class of 1938: 1 take this means of wishing a grand group of boys and girls continued success in whatever place you may take in this world. Keep your chin up. Never quit. You have never known what it means to be beaten. I hope you will never find out. Hit hard, play fair, and obey the rules of the game of life. —Thomas W. Ronemus, B.S. To You, a Message of Good Luck: There is no problem, either within the home or outside that is more important than achieving right and happy human relationships. As boys and girls you have a part in the responsibility of maintaining happy family and social relationships. You should begin now, if you have not already done so, to live more harmo nously with other people, to make yourselves good friends, worthy home members, and desirable members of the community. —H. Seidel, B.S. To the Class of 1938: Graduation Day may mean the end of your days at school but not the end of your days of learning. Each day brings you in contact with new problems which you must solve as you think best. You have no answer book with which to compare your answer and the world will grade you on the answer you give. Competition will be greater than it was among your classmates but much greater will be the satisfaction of your success. Your returns will be in proportion to what you give so------ Give to the world the best you have and the best will come back to you.” —M. I. Hulsizer, B S.

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To the class of 1938: Some of you may enter higher institutions of learning, if however you cannot afford further schooling, you can at small cost continue the improvement of your mind. You know that no one leaves the school educated. You may have learned what the values of educated people are. A certain writer stated that the world is divided into givers and takers. You know it is pleasanter as well as safer to be a giver. Education may not make you a creative person, as creativeness is a gift of the gods, but education gives you the power to appreciate creativeness. Find out what you want to do and start doing it. Somebody eventually may even pay you for it. —Clinton A. Bilheimer Congratulations, Seniors Greetings, and very best wishes for health, happiness, and success, and for a lifetime filled with usefulness. Always keep in mind that there is no substitute for hard work and perseverance. May each of you in such manner strive ceaselessly to attain his or her noble goal. —Harry R. Newhard 4 To the members of the class of igj8: I extend my heartiest congratulations. The youth of today may feel that the days of opportunity have vanished. A study of ancient, modern and even recent history disproves this. Men throughout the ages, no matter what the times, have gone ahead and made names for themselves. In later years may we see your names top the list of great men and women. —Lester Yeager