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

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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

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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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AMPTirNN To the Seniors: The individual from all races of men seem to be traveling at different speeds on different roads. All mankind is on a quest tor individual and social happiness. What is happiness? Where can it he found? These questions are largely answered by the individual according to his philosophy of life. Happiness results from the feeling of being useful, worthwhile, and successful. It is the result of submitting oneself to a divine destiny and then doing one’s very best to attain the aims and purposes of the high- st levels of service to God, country, home and self. It is the sum total of work done. Having found a place in the world, the individual has, appreciatively accepted the heritage of the past and has faithfully done his part to improve it and pass the torch on to future generations brighter and better because of his life. —William Bennett, Ph.B. To the Class of 1938: He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much, who has gained the respect of little children; who has fulfilled his niche and accomplished his task; who has left the world better than he found it. whether by an improved poppy a perfect poem, or a rescued soul; who has never lacked appreciation of earth’s beauty or failed to express it; who has always looked for the best in others and given the best he had; whose life was an inspiration, whose memory is a benediction.’’ May such success be yours. —Verna Dotter, B.S. To the Class of 1938: To the class of 1938, I give my most ardent thoughts and congratulations. You have won a high place in the records of graduating classes. You have gone a long way in keeping a well-rounded class together, not only athletically but academically as well. It is your high spirit and sense of fair play that has brought you this far; and if I am a judge, may I say that you have won more battles than you have lost. Beware of a let-down. Keep your spirit high and keep moving forward. You will find times when you will find the going rough; don’t give up, just smile and try a little harder. Always strive not only to keep a healthy mind and body, but balance them as well. Then and only then can you enjoy the fullest and happiest life. —J. E Ludwig, B.S.