Oakley High School - Oak Yearbook (Asheville, NC)

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l-low can we wlth only a tew poorly chosen words hope tc express all the respect and apprecuatuon that falls so manv hearts? How can we say for each of us Thank you tor warmly claspung our hand tor that smule we needed so much just at and most of all for your lnvely sense of humor and under standang nature that has taught us much we would never have learned from the textbooks lt IS an humble gstt In return tor so much but wlth hearts tnlled wrth more praise and gratntude than wards can ever tell we dedicate the l953 OAKLEY OAK to one who very nearly perfect exemplufues the noblest of human lute MARTIN LUTHER NESBITT ,,,.-,-snunsllllll l -unsung , ,J wsfwf, . l - that moment, for patience that never seems to exhaust itself, E 1

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frllnnlpnl peaks To the l9J3 Senior Closs Lnte IS o ploce of service ond nn thot service one hos to suffer o greot deol thot IS hord tc beor but more often to experlence o greot deol of joy But thot joy con be reol only It people look upon theur lute os o servlc ond hove o detlnlte object In llfe outslde themselves ond their personol hoppnness To culuvote o beoutlful lute you must uproot oll weeds ond other unlovely things from You must plont nn your mentol gorden seeds of klndness qoodness love purity humnllty reverence ond rlghteousness Persevere ond your lzfe wnll groduolly untold Into beouty ond trogronce You hove the power wzthun yourself to thunk ond llve constructively You hove the power to be hoppv ond to roduote hoppnness to others You hove the power to thunk ond express only the good ond endurnng You hove the power to exclude from your mind every retarding undesuroble thouqht Thvnk ond lnve constructively My very best wnshes go with you 3 f- ' 0 y l . . A . M. . . I . your mind. You must eliminote envy, impotience, feor, resentment, ond selfishness. I . I - I I ' I , , A I W .

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