Odessa Montour Central High School - Odessanean Yearbook (Odessa, NY)

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Editor-in-dhief STAFF Maynard Boyce Gordon Strite Business Manager Jews Editor - Vanlon Thomas Literary Editor - Mable Tompkins Art Editor - Esther White Alumnae Editor - William Crane Joke Editor - Helen Brink Assn't Business Mgr. - G, Grover Sport Editor - Manley Davis Press Agent - Lois Carpenter Cover by James Nordquist In Retrospect Little is now known concering the beginnings of The Echo although rumor has it that in the dark ages (approximately 1924) a paper named The Bugler became merely an Echo , and later editions have refused tc change the name- The caper edited for several yeas, under the able e es of Miss Dana, later became quiescent for a few years, orly tc break out like the measles with the mighty Seniors of ‘3:5 in charge, The management proved that school papers may be paying from a monetary as y exl as literary point of view,, so we, the Seniors of '34 take this opportunity to carry out ancient precedent with a new edition of The Echo .

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Someone has said, The essence of simplicity is to be yourself. After having accepted this fact, the question arises, what does being yourself consist of? iio one has attempted to answer this question yeti without becoming so involved in its intricacies as to lose sight of the orignal point. Still, being yourself isn't very hard. You are being yourself, until you assume an affected ijanner which distorts your view of life. The false representation by which you assure your mother that your aching tooth is all right, in order that you may go to the theatre, may not be an affectation in the true sense of the word. You may have adopted this method of deceit into your character so strongly than it becomes a part of you as an individual. Different persons have different characters. That is, their individuality differs. The moment that one loses his personal traits of character in preference to one's observed in others, he ceases to be an individual. He becomes a puppet. However, the fellow that, can realize .r.a faulty customs and rectify them, is deserving of 8. more Inspiring name than puppet . He is a man endowed with a strong will which will serve him in good stead A person 'should xeep himself incased in a shell which renders him impervious to damaging outward assault, but at the same time will not be unyielding to movements toward progress. In my opinion, the chap who observes others with an eye to involving the better points of their habits into his, but still adds a touch of individualism to point him out in the world, is the one most likely to succeed, Individuality is the thing that marks you in the vvorld as deserving or undeserving of its praise. So, when tempted to plagarize another's mannerisms, think twice and, be yourself.