Port Arthur High School - Sea Gull Yearbook (Port Arthur, TX)

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axococ t jmato ::oiaa»ioa» mj EA GULL SUPERINTENDENT’S MESSAGE It is a worthwhile thought for us that privileges we enjoy come to us not by accident, but as the result of the efforts of the generations that have gone before. Peace as well as war has her victories. The public school system is a victory of peace. It has reached its present level of achieve¬ ment by winning victory after victory. The conflict has not yet ended. There are victories in public education yet to be von. The American public does not support the public school program in order that you may have an opportunity to ac¬ cumulate a group of facts. It greatly desires that there will be instilled in you a love for truth. This is the principal ob¬ jective of all public school training. It is desirable that every student who leaves the halls of the public school buildings shall have a natural desire to find the truth in every situation. Every problem in arithmetic, every difficulty in a foreign language, every formula in science, every theorem in Mathe¬ matics, every offering in the arts, every assignment in the study of your mother tongue, English, should be a developing process tending to instill in you a desire for, and an ability to find the truth that underlies every condition and occurrence that you will meet in future life. Without this truth-loving and truth-seeking ability, progress in the finer characteris¬ tics of life is impossible. If you have been so trained that you possess this de¬ sire innately, then you are prepared to look to the future with assurance. It is my hope that such is the case with you. With kindest personal regards, I am Your friend, 5 a ajgjx; r i njn . r rxaxi t- x jrr x ir ' i ij i a nni ig rai n i m nn , jjjjJXfyxMxS rn.c

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PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE The main purpose of the Sea Gull is that of recording the year ' s activities of the entire high school. This history will not be as much appreciated by you now as it will be ten, twenty, or thirty years hence. Since the memories of school will be recalled more by pictures than by stories, the year¬ book is largely a picture book. The facts in relation to the respective happenings of the year are briefly and interestingly presented. The aim throughout is to record by pictures, re¬ views, and messages a true estimate of the year’s work and play. For you, the students who are making this history, I wish many things. I wish for you a happy, carefree youth, guided withal by wisdom and honor. I covet for you a zest for learning which manifests itself in consistent study to the point of mastery. I would have you study your abilities and interests, learn of occupations and professions, in an endeavor to determine your life’s work. I desire for each of you the motive of the life-career, which gives purpose and meaning to your study and activities. I am confident that each year will find our school hap¬ pier in work, that my desires for you will be more fully reali¬ zed. It follows that we may expect each year’s Sea Gull to have a more vital story to tell than the previous issues. The Sea Gull should be improved yearly in quality, not in size 01 costliness. Cordially your friend. - 4 a Qtyuju. Principal High School x . F.n.c.