Pratt Institute - Prattonia Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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Che common daily tasks of life Seem poor and mean and small And oft we scorn them to respond Fo some alluring calf. —. Ghe tasks that lie so close at hand Grow irksome to the soul And are forsaken for some dream, Some visionary goal. . And yet the surest road fo fame, Fg beeds that stir and thriff Js doing the tasks that fie at hand — With aff our strength and wif. Katherine Gdelman

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— eEe tee hee = 6th Fea A SON ee IE ae be ah IMe7 $ ues = ratfonia19Z a LASS y Gell Ip ue il ! i yy f ih SS | € = re iy fF Z «=: e—=z —— ee — SAYINGS AND MAXIMS OF CHARLES PRATT be - L “ or ee a —— ats The base cornerstone of our ideal temple of learning is that everything connected with the or- ganization must be genuine and true and nothing done for effect. cal) ape oe! = as = St et —s See — ——4 is We believe the objective thing in education is to learn the power of attention and industry—the value of promptness in beginning work; method, accuracy and dispatch in doing it, perseverance and courage before difficulties; self-control, self-denial and temperance. = Seat; | ed —= Lz ‘oo. a 3 | “ « Pee Bee ar) a 5 al ——— j Be modest: learn to be a good listener. Fix upon a few principles which from the days of Moses to this day have been proven to be sound, and with the courage bred of faith in the prin- ciples you have established as the maxims of your life, go out to fill your place. a ya ue, | oe 1, — a A my ne oa cen eae py cet CS te “a — — « Cc eas Ec= wv - Al Te ad he 2 fs “wy if MINS wb EAG! £ 97 AVS é AY om. woRK J ie ey Ss by Wf, A ail Neeg Horan,