Pulaski High School - Oriole Yearbook (Pulaski, VA)

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Page Thirty THE ORIOLE freslnuan QJ©L ass EDWARD DENT . President HENRY MOREHEAD Vice-President CHESTER HALL Secretary and Treasurer MOTTO — Deeds, not words COLORS — Green and Orchid FLOWER - Lilac MISS DALTON, MISS KINDER, MISS DYER Class Advisors AUST, HARRY AUST. ROY AYLOR. BILLY BAUGH, LINCOLN BISHOP. RALPH BISHOP, ROY BOOTHE, GROVER BOWMAN, EDWARD BRATTON, RAY CARSON, ROBERT CARPER, WAI TER COLTRANE, HAROLD CRABTREE, JOYCE DAVIS, PEYTON DAVIS, RICHARD DENT, EDWARD DOUTHAT, VIRGIL ELKINS. STRONG FAGG, MURRAY FITZGERALD, JACK FROST, ELMER HALL. CHESTER HALL. WOODROW HARMAN, JOE KEISTER, BYRON KIDD, JAMES KIRBY, RUSSELL KIRKNER, KENDELL LEDFORD, HILL LONG, MALCOLM McCALL, BRltCE MOREFIELD, LOUIS MOREHEAD, WALTER MOREHEAD, HENRY OWEN, MARSHALL PAINTER, BOB POOLE, EUGENE PATTON, WILLIAM RHUDY, BILLY ROBERTSON, WILLIAM ROBINSON, JOE MEMBERS RUNYON, WALTER RYAN, CLYDE SHAFFER. BILLY SMITH, WALTER SOWERS, JOHN STEVENSON, DICK STONE, HOWARD STUART, WOODROW SURBER, EARL THORNTON, VERNON TRAIL. ARCHIE TURMAN, EDWARD WHISMAN, EDWARD WOODYARD. BUFORD ALTIZER, HELENE AUST, LUCILLE BOOTHE. HELEN BROWN, IRENE CALFEE, ALICE BELLE CLARK, CHARLOTTE COULSEN, ELIZABETH COMER. LETHELLA CONNER, KATHLEEN COVEY. BLANCHE COX, MARY CROWELL. MARY DAVIS, ROBBIE DUNCAN, ALMA RUTH EANES, BETTY EASTMAN, VIRGINIA ELKINS, EVELYN FROST, IRENE GORDON, PEGGY GRAY, LOIS GRAY. LOUISE GRUBB, ROSA LEE HALL. ELIZABETH HALL LUCILLE HALL, MANOLA HALL. MARY HARRELL, COLLEEN HOLMES, HELEN HUFFORD, MILDRED HYLTON. STELLA JACKSON, MARY KEISTER, PAULINE KERNS. VIRGINIA KING. MARY KING. NINA LILLY, JOSEPHINE LONG, HELEN MABRY, CLEDIS MANN, ELIZABETH MANUEL, ETHEL McGUIRE, MABEL MIDKIFF, FRANCES MUMPOWER, CELIA OTEY, IRENE PEARCE, ELIZABETH PICKEREL, LEE ANNA QUESENBERRY, VIRGIE RICHARDSON, HELEN ROSEBERRY. NELLIE RYAN, MADELINE SCHRADER, AGNES SHAFFER, ANITA SHAFFER, ARMITA SMITH, ETHEL SMITH, HELEN SURFACE, BEATRICE THOMPSON, KATHERINE TRAIL, MARTHA UMBERGER, ALICE VIER, PATTIE WADE, ELSIE WAIN WRIGHT, BILLIE WALLNER. VIRGINIA WARD, VERA WEBSTER, MARY WEEKS, EULA WILLIS, HELEN WILSON, IRENE WIRT, OLGA WOLFE, HAZEL

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Page Thirty-two THE ORIOLE MBITION, the desire for superiority, power or attainment, which nestles in the mind of a meek child and urges him to at- tain that which is great. There is no doubt that there is in every child’s mind some ambition, some desire to become as great as, or even greater, than some man or woman who has reached the height of success in some varied field. Ambition does not stop at childhood, but broadens out during school life and not only determines the success of education but brings to the mind of every individual a mental picture of his or her life’s work. A man’s life leads to and radiates around his ambition. If one’s ambition is to make brick laying his life’s work, it is doubtless true that a brick layer he will some day be. If one ' s ambition is to become a lawyer, it is in this field he will reach success. Ambition is that which makes men of children. Men — yes, men. Not only a physically strong individual, able to reach down and muscle a heavy weight, but a man strong of character — a man who sees in the distant shadows a golden goal and is on the upward climb reaching on and on to attain that height of success created by ambition. The vapor of ambition is not diffused only from the costly mansion but from the peasant hut as well. Have not some of the really great men in the history of our country arisen from log cabins? For instance take the com- mon rail splitter, no more than a ragged, barefooted lad. But in this boy’s veins lurked an ambition to rise from a common lad to a great man in the service of his country. It led him to work hard and to strive for an educa- tion, reading by firelight and writing with charcoal and shovel. This am- bition carried him, step by step, until he reached the greatest honor a man can attain, which is that of being President of the United States. He did not cast ambition aside there and bear his burden alone, but preserved it to urge him on successfully through one of the greatest eras in our history — the Civil War. Does this not prove ambition to be essential to success? With- out this desire you can do nothing. It is true that every one cannot be President, but one can ever struggle to a greater goal than one has yet reach- ed. Ambition is essential to success in any field one may choose. It is ambition that takes a helpless child and builds him into a strong and power- ful athlete. It keeps him on the field practicing from day to day in order that he may reach his goal.