Pullman Technical High School - Annual Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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URBAN G. WILLIS TO THE CLASS OF 1946 My compliments and congratulations to the class of 1946! You will soon be engaged in com- petition with millions of others, older and younger, for the good things of life. You will find the going rough. Qur country and the world are in great turmoil and confusion resulting from the war. It is often rather quaintly said that past generations have made a mess of the world, and that the coming generation of young people can and will do a far better job. There is afbad mess, it is true. But what your generation will do remains to be seen. You should not count on remalcing the world right away. You will need to learn more, and get some experience first, What you can do, if you will, is for each to vvorlt toward perfecting himself, and further to improve his ideals, interests, at- titudes, habits and conduct. That will give you plenty to occupy your time. And yet, thot is the quicltest and surest way to save the world and make it better. Urban G. Willis.

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DEDICATION lo express our deepest gratitude for lwis untiring ellorts in train- ing uancl developing the Pullman leclw. Band and Drum Corps, we, tl'1e Class of '46, dedicate this volume ol tlie Pullman Annual to our mucli admired and genial lVlr, Frenclm,

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l WM. C. BRUBAKER THIRTY YEARS Reminiscence is not in my line. I am not old enough to indulge in that luxury. Thirty years is a long period when one loolcs forward to its termination. The truthful calendar shows the same stretch when one loolcs baclc. It doesn't seem like thirty-one years since l surveyed for the lalce and the wallcs and drives. But in the interval l have acquired wife, home, children and grandchildren and gray hair, Over such a span one sometimes observes the rolling stones going by acquiring no moss: one almost envies them, But a sense of security, stability and satisfaction lor service rendered others overcomes the desire to start rolling. Also the accounts of returning graduates who have seen the world in their war service arouses this dormant wander-lust. ln the Final analysis, however, accomplishment of a purpose depends upon adding Hprecept upon precept, line upon line. Here a little and there a little. Thus, momentum is acquired by the slow and even tedious addition ol months and years in a single narrow pursuit. Wm. C. Brubaker.