Reedley High School - Porcupine Yearbook (Reedley, CA)

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Dedication Kditorial Faculty Calendar Classes Literary Organizations Dramatics Departments Porcupine Staft Alumni Exchange Athletics joshes Finis Autographs

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ON TO SUCCESS wo thousand years ago the world ' s Master Teacher said: ' Whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile go with him twain. This advice was not an attempt to make subser- vient followers of the mass of mankind. It was advice for leadois. Only those with ciualities of leadership could under- stand such message. The man without initiative would have to make moie than the mile gone under compulsion. Nothing more is expected of him. He must think of that second mile himself. The joy of the journey lies in that second mile. Compulsion has passed. Desire leads on. In the school there is the teacher who arrives at .school at ex- actly 8:45 because the law compels him to be there. Also there is the boy who reads exactly the four pages of history les.son and not one word beyond it. There is the girl who watches the clock so that she may not sit before the piano more than the required forty-five minutes. The.so all travel the mile under compulsion. In the school there is also the teacher who has such a joy in his work that he is always finding out new things for himself and his students, and in.spiring others with his enthusiasm. There is the boy who works the originals in his geometry that are not required by the teacher because he delights in accomplishment. There is the girl who reads all of the new book in her English class l)efore much of it has been assigned and is ready for the added honor and pleas- ure of a special assignment and report. They all travel the mile of compulsion and the mile of choice joyou.sly and happily. It is the same after the school days. We all seek suc cess and happiness. c do not I ' ind them as long as the every day task is considered a bore and a nuisance. We are there trudging with heavy feet the mile that we are compelled to go. Do more than your job compels you to do. Do your work a lit- tle better than people expect you to do it. There lies the beginning of success. There you will find the door to happiness. Thus you will go the second mile that none compels you to go. It is the mile that sets you free physically, mentally, spiritually. E. W. HAUCK.