Rhodes High School - Aries Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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Members of the Class of January, 1958: A prominent American industrialist recently said: “In any society, the real pay-off will continue to come to the person who concerns himself first with blazing the trail ahead and not with keeping the road behind open.” In the coming years it will be natural for you to look back with varying degrees of pleasure upon your days at Rhodes, but we hope that the time you have spent here will have made it easier for you to look and think ahead, for there can be no progress without vision and there will be little vision unless you think ahead and think greatly about your job be it ever so humble. It is not too much to hope that all of you may find some way in which you can be trail blazers. Best wishes to each of you. Sincerely, NEIL D. MATHEWS

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DEDICATION We, the graduating class of January, 1958, dedicate this yearbook to Mr. William Martin. Although he retired in June, 1957, he has vividly remained in our thoughts. For three and one half years he served as homeroom teacher for our boys. Always understanding and well liked by all, he attended numerous class activities and was a great aid to our class — “our guiding light”.

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The members of our class will always thank you, Mr. Blum, for the wise guidance and counsel you have given us. You have understood us in a way that few adults can. You patiently helped us to conquer our faults instead of condemning us for them, and you have showed us how to cultivate our better points in order to prove worthy of the trust that you placed in us. We will always remember you for this, and we hope that you will remember us as a class that tried to live up to the high standards you set for us. We are grateful to you, Miss Palmer, for the personal interest that you took in each and every one of us. With your fine sense of humor and your friendly smile, you won the friendship and trust of us all. Your enthusiasm inspired us, and through your urging we achieved things we did not realize we were capable of. We will always remember you as a teacher and friend who was ever ready and willing to help us solve our problems. We thank you sincerely. When a person reaches his senior year in high school, a tiny doubt worms its way into his mind. What does the future hold in store for him? In what way is he best suited to meet the challenge of life? At the time when these important decisions have to be made, we feel the need of someone to help us make the right one. You, Mr. Ferguson, were the one who gave us the help we needed. Taking into consideration our abilities, our natures, and our desires, you set us on the right track to a successful future and did much to ease the doubts we had. We shall always thank you for helping us when we most needed it.