San Jose High School - Bell Yearbook (San Jose, CA)

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1 if :L 'J 4.9. 1 'i. ' in if 'bll Q 'V I bA'. W V 1 - -sitff , - . if i S355 ' N ' i .I ' ' i Q-up -,-:Qi ',f-- It , .V L - : '. ' L-WKLXL ta X M ' 1-ss RIENDS AND FELLOVV STLFDENTS: lt is my privilege and pleasure, on behalf of the February class of 15115 of San Jose High School, to welcome you to these, our Class Night exercises. 'We appreciate your attendance here this evening as evidence of your in- terest in our class, and we hope to justify that interest by the conduct of our exercises. The time will soon have arrived when seniors are transformed into alumnig and students, it may be, into men and women of the world. Sad- ness tinges our parting with our beloved school. Day after day we have assembled here, and the associations which cluster round this place--more vivid in our minds tonight than ever before-can never he forgotten. NVQ feel, though, a thrill of joyous expectancy in looking' out over the broad field of endeavor which awaits our efforts. For, A boy's will is the winds will, And the thoughts of youth are long. long thoughts. YVC feel that we are fortunate, indeed, in having' had the opportunity of receiving an education in the Garden City of the Golden State of Cali- fornia. Our city and state have provided magniheently for the education of their youth. A splendid faculty has stood ready and willing to guide our every effort. Our buildings and equipment have been well suited to the purpose for which they were intended. Besides, the State of tfali- fornia, together with the City of San Jose, has expended upon the edu- cation of each and every student upon the platform over seven hundred dollars. The whole class represents an investment in education by the city and state of almost forty thousand dollars. To many of us, the education we have obtained here will he our only capital in beginning life: and for whatever of wealth and honor we may gain in the world, we shall be very largely indebted to our school. Wfe have had too little experience in the affairs of active life to fully appre- ciate and understand the value of the intellectual and moral training we have received here: but we know that we are the wiser and better for this training. lYe shall all find abundant cause to remember our school with gratitude. Many lessons of the utmost praetieability have been impressed upon our minds during our course in this institution. One of our important lessons has been the value of doing work for workls sake. lt has been pointed out to us that the man, in whatever walk of life he may be. who is successful, is the man who does his work for the love of it. He is the man who has prepared well that he might do well whatever he under- takes. . , A part of our preparation is about to be completed. The realization comes upon us that it is not the facts which we carry away with us that 26 ,.

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S If r C a m Q 22:1 H Q'-Q 1 W e fr ?1'Er i f s J X-1 0112155 Hinttu Q2 En Zifnhag Ulm Nwrzut Burg Do today the duty nearest, Do it with thy soul, thy might, Do the duty that is waiting Close at hand, within thy sight. Do it if it takes years to finish, Do it if it takes thy lifeg Do it in the midst of comfort, Do it in the thickest strife. Grasp not after far-off ideals. For the thing that's great to theeg But do first the small thing nearest, And it soon the great will be. Make thyself be ever worthy Ot the great thing far away, By doing ever as thou seeist, The duty nearest thee today. MARTHA IOI-I NSON. 25 .g-mv

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I si ' , I .1 f, ' I - ry 'J ggriifit , gm A Q - T -?.:.TQ' A' , . . 1 lf: 1 4' l 4,L-..q - - B L , '1- F -.-R45 52 f lx ' H ' rf' , . constitute the most valuable part of our education, as far as it has prog- ressed. It is the mental training we have received in overcoming the problems of school work as they arose from day to day. lt is this part of an education that builds character. Character is that for which we are all striving, that our lives may he creditable, and that we may ad- vance from being beneficiaries to the large sphere of service. Fellow students, the class of February, 1915, will soon separate, never again to be united in the school room. May happiness and pros- perity attend both students and teachers in their future careers! And now to the school officers, to our teachers, and to the people of San jose, who have done so much for our school and class, we return our sincere thanks for their hearty and continued interest in our welfare. .. X I 27