Soldan High School - Scrip Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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Herbert P. Stellwagen

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NINE Tl-IE SCRIP DEAR SOLDAN Fonts: Inspiration and encouragement come to us in the splendid possibilities of you, the Soldan boys and girls, and in the excellence in many phases of your attitude, your spirit, and your achievement, Your successes make us constantly more anxious, more in earnest, more determined to providc for you at Soldan opportunities of the highest order and to help you to the best use of your privileges here in growth and development in the many important aspects of equipment in splendid manhood and womanhood. In hopes for you, in plans for realization of these hopes, and in devoted work in executing the plans in your service, the faculty of your school seeks earnestly to assist you to build up in you efficiency, surcness, distinction along various lines, to help you to determine to acquire, and really to acquire, that fullness, that completeness of attain' ment in all things beautiful, strong, most excellent in living and doing and serving. Plans for you include many objectives as hopedffor results in you: knowledgcs and skills in various departments of infomiation and learningg realization of the dignity of work: the disposition to and the habit of supreme effort against all obstacles to success in all undertakingsg many worthy interests to make leisure meaningful: robustness in health, cheerfulness, friendliness in disposition, that perfection of understanding, symf pathy, tolerance that means true courtesy and respect for the rights of all others, the will to and the practice of service in individual and general welfare of others near and far, respect for and obedience to properly constituted law and authorityg fearlcssness of leadership in right directions: independence and clearness and sureness in thinking in any situation, ability to undertake what needs to be done, with conndence, with enthusiasm, and with faithful application, the beauties of noble character and their un- failing expression in thought, in achievement, in service in all human interrelationships. Each of these and of others is of very great importance for each of you in building for you the highest happiness and usefulness. However, most important of all, most fundamental to real success in any line, most necessary to the great satisfactions which a fine life can include, more important indeed than all else combined, are the lovely, the powerful, the impelling virtues of worthy character. Character means respect for and loyalty to one's inner self, a passion to keep it inviolateg it means unfailing consideration for the rights and needs of one's fellows. It means the courage to fight the battles and make the sacrifices which are inevitable in preserving the integrity of one's soul and practicing sound and unfailing consideration for others. It means the courage and the intelligence to recognize that man's life and achievements are subject to the laws of growth, that there are no short cuts, no logical formulas, that there is only labor, patience, and faith. Character is something which permits no alibisf' In these words of Ida M. Tarbcll are expressed the importance of right character, its power in the person himself, and its influence in relationships to those with whom the person has contacts. It is our greatest hope for every boy and girl that all influences that are at work in affecting his development and progress, and that his every reaction thereto day by day will further the great virtues of noble character: honor, honesty, squareness, relia' bility, faithfulness, high purpose. May you all see the glorious vision of the great dignity and beauty that shine in those who are truly worthy in character! May you all