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

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Tl-IE SCRIP understand the meaning, the farfreaching influence, the joyous inspiration of such lives! May you each be inspired to build your life on such solid foundation! Day by day, in every situation, are occasions for choosing to be completely square. So choosing, new strength is added, new surencss comes in these terrifically important aspects. In each such situation, the person concerned is either completely honest or he is not honest, he is entirely honorable or he is not honorableg he is trustworthy or he is not to he trustedg he can be relied on for rightness of attitude and performance or he is not reliable: he is actuated by high purpose or his purpose is not good enoughg he is faithfully on the job or he is not faithful. Miss Tarbell is right: 'Character is some' thing which permits no alibisf' To build sureness, staunchness of right character, there must be no wavering, no uncertainty, no serving of low or selfish purposes. Fiminess in these matters grows and becomes part of the person acting, if he remains true time after time, over and over again, if he follows the gleam constantly. What a marvelous result is the attainment of utter worthiness of character! How farfreaching is such accomplishment! Keep the vision clear before you! I like these words by Wallace Dunbar Vincent. I believe that you, too, will like them. Huw high are you? Where is your thinking done- Close to the earth, or upward toward the sun? Do petty things absorb your ev'ry thought- The game, the latest crime, what's sold and bought? Do noble deeds and lives inspire your zeal, Or are you more concerned about a meal? How high, or low, is your most cherished plan? The answer marks your stature as a man. How broad are you? Where does your goodwill end- Does race or creed determine who's your friend? To your snap-judgments do you cling with pride, Or do you listen to the other side? Quick to condemn, are you prompt with the rod, Or do you leave the chastening to God? How loyal is your heart to all mankind? The answer marks the broadness of your mind. How deep are you? Where does your honor start- Is it embedded in your inmost heart? Do you count virtue a convenient thing To practice, or, sore tried, aside to fling? Have you the courage by your code to bide, And fight for right, though on the losing side? 'Tis thus God reckons, through life's little span, The veritable measure of a man! Sincerely yours, HERBERT P. STE1.LxvAcEN. TEN

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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

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