St James High School - Saintonian Yearbook (St James, MN)

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EVOKES OUR INTENSE, INDEBTED APPRECIATION ABOVE: Pat Olseth and Mrs. Jean Crowley, secretaries to Mr. Cole and Mr. Madson respectively, are shown performing their functions in the brand new surroundings of the administrative suite of offices. BELOW: Posing in the board room of the school which is the product of the better part two years of work by them, are the members of the school board. We are deeply appreciative of the wonderful job they have done on our school. Seated are Richard Bolin, Superintendent A. J. Cole, President Edgar Anderson, and Everett Westman. Standing are Vaughn Kuyper, Eldon Stroschein, and Marion Gaalswyk. 3

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EFFICIENT PERFORMANCE OF EXECUTIVE DUTIES Of course you aspire to the living of a great life. We all do. You hope and long for some means of attain- ing the heights of human success, we believe you can live great lives. Just remember: the quickest path to success is to sit at the feet of great people to learn of them, then stand on their shoulders to reach higher. The easiest thing is to get bitter on life. It doesn't pay! It takes strength of character to be sweet in face of disappointments and discouraging circumstances. But it pays! It has been a pleasure to work with all of you. There have been ups and downs. There are ups and downs in all types of work every day. The association of students and faculty in high school work is a fine experience for teachers and students. St. James, young people, looks with hope toward you as you go forth from high school to carve your mark on the calendar of time. Tomorrow and tomorrow are the days which will guide your destiny. We wait to read the story they shall record of your activities after you have left St. James High School. All of us want our lives to be significant. It is my hope that yours will be. Sincerely yours, A. J. Cole, Superintendent John Dewey said, What the best and wisest parent wants for his own child, that must the entire com- munity want for its children. The new school build- ings are evidences of the faith in youth and education of the people of the St. James district. The oppor- tunity to take advantage of education comes once to children and time does not wait. The primary concern of American education today is--to cultivate in the largest number of our future citizens an appreciation of the responsibilities and the benefits which come to them because they are American and free. Man has plumed the far reaches of the infinite, yet he is not always at peace with his neighbor and sometimes not even with himself. He is finding out about outer space but understands little more about what goes on in his heart. Human history is becoming a race between education and catas- trophe . To the class of 1962, may this be your motto, You entered to learn, now go forward to serve. Sincerely, R. T. Madson, Principal 2

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BUILDING My walls will soon be pulsating with the hum of the machinery of the mind. Its product--good citizens.