Standish High School - Crimson Rambler Yearbook (Standish, ME)

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sthiifwtiala The great man usually makes the opportunity he appears to find. --Anonymous A MESSAGE T0 THE GRADUATING CLASS In a few weeks the moment for which you have been wait- ing will have arrived. The goal towards which you have been striving will have been reached. The diplomas which you have earned by faithful, conscientious and intelligent work during the past four years will be handed to you, and you will ex- perience a feeling of pride and satisfaction in your accom- plishments, and rightly so. May I point out, however, that graduation from this High School is but a milestone in your life of progress. Your diploma is but the instrument which unlatches the door of opportunity and admits you into a greater and wider field of service. You now start anew on the great adventure of life, for life is an adventure. Life is the adventure of a human spirit on a voyage of discovery, of achievement or defeat, cf progress or shipwreck, across the ocean of this life towards that 'bourne from which no traveller returns,V That each of you will meet with progress and success rather than shipwreck and dis- aster is my sincere hope. I am confident that you will because you have been properly equipping yourselves to start on that adventure. In the first place, during your years in this school, you have acquired Knowledge which is the first prerequisite of success in any line of endeavour. In this complex civilization of ours we are coming more and more to realize that from the errand boy to the corporation president a thorough knowledge of the Job is essential if we are going to attain any measure of success in our life's work. This fact is being recognized more and more by all our educational institutions of to-day, and in our high schools, night schools, and colleges, more special courses of study are being provided to give the boy or girl, the men or woman an opportunity to acquire a greater knowledge that he or she may better battle in the school of e.

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Hand in hand with knowledge goes Qourage or Confidence. An individual with confidence end without knowledge is a fool while one with knowledge and without confidence is a tragedy. The third prerequisite to success is Persistence. It is easy enough to smile when all goes well and all too easy to quit when things look gloomy, but the man or woman who will not admit defeat, who can smile at misfortune, and keep on plodding is the one who will eventually reach the top of the ladder of success. Then again, we need Faith. Faith in our fellowmen, in our country, in our government, in what the future holds in store for us, and above all - faith in God. Without this faith and vision our success must surely be limited. With this combination of attributes the results are unbelievable. A friend of mine was watching the construction of a large building, and noticing the anoarently hazardous places in which some of the men were working, he asked the contrac- tor lf he did not find it difficult to find men to undertake such work, high up in the air. The reply was, 'Oh, no, these men know that the foundation of this building is secure.' During your years thus far you have been building a solid foundation for your l1fe's work, and so with the knowl- edge you have acquired, and with a broader vision, I bid you, go forth and face the tasks before you with confidence, per- sistence end faith, thinking always of your work in terms of Service - work without thought of reward - for the Joy of working - for the good that you can do. And so long as you follow these precepts and keep your lives dedicated to that ideal and that type of unselfish service, success will surely attend your efforts. A writer unknown to me, has aptly put it:- Uwe live for those who love us, For those who know us true, For the wrongs that lack resistance For the cause that needs assistance For the future in the distance For the good that we can do.W ERVIN A. CENTER Member School Committee. Q 'UH-If ilifli lil'-l'Q'l lf'l0' 'lbll K'-It if-ll' 'I'