Tell City High School - Sagittarius Yearbook (Tell City, IN)

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Every natior, every race, every community and even every individual has its primary char- acteristic revealed through work and accompli3hnent3. Noth- ing can remain the samewwe are necessarily cither progressing cr retrogressing every day of our lives. Often times a nation or an individual becomes self - satisfied and content with its accomplishments and desires to progress no farther. When this ha opens even though it wore pos- sible for something or sor.ebody to remain the same, environments will change also causing a dif- ference in their rolativc posi- tion on the ladder of existence. China v;as at one tine the queen of civilization. Hero it was that culture and learning were doveloped that led the rest of the world. But the older3 of the v orld. But the elders of China, jealous of their accom- plishments built a wall around their country to prevent the Western invaders from stealing or altering their civilization. Thus, satisfied with what they had done they advanced no fur- ther for many centuries. hen finally china woke up she found herself far behind the Western world. So to gain success wo sec that we must over strive, ever endure, with a heart for any fate. Lot us all follow the first part of our motto, “Forward ever and we will never have to worry about backward never. BACKWARD N£V£R Simple indeed is the senior motto. Just four small words, Forward Ever, Back, ward Never , but what a world of meaning they contain. The seniors gave littlo thought to the carrying out of these four words when they chose them to be their guiding star. Nov that these seniors have completed their high school course and look back- ward over thm past, a realiza- tion of th-. ir errors, their mistakes comes over them and a longing to repair the damage as best they can takes poss- ession of them and makes them wish to turn back the clock and relive the last four years. This being impossible, there is nc other alternative than to go forward; no use looking backward, westing precious time that is slowly but stead- ily passing on to the great be yond. Lost time can never be re gained. A minute wasted is a minute maimed. Life'3 period is so short and there is so much that we must do; so much that must be completed before we make our final exit. All tho world's a stage. And all the men and women merely play- ers. They have their exits end their entrances. And one nan in his tine plays many parts, his acts being seven ages ' Yes, ns Shakespeare says, the world is a great stage, and it is the way we net when upon this stage that determines our future, not our past!