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!

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NOBILITY OF CHARACTER liability of character is a good thing; therefore, get no- bility of character, or build it. To say that the great a in of education is character would be like carrying coals to Y'ew- castic and to assert that fcho great pxirposo of every life i3 the building of individual character would be equally trite. Yet, trite as these in cidontal attention. To judge by our worl: in school, one would conclude that scholastic attainment intellectual power, or vocational efficiency, ra- ther than character, - ero the ultimate aims of education. Mobility of character is not a matter of intelligence. ITora.l qualities spring form the heart, not from the head, They arc rooted in conscience and moral ourposc and not in the intellect. Even the most il- literate person may be trughful honest, just, •sincere in action noblo in character. Scholar- ship and integrity, intelli- gence in virtue and virtue arc not synonymous terms. The qualities they name nay be uni- ted in an individual, and it is dc3irablo that they should bo so; but they nay also be found separated. Mobility of character is not a natter of one'3 efficien- cy. Efficiency nay be moral, but it may also bo mechanical managerial, or profess j.oo.c.1. Tho term hr.3 a definite signif- icance in many fields lying be- yond tho merely ethical. The desperado may bo cruel and bru- tal in tho extremes, glorying in the instincts of the jungle without the slightest sense of moral responsibility and yet bo most efficient in his nefarious work. Efficiency i3 often found closely related to nobility of character, but there is no justi- fication in assuming that one is the source of the other, or that they are closely related. neither is nobility of char- acter a natter of money. Whet one is, not v hat he has, deter- mines hi3 character. A supercil- ious nabob, haughty and purse- proud, once 3aid to Jo’m Bright, ’’Do you know, sir, that I am worth a million pounds sterling? Yes, replied the statesman, I do; and I knur that is all you are worth. Whet a rebuke! How- poor is the individual who is worth nothing but money! Mobility of character is a personal ascot of real advantage to its possess r. Through h3m it becomes a valuable civic, asset to his community. It is not ability alone, but ability, end integrity; not cleverness alone, but clever- ness and character; not talcnt3 alone, but talents and goodne33; .not shrewdness alone, but shrewd- ness and rectitude, that call forth confidence of the people and make non real leaders. For many seniors school Is over, but building your character will ne- ver ccc.30. Guide your motives right. Be noble, and the nobleness lies In other men, sleeping, but nover dead. Will rise in majesty to noct thine own. —IT. Dixon