Thomas Dale High School - Reflector Yearbook (Chester, VA)

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le J x Jecioi- Der I i cation .... .... As we complete our four years at Chester, we would not go forth from its doors without pausing to consider our achievements and to pay a tribute to those responsible in a large degree for our success. To school officials, past and present, we wish to express our gratitude and sincere appreciation for your placing our school on a plane which has enabled us to reap great benefits therefrom. To you, we dedicate this, the eighth volume of the Reflector. CHARACTER ( CHARACTER is the cornerstone of j individual greatness. It carries man through temptation and trial, and exerts a guiding and controlling in- fluence over his life. God gives the mind and body, but man molds and builds the character. The building of a strong and noble character should be the highest aim of each individual, for a good character is a precious thing, and the work in its making is the noblest labor on earth. As one treads life’s pathway, he is continually casting influence on others; for this reason he should strive to throw out pure and noble traits to his fellow- nten. The formation of a stainless char- acter is the first thing that “youth should learn, and the last that age should forget.” — Muriel Dailey. MR. P. M. TYLER Page Five

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tecior- ( foreword .... .... In this book we have attempted to portray our school, its Life and its Students. We have chosen as the theme of this volume, the development of Schools in Chesterfield County. It is with pride that we use illustrations drawn by talented members of our class. If, after we have gone out from Chester High School, we can live again our school days by looking through this book, then the staff has accomplished its purpose. REVERENCE MR. (’HAULER N. FRIEND EVEREXCE is the synthesis of love and fear. To revere is to appreciate the person and the position of one who is worthy of all honor due, and to treat with highest re- spect. The greatest reverence should be for God, the Father and Creator of all. There should be great reverence for law. If people do not revere law, they become as heathens. Lincoln wisely said: “Reverence for law should be taught in schools and colleges; it should be proclaimed in pulpits and in legisla- tive halls. It should become the politi- cal religion of the nation.” By reverence and religion, the only wisdom, it is concluded that all things are ruled and governed by the disposi- tion of God. “For silence after grievous things is good. And reverence, and the fear that makes men whole, And shame and righteous governance of blood, And lordship of the soul.” — Mamie Wilson. • MC Page Four

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a M edor Gon tents .... Athletics Features I. Classes II. Organizations III. IV. STRENGTH NE’S greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time lie falls. When we speak of strength, the first thought that enters our minds is that concerning physical strength. But. far greater than this is the ability to overcome obstacles that keep one from doing the right tiling. People of today find all kinds of temptation on every side of them. It takes a man of strong character and will power to throw aside the things of the world. He must live so that his life will be a light for others to follow. Sometimes temptation will get the best of him and he falls by the wayside. If he is able to rise from this fall, then he lifts himself to a higher plane than he ever was before. This is the real strength of the human soul. - — Gertrude Avent. MIL T. C. WILLIAMS Page Six