Tolleston High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Gary, IN)

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A book of this kind expresses certain ideals which arc the fundamental bases of the school whose activities it is recording. There can be no doubt that the real SPIRIT OF TOLLESTON SCHOOL is the foundation for all permanent achievement, whether of character, of distinction, or of brick and stone. This PIONEER OF 1938 attempts to illustrate and to reveal the true SPIRIT OF TOLLESTON. What is this SPIRIT? It induces wild eyes and thumping hearts to scream, “Win for Tolleston!” It arouses genuine enthusiasm and sincerity by which our school organizations are founded. It causes our community, our faculty, and our students to cling together and support our numerous activities. But what is this spirit? The true SPIRIT OF TOLLESTON is that quality within each of us which urges us to be true to ourselves and to life. We arc proud of this SPIRIT and thankful that it docs exist. It can be measured only by the mental attitude by which we undertake our activities. We have only to turn the pages of the history of the development of Tolleston School to tell us the manner in which this true SPIRIT has trans- formed our idealistic dreams to attained realities. Long after our individual achievements have become dust covered memories, the SPIRIT OF TOLLESTON will prevail. Let us seek to be worthy bearers of the task which is so important to the future of this splendid school. We feel that it is altogether fitting and right that the PIONEER OF 1938 embody as its ideal THE SPIRIT OF TOLLESTON. Myrl Lay, ’38.