Waterloo High School - Rosebud Yearbook (Waterloo, IN)

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THE SENIORS Bob Albright John Markley Pat Manrow President Vice President Secretary CLASS COLORS Blue and Gold CLASS FLOWER Sweet Peas CLASS MOTTO Don't Dodge Difficulties VALEDICTORIAN Fellow classmates, faculty, and friends, it is indeed a pleasure to welcome you on this occasion. As the last day of our high school life approaches, it brings some rather sobering thoughts. A sense of responsibility of our debt to society comes after completing a part of our education and the breaking up of our class organization with its daily contacts with one another and members of the faculty. As we look back over our twelve years of school we should be aware of the benefits de- rived from our education. There is no doub+ about it that an education prepares boys and girls for a better future, although we may find some exceptions to this statement. Thus far we are not really educated in the fullest sense of the word, but have only acquired the fundamentals. There are many interpretations of the word education. Most agree that if a man can pick out the best kind of literature and be able to read and understand it. along with being adept in using words with force, he is educated. What a person does in school, he usually continues doinq throughout isi entfreTiT df he proves to be a success in school, he will be a success „ lifC In turn tfya teads to a passage in the Bible where it reads As ye Emmajeane Girardof Page 12

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sow; so shall ye reap.' Along with that thought we can also add By their fruits so shall ye know them.” To be sure of success, you must organize your effort so that you can quickly forge a chain of right habits. The individual leaves his mark of responsibility behind him and in this way society also reaps. If each wants to do his share in the world's work, he should be willing to sacrifice and be prepared to use the knowledge which he has acquired. In this way if he wishes to preserve the principles for which his forefathers fouqht, he can serve either as a good soldier on the ba+tle front, or on the home front. Since we can make our contributions only once as we pass through the cycle of life, every one of us should be willing to keep the preservation of those principles as one of our contributions towards civil- ization. Once again, on behalf of the class of 1943, I extend you our heartiest welcome and sincerest thanks for all you have done to make our gradu ation possible. SALUTATORIAN Parents, teachers, friends, and fellow students— It is said that most of us second the mo- tions that a few others make. This is one way of saying that there are but a few persons who think and put their thoughts into action; the rest of us just follow along or do whatever the thinkers say for us to do. When we do something without thinking enough about how it should be done to enable us to do it right, we are confessing that we let others make the motions of life and that we assign to ourselves the task of seconding those motions. This is an inglorious way to live, and it fails to do justice to what most of us can do if we will but realize our full power. Many problems seem simple, yet many achieve only limited skill even if they are simple. Of course, all learning is complex and some problems are not quite so simple as it may seem on the surface. There is magic in the words I can” when applied to any learning condition; and most of us can improve our skill through right thinking, right practice, and right faith in ourselves. For many students like us, this month of May means the end of school life. All over the country this marks the close of the preparation period. Soon the consumer must become the producer. Like Solomon of old, each has a chance to ask what he will in the new life—riches, power, wisdom. If I had my beginning prayer to say over, I think I should ask for mon creative imagination and less of the weakness which goes with making cuses. In the future let's raise our goal and be motion-makfcrs o so purpose—not mere seconders of the motions ma je k y others. Page I 3