Weatherwax High School - Quinault Yearbook (Aberdeen, WA)

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V J. M. WEATHER WAX HIGH SCHOOL, ABERDEEN, WASHINGTON.

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Q U I N I A U L T And lastly, you must have confidence in yourself. Because a thing has never been done is no reason that you cannot do it. And you can never inspire confidence in others without first having confidence in yourself. The world needs leaders who have courage enough and strength enough and confidence enough to stand and work for those things that make for real progress. Columbus had confidence that he could find a new route to India, and stumbled on a new world in his path. If you have confidence that you can do the seemingly impossible thing you may perform a greater service than you ever dared dream of. May I leave with you as a closing thought, these words of a contemporary poet, Edgar Guest:— Somebody said that it couldn’t be done, But he, with a chuckle, replied That maybe it couldn’t, but he’d not be one To say so till he had tried. So he buckled right in, wTith a bit of a grin On his face,—if he worried he hid it. He started to sing, as he tackled the thing That couldn’t be done, and he did it. Somebody scoffed, “Oh, you’ll never do that, At least no one ever has done it yet.” But he took off his coat, and he took off his hat, And the first thing we knew he’d begun it. With a bit of a grin and a lift of his chin, Without any doubting or quit it, He started to sing, as he tackled the thing That couldn’t be done, and he did it. There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done, There are thousands to prophesy failure, There are thousands to point out, one by one, The dangers that wait to assail you. But just buckle in, with a bit of a grin, Take off your coat, and go to it, Just start in to sing, as you tackle the thing That cannot be done, and You’ll do it! -----15-----

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Q U I N I A U L T We, the class of ’23, feel we can never repay the debt we owe our Faculty. It is through their sympathy and untiring efforts that we are what we are; by their patient and helpful guidance, we feel ready to emerge into the world,—to take a part in its activities, to face its problems, and to cope with new situations. In expressing our most sincere appreciation, let us therefore hope that their efforts for the coming years be as successful and beneficial to others as they were and are to us . x-: :-x :■: H. E. HOLMQUIST. PRINCIPAL ----- 17-----