Winfield High School - Lagondan Yearbook (Winfield, KS)

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Page 14 THE LAGONDAN ADMIlNIbTRATION rvvvv vfivvwvvvvvrvvvvwvvvvrvvvw Beyond 1930 Intelligence seems to be the ability to succeed in situations demanding mental act- ivity. It is not the single ingredient of the successful life. It needs thehigh compan- ionship of purpose, ideals, urge to action, emotional balance, and persistence. We test water for its purity, oil for its specific gravity, wood for its durability, steel for its strength, and life for its quality. To view life from the eminence of a Senior of the Class of 1930 is a high privilege. This means that many of the fears of child- hood have been passed as have the diseases of childhood with serious concern at the time but the consequences are not grave. True, the pure joy of Fourth of July, of Christmas, of the tirst valentine, and of motto candy have passed. These are the early ecstacies of the thrilling years. The shifting sentiment of noisy Fourths is replaced by a nobler and more fundamental patriotism, the vanished Santa Claus has been transformed to a symbol of servicef and the ideal hours of youth have been tempered by the responsibility of making a living as well as living. With graduation from high school, the life is launched. There is thrilling adventure ahead. These eternal years which are yours are more won- derful and more perilous than any that have yet been lived. The voyage provides no re- turn ticket. Joy in the journey! -W. W. MCCONNELL x4.44vA-AAs44.rAAx.4.44.rAx4.rA

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vvifvvvvli-fvvvt-fvvv?Wvvvvl'v'v1vv Page 16 THE LAGONDAN ADMINIQTRXTTOV Cpportunitv for Achievement Civilization is so organized that ample opportunity is offered every member of our citizenship to achieve success in some line of useful endeavor. It is then our purpose in modern secondary education to offer diversi- ned opportunities during school life for the same achievements. Keeping in mind this objective Winfield High School has a com- plete and rather complicated system of activ- ities, both curricu'ar and extra-curricular which offers every pupil in the social group the opportunity to succeed in some particular field. Athletics offers encouragement to those who wish to excel in physical and mental prowess. Music is so organized that several hundred pupils may co-operate for a success- ful music department. Forensics offers in- ducements to many. Those who are scholas- tically inclined are encouraged by the many scholarship contests to earn recognition by successful endeavor in this field. The mem- bers of the Class of 1930 continue life after graduation in a world little more serious and very little more complicated than the life which they have lived during the years in High School. A few will continue to live with athletics as a keen sport interest. Some will continue to enjoy music as vocational and many will continue music during leisure time. Forensics will be continued in the in- dustrial and social life of the group. The privileges of office holding, parliamentary procedure, etc., etc., which have been those of our high school days will continue in the multitude of club and lodge organizations of which our people will become a part. There- fore the present opportunity for achievement paves the way for future opportunities to achieve. -EVAN E. Evlxxs Ax4.4zAAx4.4z-54.4.4-AA AAA-AAA-s.4..+A rvvv-vvv