Winfield High School - Pirate Yearbook (Winfield, AL)

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privilege of working with some of the fine teachers, students, and parents a person could ever hope for. During this period my fields of endeavor included Social Studies, Science, English, Mathematics, Bookkeeping, Guidance, Assistant Principal, and for the past seven years Principal. I can see successin some of the things I have attempted, however, I can see failure in many others. My past eifcrts were always motivated by a sincerity of purpose to provide quality education for all the boys and girls irrespective . perienc :nt of th Consider i.es are in b tVMIllltlalET your neighbors, on the chang school and state. It is time eing made rapi -to wing your ucation, and ti ■me involved — ' a man of honor all remember and cherish the challenges, accomplishments, and above all, the friends at High School.

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PAUL J. WEEKS Superintendent There is no way in the world by whihh you can get something for nothing. It can be made to ap otherwise. But there is no way of escaping the final truth. It requires just plain common sense, which nowadays has become uncommon, to figure out that everything in the world comes from some- where, and goes somewhere, and there is always a reason for its coming and going. Life always balances its books and demands its price. The clothes you are wearing today are where they are because your father gave up s)»fnething else to somebody else in exchange. The something else will usually be a certain number of hours of your work. :ncy of our economic life - everything we have of a material nature c of hard work for what he life is a ver • to go through. costs us didn ' t we would not ' a lot of time and trouble that t day ' s v b o to chanop t there were som work. Thu law le way to supply everyone with a decent living without requiring ot was laid down by mother nature, and there isn ' t anything that anybody c We, in America, live better because we do more work - because we produce more of the good things Every generation can always find politicians who are eager to put everyone on easy street. They promise something for nothing. But in the sense I ' m using the work today, work pays off in dollars and cents - in more prosperity and better living.

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i 5 1 L joard of € ducat ion LYMON GOOLSBY OLAN CUNNINGHAM HOMER HOOPER E. E. IVIE E. B. CAROTHERS, Chairman