Woonsocket High School - Quiver Yearbook (Woonsocket, RI)

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Jink, 1926 Prick, 50 Cents' n EDITORIAL STAFF VIRGINIA SHKRMAN, '26, Editor-iii-Chief ALLAN CARLSON, '26 Business .Mana ers SAMUKL CASTLKMEN, '26 j VERA SMALLWOOD. 26 CATHERINE COLEMAN, 27 EMILY WALES. '26 PHILIP FAHRENHOLZ, '28 RALPH WARDLE, '26 EVELYN KARNES. 27 OF “CABBAGES AND KINGS” Very soon now the Class of 1026 will he scattered to the four winds and into the many paths, roads and highways that lead to life. Some of us will l)e farmers or business men; others, perhaps, will he lawyers, diplomats. etc.: hut all ot us are going to meet life in many different aspects. We all want to live life to the full, and to do this we shall have to accept the hitter as well as the sweet things we shall meet. Now. of course, we are going to conquer life gloriously, hut we must always remember not to let life l eat us—we must beat it. e all shall, without a doubt, meet with manv

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Ci.ass of 1926

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12 THE QUIVER surprises and discouragements, hut we shall meet them with smiling faces, for we are good losers. In life there is an old man, known as )pportunity, who has a delightful time playing hide-and-go-seek with young travelers on the road of life. He dodges l ehind a tree till we pass hy. then stands chuckling to himself and watches us as we travel wearily on. Now here is a secret. If we hunt for him and as soon as we see him. chase him until we seize him hy his forelock, then he will l e ours forever. W e are all going on a great many different roads, hut the world needs us all. W’e need the cool, restful paths as well as the dusty, commercial highways ; so does the world need us in our different occupations. Any pursuit that is honest is as honorable as any other. AMBITION Youth! It is both glorious and pathetic. It is the time of soaring ideals and lofty ambitions. W hich one of us has not. in some secret corner, a great ambition? W ho does not secretly think that he. without any doubt, is going to do some great thing—set the world on fire? Too often our ambitions have been stamped out hy some well-intentioned adult who ridiculed them and who forced us, kindly, of course, hut. nevertheless, forced us to do something he would like to have us do. Never a greater mistake could he made. ()ne's whole life hinges on one’s decision, and, therefore, one should do that in which he is interested. ()ne’s chances of success are then much greater, and. at least, he is satisfied. It seems. jx?rhaps. a rash thing at first to say that one can do almost anything if one tries hard enough, hut it is true. If one is really ambitious, he will seize every op]x rtunity that will help him on his way. he will not be side-tracked, lie will study diligently, he will put his all into his work, and eventually he will realize his ambition. IDEALS W hen one speaks of ideals, he sjieaks of a universal possession, for everyone has one or more ideals. Some ] eople may he skeptical and say they have none, hut they are merely unconscious of them. The | o.ssession