Woonsocket High School - Quiver Yearbook (Woonsocket, RI)

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THE QUIVER 13 of ideals is one of the great things that differentiates man from the heast. high ideal is one of the finest things in the world to have. Some people seem ashamed if they ever give anyone a hint that ] erhaps they have a high ideal. They are really embarrassed if they are caught herishing one. Oftentimes these people profess that they have none (it is only fairy dust thrown in one’s eyes), and ridicule anyone else that they hap) en to catch as they once were caught; hut all their professions and actions are merely a wall of defence around their own precious thoughts. They are not to he caught and ridiculed another time, so they keep their ideals a secret. So with us all, let us keep our ideal a secret if we must, hut let us keep it and strive for it. because an ideal is one of the finest gifts God has given to man. MY LILY C lose u|x)n my garden wall Grows a flower, very tall. The queen of all the (lowers is she. 'I'he Lily that God gave to me. Her fragrance, wafted by the breeze. Brings, as her servants, all the l ees. Who cluster round their queen so fair. Taking from her sweet nectar rare. Her crown of gold around her hair So white lends her a regal air. ()f all the blooms on hill and moor None can surpass my Lily pure. Catherine B. Quinn, '26.

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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

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Thk Quiver Hoard, 1926