The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1922-05-24

CltdI tOurtiOun Wv VI 1890
opinions and Judgment, truth In
developing them, as eloquence In
expressing them. II teaches them
to see things as they are, to get
right to the point TO disentangle n
skein OF thought, TO detect what Is
sophistlcaI and to discard what is
irrelevant.
The beginning OF school Is met
with competition and with slow
movement into knowledge. There
is no royal road to education. II is
a pilgrims progress. With each days
travel, however. though the road
grows no stralghter, there is In
crea sing strength to travel on.
Whether the task be Latin, Arith-
metic, History or Grammar, there
comes after time that wonderful
short cut between brains and ac-
tions which we call habit. And the
end, plus application, is success.
success.
As Freshmen II seemed a futile
effort without a hope OF success
marked our goal which was that of
being Senior. We sighed as We
thought of the four long years,
which were our barriers.
AS Sophomores we had all the
eagorness OF those who have been
withheld from a right.
We had broken away from the
freshmen timidity, and began to
feel our importance. Still there
was long Journey before US and 4
difficult period of waiting, with ev-
er fiber of our intense young ma
ture we longed TO be grown up.
Cur eyes were set ahead. We went
through this period of waiting, in
sort of trance of anticipation
that was generally concealed.
As juniors, yet the more vigorous
and acute members of the school,
have gained from our drill in the
school of life and work something
that serves in the place of ordinary
academic drill. However we had
our own ways of fooling ourselves.
We had everybody in school sized
up to the finish. We thought that
no one understood us, that the
world and especially our friends
and teachers were too blind and
stupid to see how wonderful we
were. We thought in our hearts
with sadness of the loss that the
world sustained because It had not
discovered us.
AS seniors we see things in a
different light. We begin to see the
absurdity OF our own concert and
selfishness in refusing to grant that
any wisdom could have existed be-
fore we came along with out very
unique ideas, we may find ourselves
as entertaining as a movie and be
which may warp all our future
spared the silly weakness of youth
| thinking. We have obtained the
goal once set but now our horizon
| has widened. SO we face the new
conditions and try to readjust our
selves to them. When We think OF
leaving this school TO face the years
! ahead, we realize that it, is not the
| success which lies behind that
counts, but that which lies ahead
In the tender recollection that
comes from the past as again we
remember the pleasant days spent
in school; in the longing for tht
deeper things of life; in the deep
ening desire TO perfect in some way
true and Just that which is noblest
| and best within us. and In thu
gladsomeness born of the enlight
enment that knowledge has beer
brought to light through our teach
ers. In these, we see as through
glass darkly the meaning OF gradu
alton. Graduation! II has beamet
before us as beacon lighting oul
pathway Of high school life. Nov
is serves as a search light. In thu
future II will serve as a guidinl
star. guiding us along our journe,
of life. The time has come whel
our paths are divided. But as W
go out into the greater world n
matter where We are or what pro
fession we follow, we are all guide'
by this same star.
, Our High School days are over
our little loves and hates. our mimi
struggles and our fieeting fame ar
going the way OF all things mortal