VOL. XV, NO. 14
JUNE 7, 1974
Happiness: An Idea Too Often Forgotten
Once again the adult world is ready to welcome 654 of its disciples in a ceremony we call graduation. The old clichés about graduation being the first step into adulthood have been used dozens of times yet they seem more relevant with each step toward that diploma.
Hopefully, most students have been armed with all the proper tools for success: a solid education given to them by Maine West and the proper ethical and moral values given to them by their parents and church.
Perhaps graduation is the toughest assignment ever given to any student because it requires him to give up the security found in school, home, and community. For the first time he must look to himself for discipline and survival.
Hopefully, most students have been armed with all the proper tools for success: a solid education given to them by Maine West and the proper ethical and moral values given to them by their parents and church.
Perhaps graduation is the toughest assignment ever given to any student because it requires him to give up the security found in school, home, and community. For the first time he must look to himself for discipline and survival.
A senior, in his frantic search for discipline, security, and survival, may overlook one very important ideal happiness. It is nice to think of success in terms of how many Porsches and Mercedes one owns or how frequently one appears on the Johnny Carson Show, but a miserable millionaire is indeed a pitiable sight.
In the long run, life is too short a time to spend on accumulating things which, eventually, will do one no good. There are so few times this solemn and somber world smiles; of all the great wealths, happiness should be the most sought after.
Today, the Westerner would like to wish all graduates not only success in all they do but happiness as well, for happiness is one commodity that, fortunately, can never be bought.
In the long run, life is too short a time to spend on accumulating things which, eventually, will do one no good. There are so few times this solemn and somber world smiles; of all the great wealths, happiness should be the most sought after.
Today, the Westerner would like to wish all graduates not only success in all they do but happiness as well, for happiness is one commodity that, fortunately, can never be bought.
