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Show , - • *Mfc given in the School Monthly. "Pupils of the Eastern District High School, the time has come for me to say good-bye. This means God be with you, and I say it with all my heart. You have been good to me and I thank you for letting me come closer to your lives in my teaching. I love to think that, whatever our religion, we all believe in a Messiah. Whether we feel he has come or will come, he means something to us all. "Let me repeat a few of my favorite sayings. The order of importance is heart, health, head. Better deserve and not receive than receive and not deserve. Goodness is God's favorite greatness. Excellence, not superiority, is our true aim. The greatest room in the world is the room for improvement. Weigh your words. "I have tried to teach you how to express yourselves by tongue and pen. I expect something of your abilities along these lines for service to the public in the future. But I want you to know that I am still rnore anxious a-bout the development of your charaeters. The word character is derived from a Greek word 18 • ' \ |