South Lake High School 1951 Yearbook (St. Clair Shores, MI) - Full Access

0 God, Thou who has ever brought all life to its perfection by patient growth, grant me patience to guide my pupils to the best in life. Teach me to use compulsion of love and interest and save me from the weakness of coercion. Make me one who is a visualizer of life and not a merchant of facts. Show me how to overcome the forces that des– troy by harnessing the urges that lead to life abundant. Give me such a sense of value that I may distin– guish the things that last from those that pass, and never confuse mountains with molehills. Grant me insight to overlook the facts of ex– uberance because I can see with prophetic eye the possibilities of enthusiasm. Save me, 0 Lord, from confusing that which is evil with that which is only immature. May I learn the laws of human life so well that, saved from the folly of reward and punishment, I may help each pupil of mine find a supreme devotion for which he will give his all. And may that devotion be in tune with Thy purpose for Thy world. May I be so humble and keep so young that I may continue to grow and to learn while I teach. Grant that I may strive not so much to be called a teacher as to be a teacher; not so much to speak of Thee, but to reveal Thee; not so much to talk of love and human service , but to be the spirit of these; not so much to speak of the ideals of Jesus, but in every act of my teaching to reveal His ideals. Save me from letting my work become common– place by the ever present thought that, of all human endeavors, teaching is most like the work that Thou has been doing through all generations. Amen.