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BOARD OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

COLUMBIA COUNTY
LAKE CITY, FLORIDA
BUFORD H. GALLOWAY, SECRETARY AND SUPERINT'ENDENT

Dear Sen:!.ors :

The success of every individ·J.al is , .e sured by action, not acting;
by tein , not belon~int; ; by cor'l_::>leti:l , not ju3t be<-in."'lin • ':'ru.e success
in your li.ie .;ill be determined ty t:1e Y.rorthwhile , humanitarian o.nd
needed co;~.munity activities you carry throur,h to fruition . It v.rill depend
u.pon 1-:hat you accon.)lish, not what you s.re capa'tle of coin • Ic ~,r ill l.>e
necessar~ to prepare, to ~lm , Lo ~rork , to serve and accom_>lish in order
to se a success .

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I can t has ruined :'lany a pGrson; _!will try has Hon t.an;;t a victoryl
hct·ardless of a ?erson s station in life , true success ~cans living
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'.lp to your very ~est . It t:'l<.a:ls coJ .. petin. a, ainst self, '10t a ·ainst
mother -person. .·1an: of you havt.. alread: found .·our stauion. j)e<iicate
yourself to it enthusiastically; lose yourself in ful:illin. the de .. ancs
it ,-:ill require a: you; a:1d er:ri.nen t success is assured. Iou -vf-.11 :ail r:1any
times uut you are not a faih.:.re until you blane soneone clse l

This is a l a r ;•e task rec1uirinr r1uch self- denial anc· self- discipline ,
but ~-ou v:ill eno 1? servin ~ sane thin ci--. er tno."'l ;rourself that -rill
challen ·e thr- ver:. '.es t :·ou h.J.ve . Consic:er :aison, instein, Keller,
Schr.;eitzer, Cle:1n . ~.ecall all tho..>e . .-... 10 fou.;:hc to ;)reserve 1.nc enhance
~·our .;\..."1erican heri tare. Your sacrii'~ce - ill _.roba' ly "'C snall indeed as
con.:.1ared to t:::.:.t oi' our ~orc:'athers . uclf- cisci?line, self- denial, ycs l
-~nd then you reap s ·ccess 1

:Lou '·;ill in;:>rove t::e quali t:: of our .:ree socie t:·, not oy tuildin ~ a
. i t ::r h:rC.ro,;en Lo:'lb, •l t ~Y r·eco ·n:::..zinr o.n<i SUEi::>ortinr' t'r.e dir·nity <:'.~d
·rortn O..L e c!1 ino.ividual. :.an is rr:o ~'e .. :arvelous t:.h an a"'l:,' mo. chine 1

i:~emer:1r r tnc ':Drlcl o~ms J ou noi:J:nin .... }_,ut a:1 0 J, ortJnity to develop ;,rour
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.1axirnur1 potential. .. o.:· :,'ou, 1-:ith t.~1e r:.&cs.i.c tools the schools have assisted
:ou to c:.cq_-.1il·e, ;J.se ~;our ti;r;(; , tal~n:. , c::nd train.:.ng to liv successfull.>
.:.n--: to l~ave a furt: .... r enriched hc ri tat·c for those •-.rho folla.-i . The .rorld of
to,.-orro':-r ci.e)ends "J.pon ;~roJ. l

.. uch love anci S'lccess to Qll o_ you ! rom all of u.::>.

3incerel;y,
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County School Supe rintenQen t

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