Dear Editor,
To those alumni of Windham, I recall
those years of learning. Perhaps you remember the points when we took our rank
cards home to be signed. The following lines remind me also:
“He brought me his report card from the
teacher and he said, he wasn’t very proud of it and sadly bowed his head. He
was excellent in reading, but arithmetic was fair and I notice there were
several ‘Unsatisfactorys’ there. But on little bit of credit which was given
brought me joy – he was ‘excellent in effort’ and I fairly hugged the boy. Just
keep excellent in effort – all the rest will come to you, there isn’t any
problem but someday you’ll learn to do and at last when you grow older you will
come to understand that by hard and patient toiling men have risen to command
and someday you will discover when a greater goal’s at stake, that better far
than brilliance is the effort you will make.
Fred Collins
Westbrook
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