Adrian High School - Sickle Yearbook (Adrian, MI)

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4 v The SENIOR SICKLE 1921 f 'tLet us then be up and doing With a heart for any fate: Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait. - Our journey along the road of life has been cheered thus far by the sweet companionship of those who are travelling in the same direction. Under the supervision of the High School Faculty we have climbed the hill of knowledge thus far hand in hand, cheered by the thought that we were all bound for the same goal, but now that we have reached the first height we find that our paths diverge. Each must take up his knapsack and laboriously pursue his journey in other company. For some the new route will extend through college or university, for others through the marts of trade. Some will reach their goal by way of the workshop and forge, others by way of the farm. And as we bid our classmates farewell we wish to remind them that native ability and hard work are bound to win success.

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fa Q The SENIOR SICKLE 1921 v VALEDICTO RY EDITH SALTER N 'tg CALL of the world is loud and insistent and in this year of S f our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Twenty-one, it especially demands that the High School graduate shall take an inventory of his stock of knowledge, choose a vocation and E.-F' i '. Wadi Efflliflliig begin to do his share of the world's work. The Senior Class V W Q of Adrian High School is soon to answer that summons, and, as we think of this, it is natural that we should look back over our high school course and ask ourselves, 'lVVhat have these three years that we have spent in high school and the efforts we have expended on the school activities, done for us? This question is vitally interesting to all of us because we realize that the use we have made of this period will effect all the rest of our lives. During this time we have pursued different courses of study, but all led to the same end-Ma preparation for the life work which we expect to take up. This preparation alone would be ample repayment, but we have gained other things. VVe have learned that lesson so necessary to future success in life of deferring to the wishes of others and considering their rights as well as our own. Many lessons of patriotism have been instilled into our minds, never to be forgotten. VVe have made lasting friendships with teachers and schoolmates which cannot fail to enrich our lives. Tonight we are approaching the bend in the road. We are unable to see what the future has in store for us, but we do know one thing: what- ever success we achieve will be due in a large measure to the efforts we shall put forth. Talent alone will not enable us to reach the goal of our ambitionsg it must be accompanied by hard work. VVe sometimes see two people, one admitted to be a genius, the other a mediocre individual, sur- prise us by reversing the fortunes that we naturally concluded would fall to them. The former, relying solely on the gifts with which nature has endowed him, sinks to poverty, while the latter, through unswerving faith- fulness to the course which he has mapped out for himself, gains honor and distinction. The world steps aside to let the man, who knows where he is going, pass. A weak, unseaworthy vessel with torn sails and shattered masts drifts before the storm and, dashing against the rocks, goes to the bottom of the sea. But a strong ship with machinery in perfect order and a good pilot to direct the course passes safely through the tempest. The storm and even the great waves hasten her on her course. Thus does a man whose pilot is reason, and whose motive power is his strong will, pass safely through all difhculties and at last reach fame.

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A v The SENIOR SICKLE 1921 v 1 CLASS PROPI-IECY ROBERT GIBSON f happened to come upon the Ching Ching Islands Mail was FTER wandering through the wilds of Africa for many years, I K, ,Zi . . I . , K ,xg Q - . just being unloaded from an airplane and glancing at a pile of newspapers, what I saw made me gasp for breath. Staring me as in the face was a newspaper which was headed: v, W0 Q THE ADRIAN MIDNIGHT MOON JUNE 9, 1936 HYRTLE FEEMAX, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER Thinking that perhaps I could find out something of my old High School classmates, whom I had not seen since graduation some fifteen years ago, I started to digest its contents. l'Get Out and Sweat a Little for Sweet is the main heading. I notice that Hon. H. H. Sweet supported by the new W. C. T. U. party is trying for member of Congress. Go to it, here's hoping for you. Another article states, 'fThe Amalgamated Shoestring and Horseshoe Co. is to be represented in New Zealand by Ray Collins and Kenneth Kaynor, both Adrian men. I A cartoon entitled, VVhy Change Your Wife drawn by the famous artist, Harold Hough, looms 'up on the front page. I see that this was especially posed for by Miss Margaret Osgood, of stage fame. Harold Cutter and Sumner Howell will be rivals in the next election for Mayor of Hudson, reads another heading. VVell, who would have believed it! Turning the page I see: SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE BY GLENDORA KOLZ HA stereopticon lecture was given last night at Alvin Howland's Liter- ary Hall by Clayton Smith who has just returned from doing missionary work in China. He was ably assisted by Miss Etha Smith. Throughout the evening Aileen Hare, Herndon Hammel, Hazel jasper, and Loella Stegg sold chewing gum and pamphlets entitled, 'Keep Up the Good VVork,' by Agnes Gwynn. In connection with the missionary work, the Misses Muriel Bovee, Genevieve Bertram, and Leota Rogers have signif1ed their intentions of knitting stockings for the African heathensf' Turning the page I notice: SPORTS Carroll Bassett, VVilliam Matthes, and Guy Case have been signed 3 . I