Auburn Adventist Academy - Rainier Vista Yearbook (Auburn, WA)

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lent, not given. ... At the best, we, like our fathers, are only dwellers in tents. Here and there,—by some sweet well, under some spreading tree, on some green spot,—we linger for a time; but the evening comes at last, the stars come out, the encamp¬ ment is broken up, and we must move away. And very soon we shall have made our last stay of all; the sky will flush with the crimson of its last sunset; the last long shadows of the twilight will lengthen round us; the last farewell will be sighed forth from weary lips. After that our tent will be moved no longer; for then we hope that it will be pitched for the last time, under the walls of the heavenly city, and the sun shall go down on us no more.” Vivian E. Nelson. Class Music by MISS MILDRED WYMAN and BYRON G. McKlBBEN As a sculptor molds his clay, From the image of his thought; So from out our school days here Noble characters may be wrought. In our hands is placed the clay, From on high the impulse comes, That inspires the soul to carve A matchless image of his love. To be prepared thru life’s broad way, To be sincere will be our creed, To be of service where need is found Ready to go where the Master needs. We go reluctant yet we know True friendship never ends, For graven deep within our hearts There’s a picture of our friends. PRISCILLA BATCHELDER. T a. ' enty-five

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felt gratitude to Professor Hamilton, our principal and faculty advisor, for his personal interest in each of us. His daily example has inspired us to long to realize noble ambitions and higher hopes. We are also grateful to the members of the school board, who have so liberally given us their time and means, and have been interested in every detail in the advancement of our school. Dear schoolmates, as we look back upon the many days that we have spent with you, we sense alternately a thrill and a heart throb, a thrill because we know that these have been four of the happiest years of our lives, a heart throb as we realize that they are now at an end. The joys and sorrows we have shared have been woven into the perfect network of an ideal school life. Each day has brought its trials or its joys, the trials tempering and shaping our characters, the joys polishing, softening and illuminating them until our lives have become stronger, purer, and more beautiful. We wish to express our appreciation for the great boon we have—our parents. Dear loved ones, it has been you that have sacrificed to send us here; it has been your faith in us that has buoyed us up in the face of difficulties. Your cheery letters have given us courage even on the most gloomy days. Fathers and mothers, we love you. We hope that you will not be disappointed in your ideals and aspirations for us. We know that you will not, for at this academy we have received an education that you could have given us at no public institution, for here we have been developed spiritually and morally, as well as physically and mentally. Dear classmates, we also have encouraged each other on in the path of graduation. We have sympathized with each other as we passed through the same difficulties. We have traveled many days together down the path of life, but, as four years ago we joined, we must now separate and live the remainder of our lives divided. It may never be that we will be privileged to again gather as a class on this earth. But, fellow classmates, may we each prove faithful, persevering to the end that, some day, we may reunite beyond the celestial blue in yon eternity. “There must be something sad and solemn in partings. They remind us that there is nothing in this world which we can call our own: that all which God gives us is His, not ours; T wenty-four

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