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

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GREEN RIVER VALLEY FROM W. W.

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Plat Pill fnu ]Bo? A Message to the Young People of Western Washington A Christian education is within the reach of every young man or woman who wills to obtain it. Impossibility, in edu¬ cation, is an old-fashioned word with a definition but without a meaning. There was a time when a young Lincoln, with an insati¬ able thirst for learning, was forced to beg the loan of books and read them after sixteen hours of strenuous labor by a flickering tallow candle or the smouldering embers of a cabin- fireplace; and a young Dr. Marden, on a scanty wage of twelve dollars per month, supported a helplessly dependent sister, eked out a scanty living for himself, and veritably forced his way up through Colby Academy. In comparison with that era, the youth of today—and especially our youth—have an education—and that a Christian education—virtually thrust upon them. “Doth not wisdom (education) cry? and understanding put forth her voice?” She standeth at the gates and entries to the cities and crieth to our youth: “Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is unto the sons of men.” If these words, spoken by Solomon one thou¬ sand years before the time of Christ, were true then, surely they are truer now. In fact, our Union Conference is massed with opportun¬ ities for the youth. Think of it! An academy in every con¬ ference begging and bidding and challenging the best to enter her class rooms! Solomon evidently was writing of our age and our conference, for truly education stands in the city and the country and the byways calling and beckoning to you. Those who turn a deaf ear to her call are evading an educa¬ tion: education evades no one in this era. What will you do? Around this question revolve tremendous possibilities. Into your answer are telescoped the grandest opportunities of this world and the world to come. Then, what will you do? You haven ' t any money? Our school was made for you. Our schools are made for boys and girls of grit and gumption, ( Continued, on page 41) Twenty-seevn

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J . iHtsstouary’s iKcircispectunt Across the veldt the sky was still glowing with the last ruddy tinge of red from the rays of an unmerciful summer sun as it sank below the world’s rim at the far edge of the plain. The dusk with its colors of purple and evening grey, followed close on the trail of sunset, and brought with it the beginning of the usual night serenade from the throats of the wild life of the African jungle and plain. It is pleasant in the evening, after an afternoon trek of ten miles across African plains with no shade other than that afforded by a pith helmet, to rest at ease in the embrace of a deep wicker rocker in the cool air on a broad veranda. Retrospection often comes at such a time, like the quieting effects of a soothing melody, to one who is tired in body and mind; and so it comes to me now as I rest from the labors of the day. Memory takes me back again to the time of my student days at Western Washington Academy. In mental picture I recall the home life in the boys’ dormitory, and with it come many pleasant and happy memories full of hours of joyful association with fellow st udents. Times of play and times of work pleasantly remembered, cause a pang of homesickness, and a longing again for the enjoyable time of school days. But my school days have long been over, and the thoughts of school work, and pleasant associations will ever linger in my memory. This evening the school and the beauty of the surrounding country in the spring of the year, when I last saw the Academy are clearly visioned in my retrospection. I can see the school grounds with the green lawns and beds of blossoming flowers. The valley below the school, as I remember it, was a pic¬ ture of peace and beauty, surrounded by hills clad with tall fir trees. It lay like a small paradise, with green fields, white dotted with grazing cattle and an occasional farm house nes¬ tling in the shade of tall cottonwood trees and wide spreading maples. The orchards in bloom, gave the appearance of drifts of snow, late in melting, while along one side of the valley T wcnty-mne