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

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Class Ni ht Program MOTTO Climbing COLORS Lilac and White FLOWER Frau Karl Druschki Rosebuds AIM Nothing Without Divine Guidance March . (Henna Haynes Invocation . . .Walter R. Beach Salutatorian’s Address .. . .Ethel Walker Quartet ...Lawrence Joers, Charles Dupee, Rudolph Wirth, Titus Frazee Class History . .Arranged by Inez Ludden, Catherine Cornell, Charles Dupee Given by Inez Ludden, Catherine Cornell Piano Solo .. ..Gladys Neely President ' s Address . Titus Frazee Solo . Charles Dupee Class Will . Dorothy Peters Presentation of Gift.... ..May Warned Pianologue ..Catherine Cornell Class Poem ......Lawrence Joers Quartet .Lawrence Joers, Charles Dupee, Rudolph Wirth, Titus Frazee Class Prophecy .Written by Mary Belle Cox Dramatized by Eva Milman, Carroll Canning, Ellen Johnson, Constante Arquero, Mary Cox, Rudolph Wirth Class Song .... . Class Valedictory .Fern Goff page twenty-three

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Class Will LAST WILL and testament of the class of ’ 26 W E THE CLASS OF 1926, of Western Wash- ington Academy, of the city of Auburn, in the county of King, and of the State of Washington, being accused of deliberately and out¬ wardly planning on leaving forever our pleasant as¬ sociations here, do, in order to make amends, distri¬ bute, bequeath, award, and bestow these our many and varied possessions to such as we deem worthy of them: First: To our Principal Claude A. Shull, our sincere and undying gratitude for his most excellent guidance during this the most advanced year of our sojourn here. Second: To the Juniors we leave our chapel seats in the front rows of the center bank of the chapel. May they enjoy the seats of the mighty. Third: To the Sophomores—in consideration of their splendid success and their high standing on the honor roll this year, we leave one piece of advice— watch your step! Fourth: To the Freshmen, the much indulged and youngest, we do desire to leave twenty-five bolts of adhesive tape to relieve the bumps over which their little feet must stumble ere they approach unto that state in which we now stand. Fifth: To Professor Steunenberg, we leave the memory of the golden voices of our quartet when he led them in song. Sixth: To Miss Wyman, a class of music stu¬ dents that is deserving of her patience and long-suf¬ fering. Seventh: To Professor Beach another Spanish II class composed of the perfect number and also of the perfect sex. Eighth: To Miss Haskin, those who are of our class, and also members of her English III class, leave their second-hand themes. Ninth: To Miss Scott, the kind of students that will get their geometry notebooks in on time; also we deem it fitting and proper that she be allowed to use (Continued on page 67.) page twenty-two

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President’s Address ■ HEN THE CLOSING days of our academic life draw near, when we come to the end of four years of trials and tribulations, joys and sorrows, work and play, we realize only the more deeply what our days at Western Washington Acad¬ emy have meant to us. Two conflicting emotions are filling our hearts: one of happiness, that we have successfully completed our academic school life; the other of sadness,—for why should we be happy when we are perhaps leaving forever the school that we hold dear, the pleasant associations, the friends, the memories? And yet we are brought to the place where we must part. Could we but go on as we have, life would be happy—but we know we cannot—so it is for us, Class of ’ 26 , to face the work that is before us; to climb ever upward and onward; and so finally be worthy of the privileges and blessings that we have received while preparing for future service. When we, the Senior Class, selected “Climbing” for our motto, we realized, though perhaps somewhat faintly, that we were on the pathway leading to a height which we had not as yet reached. To climb successfully, one must know the details of procedure and have a definite aim in view. Because the students of the Class of ’26 have such an aim, they are here tonight, and have been here during the preceding days, —to learn some details of procedure, the science of living, the pathway to a better land where the unedu¬ cated have no access. The palm tree, beaten by the scorching sun and the ferocious sandstorm, stands green and flourishing in the midst of the desert. Its roots are fed by living springs. Its crown of verdure is seen afar over the parched, desolate plain; and the traveler, on the verge of death, urges his failing steps to the cool shades, and the life-giving water. The palm tree represents the school, the traveler the Class of ’ 26 , who have found here life-giving water, that we might climb farther on life’s upward path, and carry our blessings to others. The true problem of living is to keep our hearts always serene, gentle, and peaceful, amid the most trying experiences and conditions. If you remove the snow from the hillside in the late winter, you will find sweet flowers growing there, beneath the cold drifts, unhurt by the storm and by the snowy blankets that have covered them. So we should keep our hearts tender and sensitive beneath life’s fiercest winter- blasts, through the longest years of struggles, disap¬ pointments, and even injustice and wrong treatment. This is true successful living. Before we had the opportunity of attending a Christian school, our ideas and ideals of education took too narrow and too low a range. There is a true education which means more than the perusal of a certain course of study. It is more than a preparation page twenty-four