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

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Class Song, In the shadow of a mountain Where cooling breezes blow; An azure sky and a fountain Where deeds of wisdom flow. Chorus : Oh, Western Washingto n A cade my , Round thee our heart strings twine. May zve like thee and the mountain Stand true till the end of time. The mountain leads us upward The fountain shows the way. Rainier is the name of the mountain, The fountain W. IV. A. We’ve heard the urge of the mountain As it bids us upzeard go, We’ve quenched our thirst at the fountain Where deeds of wisdom flozv. —Carroll Canning, ’26. page twenty-six

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President’s Address ( Continued ) for the life that now is. It has to do with the whole being, and with the whole period of existence possible to man. Someone has defined education as “the har¬ monious development of the physical, the mental, and the spiritual powers.” It prepares the student for the joy of service in this world, and for the higher joy of wider service in the world to come. We have heard of the great teachers of the world, men of giant intellect, men whose utterances have stimulated thought and opened to view vast fields of knowledge; and these men have been honored as guides and benefactors of their race; but there is One who stands higher than they; One from whom they have received the knowledge which they possess. It is this One we wish to imitate, this One whom we are taking for a pattern, this One who has inspired us with the desire to climb, to be successful in this world, that we may truly represent Him. Tt is He of whom it has been said: “Out of His mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.” “Higher than the highest human thought can reach is God’s ideal for His children.” So, to the student, there is presented a path of continued pro¬ gress. He has an object to achieve, a standard to at¬ tain, that includes everything good, pure, and elevat¬ ing. A desire is awakened in each one of us to reach God’s ideal, to obtain an education that cannot be completed in this life, but that will be continued in the life to come; an education that secures to the successful student his passport from this preparatory school of earth to the school above. There is no way of telling the future but by the past; and, judging by the past, what has been the result of taking God and a Christian education as the ideal? What has this ideal accomplished for the student? Achievement, success; not without effort or diligent endeavor however, but by continued climbing toward a definite goal. With this object in view let us go on to the goal toward which we are climbing; to the high things that are awaiting us in the coming years, looking back with pleasant memories to our commencement years at Western Washington Academy. —Titus A. F razee, ’26. page twenty-five

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Valedictory ■ BEAR FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES: You | have made our hearts glad, this evening, 1 with your presence and by your kind at¬ tention to our youthful entertainment. Parents, we thank you now for the interest you have shown in us, and for all the help and inspiration that you have been to us. But we shall thank you again in a fuller, larger measure when, in the light of exper¬ ience, the dawn of our life-time has melted away into noon-tide warmth and the years have taught us how to realize what a great debt we owe to you. Then we may know some of the sacrifices that you, our parents, have made. Then we shall be able to appreciate, in the deepest sense, the blessings that association with you, our friends, has brought into our lives. And , tonight, as we are nearing the close of our academic course, we should like to express the grati¬ tude which we feel for the patient, loving work done in our behalf by each of you, our teachers. Through your wise counsel and helpful influence we have learned many lessons never found in books. You have helped us to lay the foundation and fashion the framework of our characters, in every way encouraging us to do this carefully and well so that there may be no flaw or weakness when the work is finished. More than all else, you have revealed to us the comparative value of things, giving us the secret of discernment between the transient and eternal. For all this we humbly pay you tribute and also the school under whose direction have been fostered such a spirit and such principles. As we go forth from its doors, we shall carrv with us memories only of that which is good and true and of the bright and happy times spent here. And in return, we ask that you remember us,—not by any accomplishments or virtues which we may possess, for they are few;—neither by our mistakes; they, we know, are many. But we would that you should think of us as a group who are earnestly endeavoring to aid in the working out of one great plan, who have chosen one high ideal, one clear and perfect pattern which we would strive to copy day by day. Such a One has been the theme of admiration through many ages, yet never can be fully appreciated,—this Man of Sorrows, Jesus Christ of Calvary. It is our aim to do nothing without His divine guidance and to learn more about Him day by day. Truly this is our commencement! You see us now standing upon life’s threshold, anxiously peering down the long hall of the mystic future, conjecturing what may be therein for each of us. Time alone can tell! As never before we realize that our destiny waits our making. Fortune does not smile only on the one who holds a four-leaf clover. She has few favorites. (Continued on page 61.) page twenty-seven