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

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1928 THE MAGNET President ' s Address W ’E , the class of 1928, welcome you this evening. We are glad to have you with us upon this memorable night of our lives. Tonight we feel that our attainment would be an empty experience if it were not for the prayers of you that love us and have worked for us. We realize that, in a way, we are the recompense for your labors, sacrifices, prayers and tears. What we are is not so much because of our work as it is the direct result of your planning a way for us to advance. Western Washington Academy stands to us as God’s great crucible. It is the melting pot in which our lives are fused together in one great purpose, the salva¬ tion of souls. We come with our prides and our petty ambition, with half-formed ideas of the meaning of life and its ultimate goal, but in the fires of the melting pot the dross is burned away and the pure metal is molded to accomplish the work for which the Master designed it. The four years that we have been here have been happy ones. So long as time shall last, the friends that we have learned to love here will not be forgotten. We feel happy and sad tonight. Happy because our work here is completed and an¬ other mile post has been reached; sad because we are leaving this school and all for which it stands. Parents, words cannot express our appreciation to you this evening. All that we have attained thus far we owe to you. It is you who have encouraged us. It is you who have sacrificed for us. It is you who have held high ideals and aims before us. You have sent us to this school; now we have completed our course. Classmates, you have added much cheer and happiness to our stay here. Our school days here have been joy-ladened; together we have been striving for scholas¬ tic attainments. Now we are going to leave with you the words of the wise man— Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom.” We have chosen our motto OTHERS” because we believe that our Divine Pattern had just such a motto as this. All truly great men have shown in their lives that the one great aim in life has been to help others. Lincoln is remembered as the one who freed the slaves—he worked for others. Washington fought for others. Moses helped the children of Israel out of Egypt—he prayed for others. Luther spent a lifetime spreading the Bible’s truth and light to others. Paul’s was a life of service—for others. Just so with us, we feel that a life in service for others is the life that counts. There is always something sad and solemn in partings. They remind us that this world is not for eternity but for a short time. We should not feel sad or downcast though for the future is radiant with His promises to keep and protect us. Tonight the class of ’28, is determined to live faithfully so that we may meet again in Heaven. God grant that we all may work and pray together that this third angel’s message may be speedily proclaimed to all the earth, and that in an unbroken number we may meet again in the Earth made new—not only the members of this class-but OTHERS.” Merle Smith Page Eighteen

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WESTERN WASHINGTON ACADEMY 1928 Class Night Program Processional.. Mildred Boyer Invocation .Prof. C. A. Shull Salutatory.Blanche Pitts Ladies’ Quartette.Selected Jeannette Goff, Pauline Drake, Genevieve Stabler, Doris Libby President’s Address.Merle Smith Class History.Bettie Carter, Delta Hulse Reading: In the Desert of Waiting”.Johnston Wilma Johnson Cornet Solo: Heimweh”.Jungmann Louis Gilbert Class Poem. Doris Libby Presentation of Gift. . Donald Crow Two-Piano Duet: Diana”.Selected Lorna Miller, Pauline Drake, Fern Zachrison, Bettie Carter Valedictory .Gertrude Manfull Class Song Entire Class Words by Genevieve Stabler Music by Bettie Carter Page Seventeen

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WESTERN WASHINGTON ACADEMY 1928 Valedictory ' J N the Washington Monument towering more than five hundred feet above the ground are found one hundred seventy-nine memorial tablets given by various co untries, states, and societies. There are stones from the Parthenon, from the ancient ruins of Carthage, and from the historic scenes which figured in the life of Washington. One may reach the top by an elevator making the ascent in seven minutes. There is also a stairway of nine hundred steps for those who prefer to walk. In the journey by foot the visitor has time to stop and study these memorial tablets; to re¬ flect on the lives of the great of all ages; to consider their triumphs and defeats and to visualize their influence as engraved on the panels. It is a long climb, but it leads the traveler to a place where he may have a most awe-inspiring view of the sur¬ rounding country. Very similar to the Washington Monument is our educational system. The stu¬ dent may choose the short easy way to the top, but he will get only a glimpse of the wonders which it is his privilege to see and to study. We have chosen the longer way and just now have paused at the Half Way Point before climbing farther. We have long looked forward to this occasion of reaching the first important point in our ascent. From now on our interests will be divided; we will study and be attracted by different things along the way. And tonight we are gathered together to commemorate our attainment, to wish each other well along the remainder of our journey and to express our appreciation for the many blessings received as we pressed forward toward our goal. Dear Parents, to you we owe the most. But for your sacrifices we would not have had the privilege of spending our school life at Western Washington Academy. But for your unselfish love most of us would not be graduated from a school where the fear of God prevails and where His worship and services are respected. But for your prayers and your confidence in us the untiring encourage¬ ment which you have continually expressed when the miles separated us, we might have fallen out by the way before this goal had been reached. May God con¬ tinue to answer your prayers and richly reward your labors. We wish to prove to you our appreciation by living lives of usefulness in service for others.” To you, dear teachers, we owe a tribute of praise. You have given us lessons of faith and trust. You have set an example of perseverance and courage. The help and inspiration received from you has been more beneficial than many lessons learned from books. Our observance of the performance of your daily tasks has been a continual blessing to us. We shall consider ourselves fortunate if we attain to the heights of the loyalty of service which you have shown us. Fellow Classmates, we shall look back many times with pleasure to these four years, and in our dreams, live again among this happy group whp have chosen for their motto Others.” Many are the pleasant hours which we have spent together sharing in each other’s work and play as we have trudged along life’s pathway side by side. Now we approach the parting of the ways where each must choose a path and forge along to reach his distant goal. The cords of friendship are so firmly woven from heart to heart that neither the length nor breadth of this earth can be wide enough to sever them; we fain would linger here in this loved home upon the hilltop at W. W. A., but duty calls us hence—so then Farewell.” Gertrude Man full Page Nineteen