Batavia High School - Batavian Yearbook (Batavia, NY)

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Qllama ltluvm This morn l saw the Sununer Sun Rise o'er the hilltops highg I lcucw that erc it rose again, XVc must say the word Good-bye For now our course here is endedg XVC take our place in life, To follow the thread ol' our destiny Amid the world's mad strife. But let us each remember this :Xs we bid these scenes adieu: We end this period of our lite But to enter upon a new. For though our work seems nnished, 'Tis really not begung The world lies wide before us W7ith many a task not done. The world is ever waiting For those who want to work, But is too busy to take account Cf those who love to shirlc. If at first we're not successful, Let us dispel our fears, Remembering that success will come To him that perseveres. In after years when we come back And are alumni, Wie shall always support and boost Qur dear old Batavia High. THQMAS H. l25l DOVVD, 118

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the Way they will enjoy extraordinary opportunities of advancement. Therefore we must open wide the doors of our Alma Mater. We must better our educa- tional systems and unity the nations on the plane of moral and intellectual aimsf' Let us, then, make ready the way for the coming of the Angel of Peace. Let us use our education to this end even as the boys over there are using the sword. - Now, at the close of our school course, when we the class of '18 ar lea ' . . , ' e vin B. H. S. and going into the world, may this thought be uppermost in our mindg that we are educated and more is expected of us in this crisis than of ds, une u- cated people' and may we prove that E, H S has been I . , , ' ' - - .Vullz Sec d .- None-in her teachings. HH I Second to -FLoRENcE DARRON, '13, , l24j ' a

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iikrlinr Bag Qbratirin Arbor day is a day observed by all schools throughout the entire state for the purpose of beautitying school grounds. Trees and shrubs are planted by the students that those who come in later years may not hnd the campus devoid ot nature's gifts. ln this school it has been the custom for the senior class to have this honor and to choose one who has been closely associated with the school, whose nam-e the plant shall bear. But these are times that are trying. VVe are being urged on all sides to be loyal and patriotic. Wie are asked to lend our money to the government that it may carry on this great war for democracy. late have been told that unless we save and prevent the waste of food those men who are hghting tor us will not be able to stand against the onslaught of the enemy. Do not all these things behoovcs us to do our utmost for our country and to support it in every way? At such a time ar: we, the Class of l9lS, assembled here to dedicate a shrub. XYQ are about to devote that shrub to one whom we all know and admire, to one who for four years was a member of the faculty and was an active leader in this dear old school. As w-e are here to dedicate this shrub to him, so is he dedicating his life to his country. ln answering his country's call he has done as much as man can do. He has sacriticed much, has given tip pleasures at home, has parted with friends, that he might help his country and that he might pro- tect us. lt is only proper that we should provide some small memorial as a mark of our appreciation of him. It matters little. the value ot this memorial. but the thought that goes with it is what we hope will live. Although he has left our midst, he has by no means been forgotten. That he may never be forgotten, wherever he may go, we plant this shrub in memory of our former esteemed in- structor. Professor Luther M. Fritschf' JOHN HAMILTON, 'lS. f'AItlz011gl1 Merle Bonsrvcl -was clcrfcd Class Orafor, he found it 'illlf70S5iblE' to lic jvrcsmzz' at this time l7t7t'tIllSL of his Ftzrzzz Cadet 'mroyk 50 john H -ll. . , 1 r amz on was elected to give this Arbor day Ol'tll'l07l.j i s i261