Beulah College - Echo Yearbook (Upland, CA)

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.Q ,f ixtwixmsvx ' ' Y Bnlillmntesee, -. Y - In Friends and elassmates, there is a path which lies belfore each one ol' us, in which we will soon be treading. 'l'hough we see the seriousness ot' lilfe, with its increasing important-e ol' personal and practical problems which eon'l'ront each one as he goes out to take up his taskg yet we know not what we shall meet, in what blustering currents we may soon be sailing, through what contli--t and struggle we may soon be called to pass. 'l'herel'ore great is the need ot men and women who will taee the dilticulties and perplexities without Hin:-hing. Who are able to say with the poet: One who never turned his back, but marched breast 'l'orwardg Never doubted clouds would break: Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph. lwlelcl, we l'all to riseg are ballled, to light betterg Sleep to wake. 'Ne have a place to till and a duty to lbOl l'0l'I'l1. 'l'o be at our best in that place in the 'fulfilling ot that duty requires a tixity ot purpose in you and ine that will not be moved or shaken by adversities and ill-l'ortune. Our place in li'l'e demands a steadtastness ol' aim to become that which tlod meant us to he. For 'He intended us to be leaders tor the right and examples ot' integrity and service. Will we Waiver? XVill we be l'ound wanting? NVill we tail? No, our purpose is fixed. By t!od's help we shall be l'aithl'ul in our sphere. For we know then that our lille 1-ahall be a benediction and success shall crown our ett'orts. Class History On the br'ght and sunny morning ot' September 11, in the year nineteen luindred and twenty-two, there were twelve young people representing six dilter- ent states ol' the l'nion enrolled tor the lirst time at Beulah College. Soon after enrollment, we met and organized the tflass ot' 'tNiueteen Hundred and 'l'wenty- Six. 'Ilhe next year We came ba 'k and were sorry to find that our cla:-:s was broken. Durinfr the year several other members leI't, until there remained only three to carry the name ol' the 'tfflass ol' '2ti. Our Junior year arrived. Several members came to us. ltlncouraged by these reinloreements, we pushed ahead to reach our goal. As Seniors, we were glad to have welcomed two new members to our class. XVO have spent 'tour years here. We have come through all the little ills that beset all classes as they go through school. VW- now look forward upon the broad ocean ol' the future. Vile h ive received a vision in our many hours spent here, and it is said, Clive a man a vision and time. and he will spend the latter in reducing the l'U1'1I1f3l' to a reality. ln the translormation, he will have built at the tlose of lil'e a l'llOlllllIlt'lllQ perif-:liable or imperishable will be determined by the nature ol' the vision. lt. is our aim and desire to prepare ourselves that we may not be a parasite upon humanity, but that we may give hack to this world something that would be ot' value and benefit. Page 7 u.'e1zty-two

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- -Q is-rmssx N ' Q , .L ,- f T WUWWWMZHT X. .. .. . . , cc treaemetllelll energy, seatters his forces, and executes nothing. He cannot hold to one thing long enough to bring success out ol' it. One vacation or occupation presents its rosy side to him, he feels sure it is the thing he wants to do, and, full of ent.hu- siasm, adopts it as his life work. But in a few days the thorns begin to appear, his enthusiasm evaporates, and he is ready to give up. He thinks he sees another occupation that would be better suited to him: he drops the first and adopts the second. So he vacillates through life, captured by every new occupation which happens to appeal to him and constantly governed by his impressions and his feelings of the moment. Such a. person is never led by principle. One never knows where to find him. He is here today and there tomorrow. He spends his life drifting about, thereby accomplishing nothing for the world nor attain- ing to any personal comfort or contentment. Men of ever-wavering ambitions rarely live in history. It is the man with a single and intense purpose that is recognized by the world, he who never steps outside of his specialty. WVe think of Vilebster spending thirty-six years on his dictionary, of Bancroft working twenty-six years on his t'History ol' the l'nited States, ol' Hume writing thirteen hours a day on his Hlrlistory of ling- land, and ot' Field crossing the ocean fifty times to lay a cable. Such are the men who have written their names prominently in the history of the world. To succeed today a man must concentrate all the faculties of l1is mind upon one unwavering aim and have a tenacity of purpose which means death or victory. A healthy, definite purpose is a remedy for a thousand ills which attend aimless lives. lt saves time, energy, and vital force wasted by a perplexed man. It overcomes the opposition of the wavering person. Such a man, like driftwood, runs against all sorts of snags to which he must yield because he has no momentum to force them out of his way. A man with a fixed purpose has a course and adheres to it, lays his plans and executes them. ttreat men found no royal road to their triumph. Their paths led over the old route, the route strewn with obstacles. Yet they, by having a 'fixed purpose before them, were able to cut their way through difficulties and surmount obstacles as stepping stones on their march to their goal. The Roman 's idea of a true man was, one who held to the course which he set before him and by virtue ol' that idea the Romans conquered the world. lt is related of Alexander the Great that, being asked how it was that he conquered the world, replied, By no Waveringf' Napoleon ts detiniteness of purpose and promptness of action enabled him to astonish the world with his marvelous successes. He did not loiter around balancing the probabilities of failure or success, or dallying with his purpose. There was no turning to the right nor to the left, but one look and purpose- forward, upward, and onward, straight to his goal. ln studying the life work of St. Paul we see a man with an intense purposeg nothing could daunt him. The Roman 'limperor could not muzzle him, the dungeon could not intimidate him, no prison suppress him, no obstacle discourage him. This one thing l do is written all over his work. The one great. secret lay in his ability to concent'ra.t'e his forces upon a single point, and like a great burning-glass upon a single spot, he was able to focus his faculties and thus' burn a hole wherever he went. Lives of such men sl1ow that success follows in the wake of tixity of purpose. Page 7l'll'C'ILfy-0710

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Who's Who Among the Juniors We are glad to introduce to you our class ol' Jolly Juniors. Although a small class ot' tive girls and one boy, we have spent. an enjoyable year together. All of our elass are Christians now, and We endeavor to be true to our motto, which is God header. On the left side of the Front row is our president, Esther Buekwalter. She was born in Kansas, lived some years in New York and Pennsylvania, but later eame to California, wliieh is now her home. XVe ean look forward to her as a future poet, her talent has already been shown. One member of our class, Ida liekman, is proud to elaim California as her birthplace and home as well as she ever did, it not better. She has a. soeiable disposition and makes friends with everyone. She is particularly known for her love ot Latin and her aversion 'for history. On the left side ot' the baek row is our seeretary. Martha Bristol, who was born in Nebraska. As our secretary she is very l'aith'l'ul in taking a reeord ol' all our business affairs. She has a very quiet disposition, but when one really learns to know her you will realize that she is a. friend worth having. Next. in line is Miriam Cassel, our vice-president. Sinee most ol: the Presi- dents have home from the State ot' Ohio, We are proud to say that our viee-presi- dent eomes from that State. She is especially I'ond ot' mnsie and hopes to make that her vor-ation in lil'e. Spanish is one ot' her beloved subjects, but oh my, English. Our only ,gentleman student, Oren Fretz, claims Canada as his birthplace. He has taken an active part in the class business, acting as elass reporter. 'lie has the honor ot' being' a member ol' the Beulah College Male Quartette. Page 7 ll'P'llff-Il-HlfI'l'f'