Cheraw High School - Cherado Yearbook (Cheraw, CO)

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THE CHERADO--1924 DEDICATION To him whose genuine understanding of others of the human family never fails to raise the ideals of those around himg who has kept at heart the best interests of our school, making the lives of the students richer by his friendshipg whose genial courtesy and sympa- thetic helpfulness and understanding through these years have en- deared him to the students of the Cheraw High Schoolg in sincerest appreciation we dedicate this Cherado to Mr. A. H. Dolph.

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THE CHERADO-1924 FACULTY iLeft to rightj Miss Neva Oxley, Junior High English. Miss Nettie Scheerer, Home Economics. Mrs. M. Pierce, Science and Mathematics. Miss Helen Haesler, English and Languages. Mr. Fred Jans, Agriculture. Mr. Richard Thompson, Junior High Mathematics and History Mr. A. H. Dolph, Superintendent.

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THE CHERADO--1924 A Letter The members of the Cheraw High School graduating class of 1924 stand in sublime connections with the past and future. One is irre- vocable and the other is unknown to you. You hold the former by historyg the latter you possess by anticipation and by hope. As you pause upon the dividing ground between two eras in your lives and look back over the varied experiences of your high school life, with its buoyancy and its pleasures, its rivalries and ambitions, its duties and generous friendships, you cannot avoid a feeling of sad- ness that comes with the thought of leaving your pleasant associations. There is, however, one thought which should be uppermost in your minds, dispelling the gloom of present sadness, and suffusing with a golden glow the morning sky of the future. The influence of your high school days has left a lasting impression upon your minds and hearts. It pervades the inmost recesses of your natures. It has become a guiding principle in your lives. It has helped to mould your characters. It will help to shape your destinies. Your life work lies before you. As you go from the halls of your school into the battle-tumult of the world, where your mission is to be achieved and your rank among men and women decided. we bid you take up the line of advance into the future, and press with earnest purpose to noblest aims. The opportunities for a liberal culture are now open to you. Your mental and moral possibilities are just bloom- ing and coming to first fruits. An earnest devotion to a fixed and lofty purpose will develop an intenser vitality, a broader sympathy and a richer grace and holiness. There is no effort of science or of art that may not be excelled, no depth of philosophy that cannot be deeper sounded, no flight of imagination that may not be passed. All nature is full of unknown things. What has hitherto given pros- perity and distinction has not been more open to others than to you. Your world invites you to come and claim her. There is no greater duties facing us today than the demands of our national life. Our country needs a new enthusiasm. She calls upon you to wake the deep slumber of careless opinions: to kindle aspirations, to set noble examples, to shame false ideals of life, and to make the aims of society more earnest. The life-giving power of education was intended to fit us for manly work. A liberal culture binds men together by intensifying each one with interest beyond himself. It incorporates the power and nobility of the individual into the strength and grandeur of that larger individual-society. The talents you possess are for the ser- vice of all, the truth you hold is for allg your activity and progress go into the general social conditiong your failure abstracts from the com- mon good. As men and women in the ranks of humanity you are un- der a law of duty that allows you no stopping place short of the ut- most capabilities and the best use of the opportunities that is given you. A vigorous purpose makes much out of little, breathes power into weakness, disarms difficulties and turns them into assailants. A true faith, looking up to something better, catching glimpses of something in the distant future perfection, will grow and increase. In the words of Disraeli, I bid you, Keep your standard of knowledge high, at- tempt great things, expect great things, and you will accomplish great things. R. R. BARTHOLOMEW, County Supt. of Schools,