East High School - East Echoes Yearbook (Green Bay, WI)

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PRINCIPAL O. F. NIKON Indiana University, B. A. University of Chicago, M. A. --QI 15 12:

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To THE GRADUATES By FLOYD NIXON, Principal Four years ago you came to us from various homes in this community - homes that have an abiding faith in you, and in education. We have striven earnestly to administer wisely to you during these plastic and formative years of life. This has not only been a tremendous obligation, but also a most delight- ful undertaking. We are profoundly happy that you have had the grit and determination to complete successfully the course of study prescribed for graduation from the East High School. You have left your impress both upon the school and upon us. Many of you have excelled in every activity and un- dertaking at East High, and we wish at this time to congrat- ulate you upon these achievements, for there is no thrill that can touch the human heart so deeply as the tlzrlll of work well done and ta.rk.r faithfully completed. In graduating you we will feel that our duty is in great measure accomplished if we have instilled in you a wholesome respect for hard work, and if we have given you the right soc- ial attitude and outlook upon life. We hope that you will go through. life surrounded by happiness-fthe same happiness that you have found in your work, and your associations here. We also hope that you make friends as you go along, for noth- ing canexcel the joy of the hearty handshake of a real friend. Try ever so hard, you will never fully reach your object- ive in this life. It will be as far ahead of you perhaps at 50, 60, or 70 years of age, as it will be at 50. Nevertheless, it is neces- sary that you have the patience, the virion, and the will to dog for if you possess these qualities, you will succeed and your efforts will be crowned with success even though you do not fully realize your objective. Let your motto be: The Golden Rule pla.r patience to wait and willlngnefo to work :lr the only permanent plan in Jucce.r.r. .QI 12 Ig..

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FAREWELL At break of day we sally forth Toward east or west or south or north, And early in the morning bright Q We plan the future 'til the night. ls it not queer we cannot see A What the future holds, what is to be, That we can't tell when some mistake We are in life about to make? Now we begin a life so new Away from school, away from you. We've set a goal which we must reach By using rules instructors teach. Ambition is our right hand man. We plan to use him all we can. ln everything we set to do We'll stick right to it 'til we're through. Now here's a thing that we might ask, What is our really, truly task? Hard climbing up and not to roll This is the way to reach our goal. To be successful means to work To struggle on and never shirk And we will find that in the end We've happiness and some to lend. Our Alma Mater we will leave lust wishing there were some reprieve Not one that means we've failed somehow But time to make a final bow. It took a long, long time, it seems, To learn that teachers are the beams Of all the knowledge we have built, But we won't weep for what we've spilt. We'll always cherish red and white And for those colors we will fight Much harder than we did before In any way you may implore. Adieu East High and faculty Adieu until another day When we return as visitors And walk upon familiar floors. ..r,gI 14 Ig.. Adieu, our Alma Mater true, We wish now to extend to you The loudest and sincerest cheers And much success in future years. - Dorothy Verheyden