Fife High School - Illahee Yearbook (Fife, WA)

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ILLAHEE Qfupvrintvnhvnta liagv Zlhraln N THIS day and age there is a great tendency toward practicality. The criterion by which a theory is usually judged is, Is it practical? Ideals are often called old-fashioned and out-of-date. This is, however, not the case. We have Ideals today, and they are more carefully chosen than ever before. The present day strenu- ous competition makes this necessary. Dr. Frank Crane says, When we have a task we want to accomplish, a condition we want to attain, or any purpose at all, we form a mind-concept of the thing de- sired. That is called an Ideal. If you intend going to a distant city, you first ascer- tain what road to take. If you build a house, you first draw a plan. A ship putting out to sea lays its course on the chart. A new business house chooses a slogan, or motto, by which to advertise its principle of doing business. We Hurry, We Aim to Please , Service that Satisfies , are mottoes or expressions of Ideals. If we thumb through our history we find it full of examples of struggles toward Ideals. Our Colonists thought enough of their Ideal of Freedom to offer their lives for its cause. Nathan Hale said, My only regret is that I have but one life to give for my country. Abraham Lincoln said when he first saw the- slave market in New Orleans, If I ever get a chance, I'll stop that. And he did. The heroes of Forty- nine had an Ideal in mind when they endured the privations of the trail to get to the Land of Gold. Dr. Marcus Whitman rode horse-back from Washington State to Wash'ngton City and back again for an Ideal. In European history the Crusades and the crusaders are outstanding examples of struggles for an Ideal. Get the habit of having an Ideal in whatever you do. The saying is that if a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing well. William James says we are a bundle of habits . If that is the case, one habit we should acquire is the habit of planning what to do, and how to do itg what to be, and how to be it. Get an Ideal. Decide what kind of a man or woman you are going to be, then set out to live it in your everyday life. Get an Ideal and live up to it. Decide what kind of a position you want to fill in the world, and strive toward it. What if I fall short? you may ask. If you choose carefully, within your limitations, and try hard enough, you will not fail. If you should lose, you will still have profited by trying. Get the habit of choosing an Ideal. Select a goal and strive for it. Remember that One ship drives East, and another West With the self-same winds that blow, 'Tis the set of the sails, and not the gales, Which tells us the way they go. Let us all try to make the world better by choosing good Ideals, and choosing them carefully. Determine which way to go, and set your sails. Mr. L. E. Rynning-Su,p't. Page Nim-

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ILLAHEE iliarulig Miss Gladys Moe, Principal Mr. Harry4Enochs Mr. J. S. Bixby Mrs. Frances McC1ane Mrs. Isabel Boaler Mr. L. E. Rynning, Superintendent Page Eight

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ILLAHEE lgrinripalh lgagv ilngaltg 311 Srruirr HE gray-haired woman trudged wearily up the hill. Her load seemed heavier each moment but she went on and on with dizzying fatigue for she dared not stop lest her lord see her and punish her severely. The sound of horse's hoofs on the cobble-stone road caused her to step to one side to make way for the hurried rider. But no-the horseman drew in rein and stopped beside her. Was he, a knight in shining armor, speaking to her, a peasant woman and only a serf? Yes, he not only was speaking but offering her assistance in bearing her burden. A poor beggar squatted beside the city-gate with hands outstretched that some pitying passer-by might perhaps let fall a coin. Ah! A rider was approaching. God grant that he might be a charitable r.der. After our knight had passed, for it was even he who had helped the old woman, the beggar held not only 3, shining silver-piece in his hand but within him was a heart filled to overflowing with the kindly words uttered by the knight. A desert-lost man dragged his heavy body inch by inch first this way and then that, straining his eyes for any sign of water to quench his unendurable thirst. Each effort proved to be nothing more than an attempt to approach a mirage. A horse- man was coming? Perhaps even yet he would not have to die. The knight quenched the man's thirst with his last cup of water and carried him on to the next desert village and to safety. The Good Knight, for thus he came to be known thruout all the land, had ded- icated his very life to the service of mankind. Like every knight-errant the object of his travel was the reclaiming of the Holy Grail, but loyalty in service to his order of knighthood meant also the helping of those in need of help. 'Tis true our knight found not the Holy Grail but in fulfilling his obligation of service he had realized himself. In every life we find a goal Toward which the heart doth strive, But often fate doth from us all, Attainment full, deprive. But tho our life may seem in vain As far as laurels go, The thot we may have helped someone, Is a pleasant one to know. -Gladys Moe, Principal ' A Page Ten