Fort Madison High School - Madisonian Yearbook (Fort Madison, IA)

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IHA5 H1611 SCHOOI Fl WLS in st te1ta1n tx ues ol the Chrxstnnas fest1vala1e not found untll the t1me of EIIIPSFOI Lommodus What a dltfelence Ill the celehr'1t1ons of that tune and those of the pzesent The people then h ld no certain d ty lor the Chrlstmas fCSt1Vl tncs nor were they free to celebrate as they hked lhose who persxsted 111 observnng the d xy were often cruelly mxstleated Durmg the rexgn ot Dxoclehan for mstxnce one of the most horrlble events was the burnmg of 1 church ln whnh '1 number of people had gathered for the purpose of observmg Lhrlstmas But 1n splte of all oppos1t1on the re llgxous teachmg contxnued to spread Gradually the persecuhons be came less severe and hnally ceased ent1rely Now we can celebrate a peaceful and happy Lhrlstmas wxthout any fear of persecutxon How thankful we should be to those early Chrxshans for thelr courage and persever mee At present the thought ot Lhrlstmas always brmgs to mmd the Chr1st tn all prohabllxty were added to mcrease the mterest and dehght 1n Chrxst mas tune especltlly tmong the chlldren Fill? mtermmghng of soc1al pleasures and forusn customs however has not changed the or1g1nal meanmg of the CClCbl'ltl0I1 It as the greatest rel1g1ous festxval of the year In accord inte w1th the spmrlt of the tlme the staff wlshes ltS patrons a Merry Chrlstm ts and 2. prosperous New Year WM Hush-:G Ihe best school work can be acconnplxshed only when 9'h 1'l studyns made 8H4CCtlVC by concentratnon Comparl Tmurk t1vely tew students re1lly know how to study True study IS the vigorous appllcatxon of the mmd to a subject for the satxs factxon of a felt need Llose appl1cat1on to the work ln hand whatever lt may be accornplxshes wonders Study whlle you study and play whlle you play his become 1 ftvonte l'l1'lXll11 w1th our prmclpal Try It fellowstudents It us worth your whlle Nothmg can help you so much as bemg methodlcal Ill your work tnd concentratlng your mmd upon one thmg 'lt a tnme A lxttle d1sorderly work IS often more tryxng ' ' - ' 1 ' 13 4 I - . ks 1 ' s 3 p 1 2 ' ' 2 ' ' '- r .Q ' 5 I I A 1 ' , z . I mas tree and the visits of Santa Claus. They are borrowed customs which as ,I N! I . . ' 1 ' 3 ' '. . . ' ' - ' - z 2 , ' . , I 1 i ei 5- L I. . Y L u l 7 4 - . . . ' , . . . . 1 2 . . , .

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