La Sierra College Prep School - Memory Trails Yearbook (Arlington, CA)

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PRESIDENTS ADDRESS GLENN MARTIN Friends, parents, teachers, and students, we welcome you here to-night. Our hearts are filled with pleasure as we realize it is your faith and interest in us that have brought you here. It is only fitting at this time to express as much as possible the feeling we cherish in our hearts as we come to the close of our school days at La Sierra. To our parents who were our first teachers and who have labored, sacrificed and prayed through all these years to make this hour possible, we give our sincerest appreciation. To the members of the faculty we extend our thanks and gratitude for the many hours of service spent in our behalf, and for the little deeds of kindness strewn along our way. We realize that they have not come here to seek fame or money, but in unselfish service for the Master. Above all we thank the God of this great universe for placing within our grasp the opportunity for a Christian education. Two years ago we came to an unfinished school, a school without a name and without a reputation, but with a brilliant and promising future. La Sierra was founded upon the highest ideals and principles of Christian training and we came with a determination to help her maintain that standard as long as time shall last. During those early days we passed through many difficult experiences which loomed up in our minds as the worst of hard- ships. For a time we ate and studied by candlelight: our only source of heat was the sung and the floor, our place of rest at night. At times those pioneer experiences seemed discouraging, but they are long since past and we look back upon them as the happiest moments of our school days. The trials and NINETEEN inconveniences of those days put into our characters the quality of endurance and the uncomplaining spirit which come only to those who have learned to pioneer. Now as we look back upon our joys and sorrows, achievements gained, friendships formed, and lessons learned, what has it all meant and why have these teachers and loved ones sacrificed to keep us here? Has it been for the ultimate purpose of receiving a diploma? Vlfe answer Hnolu Such an ambition would be far from the ideal of true success. It has been that we might receive a preparation to fit us for the lVlaster's service, and make each one a better friend to man. We are finishing our academic education, so why do we speak of to-night as Ucommencementn? It is true we are leaving La Sierra, but we are commencing in a greater school-the school of life. This school will greatly differ from the one we have just finished. Here our lessons have been learned from books and practice, under the guidance of faithful teachers, but in the school of life each lesson must be learned through real experience. Character building has been compared to the construction of a temple. If we have laid a foundation of Christian devotion and have made Christ our chief cornerstone, putting in each successive step with care and painstaking, we will not only be of service to man, but will meet with the approval of Cod. Cn the other hand, if we have been careless and have neglected to reach perfection in every instance, though unnoticed now. when storms of strife come, our characters will fall into eternal ruin. The cares of this world are but for a moment. the

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+ .. ,,.,,,1.,,... 1 T V.. T. f Y 7 -V nu nu nixfulnlnuiun 2 -fit CLASS POEM CLIFFORD R. Mc DOWELL As a Senior class we've gathered here To greet the friends we love, And ask upon our future lives A blessing from above. To-night we have not reached our goal: We'w'e only just begun. The hardest battles of our lives Must yet be fought and won. XVe'll keep our pledge of Loyal Service Enshrined in every heart, As in the sorrows of mankind We'll always bear a part. And thus to him we'll ever be A true and ready friendg No matter who, no matter where, A helping hand we'll lend. We wish to show our gratitude For all the loving deeds, That father kind and mother dear Have done to fill our needs. We thank our teachers one and all For lessons they have taught, And for the work that day by day In kindness they have wrought. We come to our commencement hour Beneath the silver and blue, And pledge, by the help of heaven's power Forever to be true To the standards that our school holds dear The principles of truth, In service to the God we fear We give the strength of youth. So now, we say our last farewell And leave each pioneer, Cur thoughts will here forever dwell With the school we hold so dear. But we trust in the God of all great love, That when our journey's o'er, We shall meet each one in courts above- The class of twenty-four. T.. nnfnn- ,-nu n EIGHTEE

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vexations of life are few compared to the great importance of things eternal. And now as we sail forth upon life's great ocean, we have placed our aim high, our determination steadfast, and service to man and C-ocl foremost in our hearts and minds. The world is rushing on to its destruction, heedless of its impending danger. Wie must face conditions and needs that have never arisen before. The greatest call to-day is for youth who will consecrate them- selves to Cod and live wholly to win souls for Him. To-night we wish to answer that call, as long as life shall last we will surrender ourselves ancl our lives in service to God and to our fellow men. It is our determination to so learn the lessons in this school of life that when we complete the great commence- ment in the school of the hereafter, our standing will reach per- fection and our lives will be molded after the pattern of the Divine Teacher. ln earthly preparation for that time we aim to follow in the footsteps of that one who was the greatest friend to man. Could we draw back the curtain. That surrounds each others' lives, See the hidden motive for the action, We woulcln't be so quick to criticize. Where we think we see but evil, We could see a lot of good, We would love each other better If we only understoodf' A FRIEND TO MAN MAUR1NE NETHERY Unspiralion received from S. W. Foss's The House by the Side of the Road , There are high born men who live beyond The reach of the common touch, Who will not see the countless throng And have no thoughts for suchg Who scorn when others ask a part In their heaven scaling plan, But I shall fill some lower place And be a friend to man. There's the man who shines like a morning star, Whose ever glorious name ls written on standard, banner and flag And carried aloft by fame. But I would let the star-treacler be And the great soar high as he can. I'll live next door to some helpless soul And be a friend to man. I'll earnestly seek in the dark and in the gloom For the souls that are weary and sad. I'll weep with them as they weep in their pain, Then comfort and make them glad. TWENTY