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

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Brea:-fitJent's hhress JAMES F. BARNARD At last, dear parents, teachers and friends, the time has come when we have the opportunity to welcome you to our graduation. lt is to this time that' we have long been looking, in which we could in some small measure express our gratitude for what you have done for us. For it has been possible for us to continue our studies only through your sacrifice and loving interest. ' Tonight as we survey the past history of La Sierra Academy, we can be justly proud of the fact that we are graduating here. Our school was planned through prayer and its its foundations were watered w.th many anxious tears. lt has been fostered and cared for by earnest men whose highest ambition was the Christian education of our youth. It is our fathers and mathers that we must first thank for being here tonight. You have sacrificed time, money, labor and many ambitions that we might carry out in the fullest extent your cherished ideal for us and although in the past we have many times come short of this ideal, yet we tonight do resolve to always give the very best in us in the struggle to attain these ideals. To our teachers we extend our sincerest gratitude. You also have given us much, and what we accomplished is due, in a large measure, to your labors. You, like a gardener, have trained us in the right way, pruned off our misguided efforts and kept the poisonous weeds of idleness and bad associates pulled up so that we would have the best chance to grow and develop into men and women who would fitly represent this school and the Master's cause. Tohour friends and schoolmates we must also give due credit and tonight we take this opportunity of thanking you. Many times when we were weary and disheartened you have given us a new ins i at' th t bl d ' our goal. As tonight we look into tl i e l ie past we r a ize the many opportunities given us. The opportiunity of atterriding this school and engaging in its activities. This in turn has orc ' ' - - lt ine. up many ont ers, it has given us the opportunity of engaging in the Master s cause, in Big Week, .Harvest Ingatheringf' and Bible readings to both English and Spanish families. These in connection with our school work can be likened to the foundation of a strong building. If the foundation i' .t l b 'l time and adversity. p r ion a ena e us to push onward toward the attainment of s s rong y ui t the building will stand the test of Vve are not, in one sense of the word, graduating, but only commencing, for as yet we have only the foundation of the building. The structure is yet to come. Each will erect a building to suit his desiresg all, however, are under the direction of the Master Builder and it is only for us to select the details. We. as a class, feel that since our training thus far has been with the view of entering the Great Cause, that all our efforts and faculties should be bent in that direction. lo that end the majority of the class are planning to take either normal, college, or pre- medic next year. Some plan to be doctors, som , l missionaries. 8 DLITSCS SOITIC CO porteurs, and S0-me When our training is finished, our building is still incomplete, we have only the frame work. It takes life with all its experiences and hard knocks to round out the details. liven when we finish this life we have not completed our building, but we shall finish it in the home the Master Builder is preparing for us. Through eternity we shall have unlimited time in which to study and fill in the details, so that when our separate buildings are completed each one will be perfect. Tonight we stand at the cross roads where each shall go his way, never, perhaps, to see his classmates again. As we enter into the various walks of life our roads may possibly separate farther and farther apart, yet if we remain true and loyal to our Master, we have the blessed assurance that the crooked turns in our roads will all be straightened and that at last all will unite in the school above. six'rEEN I

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ARTHUR LOGAN Academic Music His music gentler on the spirit lies Than tired eyelids upon tired eyes. JULIA STEEVES The mildest manner and the genllest heart. WILLODEL KAVANAUGH Precious things are done up in small packages. NELLIE. JOHNSON The most manifest sign of wis- dom is cheerfulnessf' FLORENCE BERG Human improvement is from within outward. GLADYS JOHNSON Smiling eyes and pleasant ways, Help to cheer the darkened days. THELIVIA NORTHEY They that govern themselves most, make the least noise. EUNICE MADISON For nothing lovelier can be found in a woman than to study household good. FIFTEEN

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SFVENTFFN Ctlllass Bunn NVILLODEL, KAVANAUGH Midst the toil and the care of the work of the clay, I had paused for a moment of rest, And I drew to one side to a corner seclude That at least was by quietness blest. Then I wearily dropped in a soft old arm chair NX'itl1 my head on a pillow reclined And my eyes lightly closed, for I fain would have slept, But a vision crept into my mind. 'Twas of pictures that hang now on memories wall, Yes- a vision of things that are passed. Some were times of great joy, some of times of sad grief But on school scenes my eyes dwelt at last. First I thought of the day that I started to school, Of the years that soon followed so fast, Of the school house built on both grove, hill and vale, And the one that the broolclet flowed past. I remembered the year that I finished the grades, When I entered a much harder field, Of my joys and my griefs while pursuing this course, And the lessons hard study revealed. Then, what feelings of joy as I thought of a spot 'I'hat's so dear to my heart still todayg 'Tis the school where I spent the most happy years That have fallen my lot long the way. 'Twas a school that for beauty it is not surpassed, In the country away from all strife, Its three building of gray, on the side of a hill, Where the students could lead a calm life. I remember of resting upon those wide lawns That were bordered with hedges of green. Witli rose hedge in front and a cedar in back And enjoying the beautiful scenes. There were patches of flowers, gold, purple and pink, And the trees dotted campus all along, And the orchard and garden scenes blent picturesque While the girls and the birds joined in song. Now it seems that again I am in that old school And can join in the free happy cry: For I hear that old bell ring in silvery tones And I see our big flag waving high. u'uN'l'ixi'1f:im ox lam:-1 rwri:'i'Yvi'iil:l-Il-im