Madera Union High School - Blue and White Yearbook (Madera, CA)

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High School Annual. ViOlea IT: MADERA, CAL., JUNE 20, 1808. NO. I. Poem. aS When Time's restless wings, in the cowrse of things, Shall have left our youth behind ws, Having completed then owr three score and ten, On this mundane sphere assigned us, In the reflective stage of peaceful age, Some trifle will remind ws Of the careless ways of high school days, And the congenial ties that bind us. Well recall the store of mythical lore, The Latin texts that confownd ws, Our eager swésestions on scientific qwes- tions, And how new theories astound us; Some praise well earned, or a neglected pace wnlearned, : And the plight in which it found Ws; With an aged sigh we'll see tn our mind’s eye The things that now suwrrownd us. Well picture Sierra’s peaks in the clouds, Wrapped in the folds of their still white shrouds, The vast and fertile plain arownd ws, The distant buzz of the old planing mill, And the blast of its noon-day whistle shrill, That from our tasks wnrbound us. Memory, happily, is not always just true, The eye looks pleasantly on the retro- spective view ,— Our life’s hard lines, and frequent rowgh places, Time’s brush towches softly, and gently effaces ; But Memory’s vocation is a late consola- tion, providentially left ws, When Time’s measured length, of youth and strength has bereft us. So well take the hard lines, along with the pleasant, And the rowgh places along with the snvooth, We'll live our lives in the living present, And leave gentle memory, our old age to soothe. —Ernestine Cowghran. June brd, 1598. Why We Have a High School. ar “The world turns aside for the man who knows whither he is going.’’ The High School is an important link in an education which will have for its result the knowledge of “whither are we going?”’ On the ladder of learning there are three landings—the Grammar School, the High School and the University, of which the High School is the connecting link. With some it may be the last link in their education, but even these should strive just as earnestly for the laurels of good scholarship as those who expect to enter the University. Remember, whatever you are, you must have made your- self, and a well spent school life is one of the greatest helps to all good things. Learning’s ladder must be climbed round by round. Every lesson must be learned and every day’s tasks accomplished as they present themselves. ‘Thus, beside the book lore which we attain, we learn to be systematic and de- cided. We receive mental training which is of great use to us in whatever station of life we may be. ‘This is the training needed and re- quired to enter the University. If you do not have it you will always feel the necessity of it. Some may say, ‘‘why can we not study at home and receive the training there?’ You may receive it in a measure, but not in the ful-