Zanesville High School - Comus Yearbok (Zanesville, OH)

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( Class Bay Programme Friday, May 27, 1921 Overture. President’s Address Piano Solo. Class History. Class Poem. Class Oration. Class Prophecy. Class Will. Class Song. Exit March. High School Orchestra .Alfred Zinn .Beatrice Schwartz .Rollin Mills .Edith Brillant .William Culbertson .Virginia Knowlton .Fern Vogelheim .Senior Class ..High School Orchestra

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President . Alfred Zinn Vice-President. George Pirsch Secretary-Treasurer. Helen Holloway CLASS MOTTO SEMPER PARATUS CLASS COLORS ROSE AND WHITE CLASS FLOWER PREMIER ROSE

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Ladies and Gentlemen, Fellow-Students and Members of the Renowned Class of One- nine-two-one : This graduating class fully realizes the solemnity of the occasion. This is the last time we shall assemble within the portals of this in¬ stitution, the last time we can give our respects to old Zanesville High School, the last time we can endeavor to pay the proper tribute to those who have not only so skillfully guided us through the mazes of academic knowledge, but also molded our thoughts, our ambitions and our characters. Let us remember with Theo¬ dore Roosevelt, “Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and ctf nations alike.’’ So it is to the faculty that belongs the credit for all our accomplish¬ ments here, and our achievements in the future. We take this opportunity of showing our ap¬ preciation for the work of these instructors. You have been faithful to your trust. You have been patient and painstakingly thorough. You have been tireless in preparing us for life’s con¬ flict. Teachers and administrators of Zanes¬ ville High School accept our sincerest thanks, which can only multiply as the years pass. We are now leaving school life and stepping into life’s school. Our scholastic achievements are at their best only a preparation for the world of work. Life is but a sequence. What you are today is due to what you did yesterday. And it is the training we received here in the yesterday that gives ns today the possibility of leadership. Opportunity was never so great as now. It was given Columbus to discover a new continent. It was given Washington to father a country. It was given Abraham Lincoln to unite a nation. But now it is given us to work cn the problem of reconstructing a world. The unique privileges presented by our peda¬ gogic system in athletic contests, forensic strife, class room discussion, and scholastic develop¬ ment has brought out the individual’s qualities of leadership. A casual glance at our record in these activities assures one that we have not been hesitant in our endeavors. In the vast spheres of business and profess¬ ional vocations, the responsibilities carried, the acid-tests imposed, will undoubtedly bring out many dormant possibilities. The educated re¬ alize these hitherto unknown assets and capital¬ ize them, while those not prepared “sleep on,” and wonder why they were unlucky, never be¬ ing able to comprehend that we can only achieve greatness by overcoming obstacles and diffi¬ culties. As we step out into this gigantic lab¬ oratory where the law is “the survival of the fittest,’’ we can rest assurred that those who are “always ready” will win. They are those where initiative tempered by wisdom has been developed. The greatest aid to this process is the instinct of service, which has been instilled in our high-school years. We must guard against the crass creed of materialism, which seems to be pervading, or we shall fail to achieve “real” success. The only true ideal is “always ready” to serve the nation and hu¬ manity at large. Let us make sure that when we step out of the “greatest school,” that of life, we have held uppermost those aims which were of the g ' reat- est benefit to civilization, those ideals bv which we can render the noblest service to the masses o- people. That we have endeavored to bring about a new spirit of co-operation, that we have not only assumed responsibilities, but success¬ fully carried them out. Finally that whenever we have received the chance we were “always ready. It is by these majestic means that we can sustain the honor of our class, and let it be esteemed by all. Our duty is clear. We must not fail. 1 he program of this afternoon is the fitting cbmax of four years of preparation and train- ing. It is but a valedictory attempt to convey to you a faint suggestion of the latent and dor¬ mant possibilities, that the world must neces¬ sarily expose. With this program the class of Nineteen 1 wenty-one leaves its departing message, Ai.frkd Zinn.