Zanesville High School - Comus Yearbok (Zanesville, OH)

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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.

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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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CL A af ACE KLUb 13 HISTORY History moves slowly. A century makes but a small contribution when its addition is viewed before the background of time. Year after year glides by and passes into history, often unheralded, unnoticed, and without reason for comment. Not so with the year nineteen hun¬ dred seventeen. The Fates were determined that this year should he especially renowned in th annals of history. Not satisfied with hav¬ ing drawn the world ' s greatest democracy into the world ' s greatest war early in the year. Fate further decreed that some two hundred fifty unusually promising individuals should he drawn out of the grade schools and grouped together in one of Ohio’s finest high schools. And so the entry of the United States into the World War was followed just five months later by the entry into the portals of Zanesville High School of a most excellent and most promising Freshman class. With the entrance of this modest hut promising assemblage into this grand old high school, came double assurance that the year nineteen hundred seventeen was to play an important role in Father Time ' s Book of History. Long before the gong sounded the initial welcome that early September morning, we were buzzing up and down the corridors two hundred and fifty strong; everyone eager for adventure; everyone on the alert to discover where they were, how they came to be there, and what came next. On every face was writ¬ ten eager anticipation for the labor and excite¬ ment of four years of high school life. At the sound of the second gong, we in¬ stinctively gathered in the auditorium that the authorities might have the privilege of viewing us in one group. After a few moments of in¬ spection, they g ave us a smile of approval and a once assigned us to session rooms and classes. In a few moments we were seated quietly in the session rooms under the vigilant eyes of Miss Watson, Miss Whitlock, Miss Coyner and Miss Wigton. The annual lectures of these individuals on the “do’s and “clon ' ts,” the “must ’ and “must nots” were fittingly ab¬ breviated to a few words of greeting ' , after which we were sent on the quest of books of learning and told to report the next morning ready for work. l A he following morning the first gong found us waiting,—our arms full of books, our pocketbooks empty, and our ambitions keen for the tasks ahead. Thus did we enter upon our daily pursuit of knowledge which, after four years of continuance, has brought us to this coveted position. The first year moved along quietly and quick¬ ly. Before long we had worked our way into the confidence of both faculty and student- b ody, so that on the evening of October twelfth we were royally entertained with a reception by the upper-classmen. As the year went by we convinced our instructors and fellow stu¬ dents that they had not honored us in -vain. In the class-room, in the pep meetings, at the debate, the minstrel show and in every athletic contest of the year it was evident that this new Freshman class—the class of 1921—consisted only of worthy students, who were keenly alive