Adrian High School - Sickle Yearbook (Adrian, MI)

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I 0 THE NIIXIETEEINI THIRTY THREE SENIOR SJEIQQSDLE PUBLISHED BY THE SENIOR CLASS of ADRIAN HIGH SCHOOL ADRIAN, MICHIGAN

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defffiz-9359 FOREVER Shiv? if 1-' 1 VERY rising generation comes in for its share of unjust criticism. Always the young people have been going to the dogs. And it would seem that the dogs are still hungry. Be that as it may, it is our contention that human nature remains essentially the same from one generation to another. In selection of the Gay Ninetiesl' as theme for this annual, we have had in mind to honor our parents whose 'Qflaming youth appeared for the criticism of their elders in that decade of frills and leg-o-muttons, derbys and flowing mustachios. In those gay years before the turn of the century, things moved at a slower tempo than now. The horseless carriage was in embryo, the radio and airplane were still in the Jules Verne stage, the vacuum sweeper and electric washer had not yet come to free poor madame from drudgery, and even the most impedimentary clothing allowed plenty of time for the occupant to meet all demands upon him for haste in getting out of the path of a speeding bicycle. Times have changed but human nature has not. The affection, the frills, the done-up hair, the other ac- coutrements have gone. Mademoiselle today has dropped the mystery air of the seventh act, but-and here is the idea of our book-Young America of the mourn- ful thirties has not lost idealism, morality, religion, and vision-Young America has trimmed off the lost idealism, the unnecessary, the affectations, the frills, and the mustachios, and now stands boldly facing an uncertain future, sure that the quali- ties of courage, devotion, and application learned in this new age of speed will aid him to build a better world. To you of the Gay Nineties we pay tribute. Through your flowery crinoline, we see that your thoughts were really true and fine, we see that you were then as we are now, we see that you gave yourselves unselfishly to the task of forging the anchors of this great nation, we see that your efforts were not without splendid results. And, along with this, we say to you and all people that our generation will forge ahead through good times or bad, through criticism or praise to our inevitable destiny in the rebuilding of this, our native land, and that we will forge anew the anchors as well as spin the gossamers of the future.