Angola High School - Key Yearbook (Angola, IN)

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work. We hope that in giving the best that we have, to contribute something to this chosen work. We have always had our parents, friends and faculty to help us in deciding our issues, but after graduation we sball be less dependent. It is vitally neces- sary that each boy and girl should feel tbe new responsibility that must now enter in, as a part of his character; even though his sense of carefree happiness is stilled in a small measure changing him to a slightly more serious person, he must meet his problems, unafraid. What is our standard? This is a thing each of us must determine, to some extent, for himself; it is his highest conception of duty to God and to Ins fellow men. As we see about us all the wrongs that threaten the good of our nation, we realize their foundation as nothing more than man ' s desire for more than his lawful share. If a high standard were adopted by everyone, such selfishness could not long thrive. So it is, that we realize along with our other respons- ibilities, that it is up to us to make and maintain a high standard of life. We hope that we possess the qualities necessary for good citizenship, right living and the performance of our duty. It is with affection in our hearts for our school, our fellow associates and loyal faculty that we, tin- Class of ' 27, join the others in the tasks before us. — Lois Golden. Daledictorrj We, the students of the class of Nineteen Twenty-seven have come to the end of our high school career. We have eagerly looked forward to this day since we first entered school and now our minds are filled with the eager anticipations of the future. Mingled with our joy there is, however, a deep regret to leave the place where we have spent so many happy days in the past twelve years. All things must eventually come to a close and the end of this, one of our great periods in life, is marked by the Commencement Day. What is Commencement? This is a very simple word but one full of meaning. Some people regard it merely as the ending of our high school course, but this is ;i very wrong conception. Commencement does mean the completion of our high school work, but it is only the beginning of our real education. A high school education is somewhat general in most cases, while a college course is usually alone- one specific line of work. It has been well said that The foundation for everything is always the most important. And if we school ourselves in the way that gives us courage for tasks far beyond any we have ever attempted, then we are able to go ahead with little fear in our hearts. At present there are colleges in all parts of the country that are easily available to everyone, and it is taken almost for granted that every ambitious and aspiring young person will attend one of them. In modern times a diploma from college is regarded as was one from the high school in early days. . There are many positions open to the better educated person

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Class History y On a Monday morning early in September 1915, forty-three of us children were enrolled in the first grade. On our arrival at the school house we were greeted by Mrs. Keep, our first teacher, who was very kind and whom Ave came to know and love. Our next grade was the second, which we entered under the supervision of Miss Scoville. After that year the work became more difficult and we no longer bad so much play time. In the following years our teachers were: Miss (Vain, Miss Parsell. Miss Luton, Miss Lemmon, Miss McWilliams, and Mrs. Utter. During our last year in the grades, we were successful in producing under the direction of Mr. Miles, Princess Chrysanthemum. In the intervening years between our brst and eight grades, we were joined by a number of new classmates; namely, Josephine Dilts, Arneta Griffiths, Ora German, Albert Cramer, Velma Quas, LaMar Buck, Kenneth Hemery, Byrdena Dando, Ruth and Lois Golden, and Robert Lowther. We entered high school as midyear students and were properly razzed as all mid-year students are. However, being dubbed greenie and freshie didn ' t seem to hurt us any, tor the next three Ave gained for oursel ves the titles, Sophomore, Juniors, and Seniors. None of us will ever forget these four happy high, school years and the friendships formed during this period, even though Ave are separated by our choices of occupations for the future. The members of the graduating class Avho entered the first grade are: Ledgar Shank, Lucille Metzgar, Ilarley Allion, George Yotter. Wava Shuman, Joseph Douglas, Royal Reck, Harry Klink, Raymond Sutton, Ruth Somei ' lott. and Leon Wilder. Those who joined us in high school are: Dorleska Gay, Irene Patterson, Russell Miller, Wanda Ogden, Leona Mallory, Ruth HayAvood. Roy Bodie, Bonnie Myers, Sue Waller, Marguerite Wyatt. Milton Omstead. Princess EAvers, LoAvell Collins, Maynard Harter, Stephen Horn, Cleo Shoup. and GeneA r a LeAvis, some of whom are three and a half year students. — L. Golden. Salutatory When Ave entered high school, as freshmen, the time till our graduation day seemed almost an interminable period. HoAvever, toward the end of our four years of high school life, time seemed to fly, until today we realize with a start that the time of our membership in the A. II. S. has expired. It is with a feeling of reluctance that we realize that the ties of class comradeship are to be broken. Yet, Ave also experience a thrill for our work completed and our future prospects. All of us are determined to succeed in Avhatever Ave choose as our life

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and it is the increased attendance and graduation from college which has made it somewhat difficult for a high school graduate to attain real success and engage in the important fields of occupation without further training. When we enter college we should have some definite aim toward which we may work. Each of us is in this work for some specific purpose and our duty is to find this purpose and concentrate our minds on it until we have reached our goal. We are all born with a certain amount of talent and our task should be to find that thing which we are best fitted to do. Some of us may not possess so much talent as some of our friends, but we should develop and make the best of what we have. It has been said that, The development of the talents given us or the intellect with which we are born is one of the first steps toward our goal or making good. We can not all expect to attain national or world fame, but we can expect to be successful in the line of work we choose if we keep working steadily and persistently until we have reached that end. In later years when we look back on our high school days we shall remember the kindness and patience of our teachers and the helpful words they spoke to us in our times of need. We shall find in our future life that the friendships and associations formed in our high school days have had a deep and profound influence upon our lives. And now as we leave our high school and enter the different lines of work, it is our desire that our achievements in life reflect credit on our parents, teachers, and friends who have had so vital a part in our training. —Sue Waller. -