Ann Arbor High School - Omega Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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PRESIDENTS ADDRESS. CL KUIJE J. PRICE. ll- CLASSMATES OF '91: ' ' As we meet to-day to participate in these closing exercises of the Class of '91 we can rejoice in the attainment of that object to which 'we have so long devoted our earnest effort. May we ever cherish in pleasant recollec- tions the years that we, as a high school class, have passed' together. But even in the midst of our rejoic-in g there cannot bu-t be a tinge of sadnes-s when we reflect that, in so few hours, we must sever the ties that bind us as a class, and leave the pleasant associations and surroundings in which our school life has been spent. Though our tasks may have been difficult, though our path may not alway have been strewn with roses, yet in the accomplishment ofour labors we now at length .receive the long sought reward and feel that our efforts have been liberally requited. ' And, as we depart to pursue the more arduous, duties that shall de- rnand. our conmderauon. and. my take 'upon. ourmivestrnore sedous responsibilities, it is to be hoped that the salutary influence that has been wrought upon us and has moulded our lives and characters will ever mani- fest itself and urge and direct us in the right path and towards the highest aspirations. ' . . Now, in conclusion, before I relinquish the duties of my office, permit me to congratulate you, one and all, upon your success, and to wish you, Hnrthe futura as abundant prospenty as you have expehenced in the past. , u H 4 -F

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CLASS-DAY EXERCISES ANN ARBOR, TUESDAY, EVENING, JUNE 16, 'gr

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6' CLASS ORATION. NIL SINE LABCjRE. BY JAMES S. HANDY. MY CLassMATEs: School life is the river that opens into the vast sea A of human activity. Here we are taught how to manage our little skiff, so that it may not be capsized by storms and tempests. when we have launched out into the great ocean of existence. Now we are nearing the mouth ofthe river, and as we look ahead we can perceive the great sea spread out before us. In a short time we shall leave the smooth waters and find ourselves Tossedon the billows of an unknown ocean. But before we set sail in various direcf tions, I wish to offer each of you a life preserver, one which, when the waves fof poverty and despondency roll over you and threaten to over- whelm you, will prove equal to the emergency. That life preserver is the grand and glorious motto, which is stamped indellibly upon the mind of every member of the class of '91, Nil sine Labore - Nothing without Labor. 'If we sit quietly and take in the oars, we may possibly, if there are not too many whirlpools, be carried onward by the current to the river7s mouth, but when we launch out into the deep, we shall have no current to carry us on, we shall have to U Paddle .our own canoe, or sink beneath the wave. No man evermade a success of life without labor. All the great men of the past have been men who have worked. All the progress in litera- ture, science and art, all the civilization of the world has been attained only through great effort. How did Milton compose the great poem which 7