Auburn High School - Trojan / Oracle Yearbook (Auburn, IL)

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exactly what we will to buy from the world, at the figure the ages have placed upon all life’s gifts. It all rests with us. It only remains, then, for each one of us to decide within ourselves what we most earnestly desire to get out of life—what is really most worth our while— and then deliberately sit down and count the cost. For, although there are a great many people always attempting to work their smooth bit of “graft” upon the world, trying to get something for nothing, it has never yet proved to be a successful venture, for the reckoning always comes to every individual, teaching that “with exactness grinds He all.” Members of the Faculty, when we pause seriously to consider all of the workings of this universal Law, we begin to grasp, a little bit more definitely, the value of your work of instilling into our minds a few of your own noble principles and lofty ideals. We begin to realize how grateful we must be to you for these years of training throughout all the life to be. IIow often we see men and women paying for their early mistakes by years of remorse; paying for their indolence, shiftlessness, and extravagance by poverty and want; pay- ing for their disregard of the laws of health by disease and invalidism; or, on the other hand, enjoying the reward they have earned by industry and a firm adherence to the right, in a succession of happy, prosperous years, in the respect and esteem of their fellowbeings! Thus is our life to be what we make it! Thus to you, O good friends, who have given us so fair a start, do we feel our debt of gratitude. Classmates, what a stimulating thought it is, that from this time on we have the shaping of our destinies in our own hands. These years of our student life we have been, for the most part, on the receiving hand. Although it is true that we have justly earned a certain portion of all that we have attained, there is a great deal of that subtle inner development, that almost invisible growth of the dormant man and woman within us, that has been brought to bear upon us by these years. We stand tonight at the very gateway of life’s activities, pre- pared by these years of careful instruction and watchful guidance, for the struggle with that real, vital existence that awaits us on the outer side. As we look back, how easy it is to estimate the “value received” of our school career! Now the time has come for the working out of our “promise to pay!” The world will demand our noblest revelations of character, our highest demonstra- tions of every latent possibility of attainment, our most faithful, self-sacrificing service. It will remind us, at every turn of the road, of our ever present obliga- tion to pay full value “For value received.” It will never once let us forget the cost of life. Classmates, is this a hard way to look at it? It should not be. It is only the immature mind that could take the narrow view of its significance. To us it should be an inspiring thought, for it sets no limit to the possibilities of our attainment. So, we step forth through the gateway tonight. Classmates, let us walk out into the world bravely, with a full realization of all that is expected of us, but with just as full a realization of our own ability to meet every requirement. Let us. then, resolve that we will keep our record so stainless, our account with life so accurately balanced, as we go, that there will never be any bad debts standing against us, but that “For value reecived, I promise to pay,” as represented by our diplomas, may be only a pleasurable reminder of our duty, as we look th world in the face, feeling our hearts joyously responding to the divine command of old, “Freely ye have received, freely give!” BLANCHE SNELL

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First Row—Robert Lewis, Keith Corneil, Henry Masterson, John Johnson, Howard Workman. Second Row—Roscoe Evans, Donald McClernon, Mary Ann Wilson, Lucy McDonald, Velma Meiklejohn, Ray Brooks, Ralph Brooks. Third Row—William Wood, Mary Foster, Anna Regan, BernTce Frantz, Miss Ehnbom (class adviser), Ella Regan, Louise Frantz. Fourth Row—Carl McGlothlin, Wayne Gibson, Arthur Sabine, Marjorie McGlothlin, Joseph Johnson, Frances Stevens, Louise Van Doren, Mary Cline, Ida Green. Fifth Row—Carl Cline, Charles Foster, Charley Beatty, Austin Van Doren, Julia Maddox, May Herron. Class Officers. President ..............................Austin Van Doren Vice-President ............................Julia Maddox Secretary .................................Arthur Sabine Treasurer ...............................Henry Masterson Class Motto—“The elevator to success is not running, take the stairs.” (Mass Colors—Purple and Old Gold. Class Flower—American Beauty Rose. 27