Battle Creek Sanitarium School of Home Economics - Nucleus Yearbook (Battle Creek, MI)

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sf','S ,f'e E H is We Can-Will We? NVe, the class of 1922, can be apostles of good health, and we will. We can serve our fellowmen by disseminating the laws of .biologic living and the principles of efficient eating. God created man in his own image. Our bodies are divinely devised and intricately constructed machines. Through dietary sins this image has been weakened and has become easy prey to deficiency diseases and tuberculosis. Its resistance to infection has been lowered and its stature stunted. Dr. Kellogg says that appetite is nothing more or less than a disposition to draw upon nature's storehouse for a new supply of living substance, and digestion is that wonderful process by which foodstuffs are changed to blood and then to living tissue. The need of the body for life-giving nourishment is all too often met with indigestible, unwholesome, abominable rubbish. We as dietitians and teachers should be able to intelligently feed the body, to select chemically adequate and scientifically balanced diets. We can strengthen the defense against disease and all other enemies of good health. We can instill respect for the human body and appreciation for a properly functioning digestive system. We can materially increase the efficiency of the human race through intelligent eating. I Our preparation has been thorough. Through affiliation with the Sani- tarium we have had unusual opportunities to observe nutritional experiments and dietetic progress. The course of study has been wisely selected, carefully arranged and ably taught by a proficient faculty. Much of the success and many of the advantages of this school are due to the untiring efforts and broad experience of our dearly beloved and highly esteemed Dean. To her we express our sincere gratitude. We would also pay a tribute of respect to the Superintendent of the institution, whose splendid achievements and staunch principles have been a constant source of inspiration. Dr. Kellogg is a world renowned physician, surgeon, author and nutrition expert. The predominating purpose of his life has been to ameliorate suffering and to teach his fellowmen how to live. With divinely inspired vision, exhaustive research and extensive experiments he is serving humanity and doing much for the betterment of the human race. What are we going to do, girls, With the years that are hurrying on? Do we mean to begin, life's purpose to win, In the freshness and strength of our dawn? 21

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Ge L ll' 3 HWQSIEH Q A. s s - R f You pass through this world but once. Take it as you find it, but leave it better, is a terse, significant statement. You have spent two years studying, learning and preparing. Education is accompanied by responsibility. Proverbs says, Happy is the man that getteth .wisdom, and also, If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them. The value of our education will depend largely on the use that we make of it. We have a mission in life. With youth, strength, adequate preparation, a high aim, noble purpose and impelling motive, there is no goal beyond our reach nor prize impossible to attain. We can achieve some great and worthy end. Our opportunities are unlimited. Everything in the world depends on the will. You have to think high to rise, For out in the world we find, Success begins with a fellow's will. It's all in the state of mind. Grenville Kleiser says, Today a thousand doors of enterprise are open to you, inviting you to do useful work. To live at a time like this is an inestimable privilege, and a sacred obligation devolves upon you to mlake the right use of your opportunities. How can I make the most of my life? What is the highest aim that I can set before myself as a life ambition? How can I make the world better for my having lived in it? These are questions we should ask ourselves. Find out where you are going and then start. You will never get there if you don't. ' Keep on studying. You have studied to prepare for your work, but when work begins, study should not end. Your mental powers will atrophy, your capacity for achievement will be limited, your career will be handicapped if you fail to keep on studying. Work. Work patiently. It takes God three months to make a squash, but a hundred years to make an oak. Work cheerfully. To do good work you must be interested in it. Do what you are paid for and then some. It is the 'then some' that gets your salary raised. Select some worthy goal and progress towards it. There will be Slough of Despond, Hills of Difficulty, Giant Despair, and Doubting Castle -- but you will get there. There are thousands to say that it cannot be done, There are thousands to prophesy failureg There are thousands to point out to you one by one, The dangers that wait to assail you. But tackle the thing with a bit of a grin, Take off your coat and go to it. just start in to sing, As you tackle the thing That you want to get done, And you'll do it. 22