Berrien Springs High School - Canoe Yearbook (Berrien Springs, MI)

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School Song Hail to Old B. S. H. S. She is the only High School! Hail to the Green and White Whose colors we wear! Rah! Rah! Rah! And with our colors floating There is no time for moping, We all rend the air With B. S. H. Old High ! A V CLASS SONG (Tune Heidelberg”) Written by Jane Ford and Esther Thomas. Here’s to the Class of old T9, Here’s to her colors bright, Here’s to the best class ever seen, Here’s to the class that’s right. Here’s to the class that won the day, The class that can’t be beat, Here’s to the 28th of May, The last day we meet.

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ROLL OF HONOR Joe Whetstone Roy Winans Allison King Vincent McMullen Nelson Lounsberry

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a German Veneer X X X By J. W. MONAWECK Before the great World War, Germany was thought to be one of the most cultured and highly civilized nations of the world. No one thought his education complete unless he had studied under the great German masters. The Germans made science their specialty. In this last war they devoted this culture to the wrong use. They have used it in plundering, murdering, robbing and committing other atrocities and today militarism has made the soldiers little better than beasts. As the Teutons were two thousand years ago, so are they today. Even so far back as history goes, they were continually fighting among themselves or the countries near by. Caesar in his Commentaries says that “fighting was the joy of their lives.” They studied the science of death and devastation and applied it as an art. Cruelty and lust for blood was stamped upon their very souls. AH their lives were devoted to military activities. The ideal of the German people was to devastate the bordering territory as far as possible so that there would be no near-rivals or annoying neighbors. This nation in ancient times was divided into numerous tribes and every year part of them waged war while the others farmed the lands. The next year it was vice versa. The object of this was to discipline the men and develop in them a love for fighting. In late years Germany has accomplished these same measures by her system of military training. In early history individual ownership of the land was forbidden in order that the state might be supreme in command. This policy has continued down to the present time. “Exalt the nation and repress the individual” has been the creed of these barbarians all through the ages.