Bethany High School - Reverie Yearbook (Bethany, IL)

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We dedicate this yearbook to our classmate HUDSON EKISS who was killed accidentally on February 14, 1953 Sunshine passes, shadows fall. Love's remembrance outlasts all. And through the years by many or few, They will be filled with remembrance of you. A tragedy visited our school when Hudson Ekiss met his death Saturday, February 14. His cheerful ways and friendly manner made him one of the most popular and best liked boys in the school. He did not always participate in sports, but he was always present to root for his team, and during his freshman year, he was a cheerleader. He took part in several school and community activities such as Chorus, F.F.A. , Letterman's Club, and 4-H. He was the kind of person who, when he had set a goal would not stop until he reached it. He had the talent for making friends far and near. He was a person whom everybody knew. Hudson had a fondness for sciences, and in his spare time he was found in chemistry laboratory doing experiments on his own. Because of this fondness, there has been a memorial fund in his remembrance set aside to buy some equipment for the chemistry room. 2

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W. L. GARRISON Superintendent of Bethany Unit District 301 and Principal of Bethany High School. TO THE GRADUATES OF 1954 Your four years of school are now completed, and you are about to leave the school and soon, perhaps, your own home to launch out upon a program of your own. Some of you may think you have encountered difficulties in these four years, but there is abundant evidence to indicate that it was never intended for man to have a life of ease. The world is so organized that most of his time is spent in conquering obstacles. All progress is made by overcoming difficulties. There seems to be some purpose in this persistent necessity for struggle. This conclusion is strength- ened by the fact the finest characters and the highest types of civilization have been produced in the colder zones where comfort can be secured only by persistent toil. Both the Bible and history reveal the fact that there is a vital relation between hardship and strength. For the upbuilding of character, conflict is better than peace, and work is better than ease. Heinrich Heine once said, Wherever a great thought is born there has been a Gethsemane. Now that you have terminated this phase of your work, and are ready to take up a new and different kind, you too, will find that it is only by persistent and determined effort that you can hope to achieve Worth- while goals that are satisfying to you and of value to those with whom you associate. W. L. Garrison 4 MRS. RAY CROWDER School Secretary