Bradner High School - Mirror Yearbook (Bradner, OH)

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Q41 0 ' Oigfahnlll' - 0 . VALENDICTORY Continued At last, as it reaches its last resting place, the ocean it sees a beautiful scene. There the sunset afterglow tinges even the eastern clouds with delicate pink light and changes the tropical ocean's vivid blue and deep purple of the day to soft opalescent colors. The mild evening breeze seems to form a pleasant accompaniment to the sound of the waters, and as thc tide comes in, the waves, sweeping up with their steady rhythmic flow, slap sharply the rocks along the coast, then recede, foaming and gurgling, until they meet with a slighter shock--a sort of secondary stress--an incoming breaker. With such a future in sight, it breathes a sigh of contentment, who would not?, .and as it flows into the ocean vastness of the ocean, com- well done. it looses its identity in' the pletoly satisfied with its job I Know of no better words Sullivan Dwight. Rest is not quitting the busy career, Rest is the fitting of self to its sphere. 'Tis the brook's motion, clear without strife, Fleeing to ocean, after its life. r'Tis loving and serving the Highest and Best! -'Tis onward! Unsworving, and that is true rest. -- Clayton McDole 7 of parting than these of John.

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541' ' V' Yahnllf' ' ' 194 VALENDICTORY Continued Soon, in most of our lives, there comes a union, such as happens to the small streams. They join to form a .mighty river, a union that greatly increases the power and ability of each, a union that makes it possible for them both to con- tinue to work toward their goal, accomplishing things not possible by either one alone. Many rocks and bars threaten this union, both trying to separate them so as to weaken them and to hinder their forward progress toward their goal. But the river rushes on, epausing only long enough to overcome these impediments in its way, doing such massive deeds as carving its way through a mountain of solid stone, and falling hundreds of feet over dams, thus making it pos- sible, by its turning of huge dynamos, for the world to have the better things of life because of its efforts. Then the pace picks up. If the river does not stick to its course, serious things and dangerous ones to other people may result. As some wild river on the rampage overflows its banks and destroys countless lives and property, so may we cause endless sorrow and misery to come to unknown numbers of people, if we go blindly forward, or are sidetracked, and lise sight of our goal that lies ahead, if only for an in- s ant. Before the end of the river's journey it has a lot of fast water and many rapids to go through, These are only overcome by the idea that nothing can stop it from its goal. By now, however, most of its work is done, and it flows slowly along, content to rest after its long years of cease- less struggles and its consequent achievements. All along the way it has picked up and carried materials that bother it such as our worries bother us. As it nears the ond of its journey it drops these impediments, with the thought only in mind of taking its time in the last lap of its race to its goa ,

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H4 ' Q 'lgfahnft' ' O H4 PRORHECY OF THE CLASS DF 1941 As I sat gazing into the glow of the flickering candle, suddenly a large frame appeared, I was delighted, for no longer would I have to rack my brain and pull my hair and grind my teeth in vain. Class of 1941, great things are in store for you if you take opportunity as it comes and follow your class motto: Take the world as you find itg but leave it better. The first picture showed Bob Schell and Bob Wright bus- ily chinning over a wheat field about the possibilities of a good crop and the chances for a good rain. The two Bobs have extensive experimental farms in South America. This picture faded and another took its place. This time I was in a metropolis teaming with people of all na- tionalities. A large hotel stood on the corner. The at- mosphere was very inviting. A taxi drove up and a distin- guished gentleman emerged. The crowd shouted. I could not understand so I asked a fellow by-stander. He said, 'Whena have you been? That is the famous Elwin Hiser, called the second Luther Burbank. He has had great success as a horticulturist, the finest the world has known. I barely had time to thank him because the picture took me inside the hotel. A tall dignified lady came forward and greeted Elwin graciously. She turned so I could see her--LaVergne Ente- minger, the hostess and manager of a nation-wide chain of hotels. She told him there were several other celebrities whom he must see, They moved to another room, and there a short, cultured gentleman greeted them. Wilbur Graber, who had found time amid his serious work as a certified public accountant to take a vacation, told them that if they would wait they would meet another old friend, In a few minutes at tall, slender man entered carrying a brief case and having an air of self-assurance he greeted them pleasantly and be- gan talking cars, Lavergne said, 'We11,'Bud, how have you been getting along?' He said, 'You of course know that I have retired from the sales end of the car business and have a two-third interest in the company,' As you have guessed this man was Donald Leffingwell, commonly known as Bud. Still another person enters. This time a very slender, rather stooped man shook hands. He also carried a brief case and slowly put it down, 'You known he said, 'I have just come from a very interesting trial where my understudy has done a brilliant piece of work. I am quite proud of him and of myse1f.n 'By the way, Clayton,N said Wi1bur,for this gentleman was Clayton McDole, 'what was your ambitionat that time? 'To be a 1awyer,N answered Clayton, I wonder what happened to some of the other fel1ows?W said Donald Leffing- well. 'I wonder too,' said Wilbur.