Brady High School - Bulldog / Spotlight Yearbook (Brady, MT)

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THE ROAD BUIID. RS sidered what an important bearing this word has on the world. A bvilding would collapse in ruins if it did not have a foundation. To individuals a foundation for future progress is Foundation. Many people have not con- it U m n a. just as important as it is to the building. Fu- ture progress means much to everyone,since it involves their life. This, the road builders ro llzad and de- cided that in order for an individual to have success in later life, they must first have some kind of a foundation or they will collapse to nothing like the building. Men are devoting part of their lives to just this sort of thing. The best vay for anyone to reap the fruits of this labor is to join the caravans. Al- though many hardships in these caravans are encountered those participating reap many of the benefits of the country. ProMOting future progress is not the only thing that the road builders do. They make the progress easier for following caravans. Each new improvement that is made to a caravan is also profited by those to come. Better equipment is provided by the road builders. Caravans are at some time or another demanding some new improvement. Of course this tends to better the caravan. Think how difficult it would be for any caravan to progress without guides. This the thoughtful road builders foresaw and provided, being careful to select only the best ones. Still there is another individual who helps to make the progress easier. This person is known to the caravan as the locator. Each year,instead of one caravan to provide for,the road builders have two. The caravan that contains the more experienced individuals was christened the high caravan, while the other was named the low caravan . Each does not depend directly upon the other and are in a way independent of each other. However both car- avans must, the road builders say, have the same loca- tor, since they travel so closely together. To give the caravans a feeling of independence of each other, they are allo?;cd to have their own guides. For the high caravan, three guides arc provided and for the low caravan, four are provided. Esther Larsen

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HOME FOLKS Daniel Boone would probably have failed to brave the dangers which he encountered, while exploring new regions but for the fact that there were folks at home waiting for him. He knew that they were appreciating his efforts to explore new regions to which they could turn for better living. Likewise, we, the students of Brady School, would prob- ably have failed to overcome soma of the difficulties had there been no home folks (parents and other folks cf the community) to give us support. We knew, however before startin'- on that nine months trip, that there were the home folks all alone the trail who would gladly help us if we needed support. Their eagerness to assist us was shown when they supported our enter- tainments to the fullest possible extent. We were steered safely over the trail of Educa- tion’’ for the nine months by our teachers. Their ef- forts to guide us safely and avert danger was appreci- ated not only by us but by others who were not in the caravan. The teachers knew that the things they did to assist us would be considered correct by outsiders. We were determined to have the trip be a success when we saw that many people were interested in it. The home folks were always such that fires of determination, may have gotten off on the wrong trail one was ever injured either mentally a result. Those parents and other reactions of the they renewed our The caravan at times, but no or physically as people in the community, who were supporting the cara- van., probably did not like those small mistakes, never- theless, they knew we would regain the main trail very soon. Thus we have been able to feel just as warmly to- ward the home folks” as did Daniel Boone toward those he left behind when he v;ent to explore new regions. The trip proved interesting to us because many other people were interested in it also. Next year part of us will take up the trail from where we left off this year. We feel certain that the home folks will be as interested in our expedition as they were in the recent past. t

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I an curo that no dhief guide -.'f the pioneer cara- van of the past, frcr whom we have drawn our patterns for this book, mere thoroughly enjoyed th privileges and responsibilities of the position than l have done. The fine spirit of cooperation and loyalty of the home folks, the road bu-.Iders the guides, the locator, the chief organizer and ail .he other mombers of the caravan have been inspirations Which have projected us forward. It hr.s made our progress more evident. What- ever success, achievement end honor we may claim is due entirely to the spirit and effort of the entire member- ship of our group. If I have been successful in my at- J tempt to point out what I considered the best route to follow and to keep the aarawan moving steadily forward, then I am happy. May the members of the first wagon (the seniors) who are going on, have the best of luck and success in;.; .— -£ ‘ V V • W AA V » 1 b' «V over the rough spots ahead and in reaching their ropr pective locations without mishap.