Catholic Central High School - Banner Yearbook (Fort Madison, IA)

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OFFICERS President ------, ..-- D orothy Fisher Vice-President --.- ------ N Iary Vonderhaar Secretary ....... .--. H clen Guenther Treasurer .--.--- .-.-- N Iartha Heitz FORTY-ONE

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EDGAR A. GUEST LITERARY CLUB When the members of the Sophomore Class met early in the school year to organize a literary club, it was decided to name the organization after some noted writer. Several names were suggested, such as Shakespeare, Longfellow, Whittier and Edgar A. Guest. As Edgar A. Guest had aroused the interest of a large number in the class, he was chosen as the patron and accordingly the society was named, The Edgar A. Guest Literary Club. It is the purpose of the club to become acquainted with works of literature, to foster Dramatic Art and to contribute both morally and financially toward all school affairs, especially The Banner, the school annual. At Christmas time this club contributed toward the joint entertainment of the four literary clubs by presenting a pleasing playlet before the assem- bled school in the auditorium on Wednesday, December 21st, I927. Their benefit affairs have likewise been very successful. Soon after the club's organization, the president wrote to Edgar A. Guest, in- forming him of their choice of him as their patron, and requested him to write something about his life and works, and favor them with a photograph. After some time spent in anxious waiting, an answer came together with an auto- graphed picture and a booklet telling of his life and work. A portion of his let- ter was as follows: Please convey my best wishes to all the members of the Literary Club of the Catholic Central High School, and extend to them my sincerest appreciation of the honor they have conferred upon me in selecting me as their patron. Edgar A. Guest should inspire every member of the club with a desire to emulate him in his gospel of cheerfulness, his reverence for God and the Home, and in his love for work. To a friend who recently asked Mr. Guest, Where do you get the inspiration for your work? he said: In my work, of course. You never heard of a loafer being inspired. Some one has said that inspiration is nine-tenths perspiration. It's about true. For a good many years I work- ed away on the Detroit Free Press, conducting a daily column headed 'Break- fast Table Chatf I think I did good work. I at least did the best I knew how. But outside of a comparatively limited circle, I was unknown. But I was happy. I had three things necessary to happiness-Home, God and Work. In speaking of religion, Mr. Guest said: Religion has been the great- est single influence in my life. Without my religion, I should have made enemies where I have gathered friends, I should have gone down where I have climbed up, I should have been sordid where I have found joy in being sentimentalg I should have been shunned ewhere I have been welcomed, and although I might have made money and saved some portion of it, I am sure I should have done many things which would have been to me a shame and a regret. With- out my religion, I should have suffered a loss in self-respect and in the es- teem of others. I am convinced that religion is necessary to worthwhile achievement. The football player with a religion is a better player than the boy without one. The business man with a real, live, earnest religion is a better business man than the scoffing non-believer. All the great men of nearly all ages have had a religion. -DOROTHY FISHER, 30' FORTY-TWO