Colon High School - Magi Yearbook (Colon, MI)

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We came to love our classmates, Learned that friendship, firm and true, Will light up the dismal pathway: Change the dark sky into blue. And so we journeyed onward Till we reached the border line Of another year of High School, And were Juniors proud and fine; No other class in High School Knew half as much as we, But we’ve added to that knowledge, I think that you’ll agree. ’Twas on this happy journey That we won great fame and praise, As we helped to make more joyous The Senior’s High School days. We learned here that to triumph, Though the path be rough and low, Was the privilege given to mankind In the ages long ago. We have now reached the turning To a pathway yet unknown, And the goal to where it leads us Will depend on us alone; It may lead to fields of fortune, With the crown awaiting there, Or it may lead to deepest valleys Where we’ll meet with grim despair. And so with faith in God and mankind, Let us journey onward day by day, Making life a little sweeter, Because we chanced to pass this way; But with faces bright toward the future, And with heart alight, and head held high, We will ever hope and labor, As life’s.evening draweth nigh. CARL W. HARMON To The Faculty Tell us not “Oh Powers that have been Are and ever more will be” That our lessons will be longer Have a heart now, Hully Gee! Lives of great men remind us Ours can never be sublime. You blamed teachers keep us working TweDty-four hours and overtime. BEE.

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Class Poem r Life, they say, is like a journey, Where each one of us must go, Down the path of cloud and sunshine As we choose to make it so. There are travelers who go wandering Down the pathway, lone and sad ; There are travelers who are striving To make others bright and glad. Four long years we’ve gone together, Down the path of tears and smiles: Years that will be full of memories In the lonely future miles. We have grown to this pathway Blest by friendship strong and true; But we know there’s work awaiting Down the pathway strange and new. Looking backward o'er our trave s, We recall that happy day When we come fron devious pathways To a new and broader way. We were only silly freshmen, Green as any, I’ll admit, But we tried to learn from others. And in life’s plan our own schemes fit. We here began life’s lesson In a quiet, simple way. And we learned to work together, Learned to labor and to play; And the Seniors taught us How to kid, and how to bluff All the knowledge old instructors; And that hint was quite enough. When this first glad year was over, And Sophomores we became; We began our work in earnest, To learn all about the game, But although we felt conceited And above that Freshmen class, There were other broader mile-stones That we yet would have to pass. We came to learn that labor Means a lot when it is done For a spirit of satisfaction When we find the victory won.

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Class Will We, the Class of 1921, being about to leave Colon High School where we have developed ourselves mentally, morally, and physically, do make and publish our last will and testament hereby making void all former wills by us at any time heretofore made. We are about to dispose of our cherished possessions and bequeath them to our succeeding classmates. They read as follows: I. The Senior Class as a whole give and bequeath to the Juniors our priviliges, position of influence, and dignity. We are afraid this will be a strain upon the nerves and muscles of the gay and debonair Juniors, but all hope they will rise to the occasion as they sometimes can. II. We give and bequeath to the High School as a whole the two songs “Star Spangled Banner” and “America”. These songs to become possession of the high school, on condition that she show her gratitude for them by using them at each chapel and with the suggestion that she add others to the list as “Columbia the Gem of the Ocean” and “Marching Through Georgia”. III. We give to the Freshman Class the following advice, to put away their childish ways and as the class of “21” “Climb though the rocks be rugged,” and remember that the road to success is not an easy road to travel. But still look at “21” and be encouraged. IV. Our worthy High School Editor, Esther Palmatier, bequeathes her position to Clella Mosher. V. John Hill wishes to keep his one great accomplishment in the family requests that I bequeath his art of bluffing to Edwin Hill, on condition that he accept this gift with due appreciation, as with this art in possession it is not necessary to study so much. VI. Francis Baad and Earl Decker who together have passed through the gate of knowledge so successfully have consented to share their ability to obtain knowledge with Edwin Corrrell and Willet Whitmore, hoping that they will also be successful in passing through this gate.