Comstock High School - Corral Yearbook (Comstock, MI)

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Our hopes for success and training for hardships have been aided by the citizens of Comstock, and the surrounding community. At this school we have met with friends so dear, who will never be forgotten. Teachers, you who have been so patient with us; parents, you who have taken such deep inter°«t; school-board, you who have so generously equipped us, and friends, you who have been so sincere and faithful, as to-night, we, the Class of ’09 look upon your presence with appreciation, and thank you one and all for the interest and consideration you have extended to us, and bid you a most hearty welcome. T. GLADYS FOLEY. 14

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The only way to prepare is to keep on trying to learn and train. During our school life we have had to work, especially dur- ing the last four years,—but there has been pleasure in our work. If we acquire more education, we know that we shall work earnestly when we think of the success it will bring. Each minute teaches us more about living; “Time Hies apace— In ceaseless race, man hurries to the tomb; In bliss or woe ere long to know Ilis everlasting doom.” “Let then thy hearts, Whoever you are to Wisdom’s voice incline, r.se well this hour when it’s in your power, The next may not be thine.” Success in future life first means earnestness, steadiness, and thoughtfulness in every round of the lad:ler which we climb. Many are discouraged before they reach the top. Oh, Life, thou hast no dream so fair as that which reaches over the sea, from the lands beyond where dreamings are merged into reality! Though we frail children, chase always thy fatal shadows in our track, and into the darkest gloom may stray, when hearts grow faint with strife and death, and pine like some wearied bird, eternal things bring hope and faith by which the deepest fonts are stirred; and folding back the wild unrest, Life’s useless tumult, toil and care, all ills by which we are oppressed, wre trust in Heaven, our hope is there. Ours are only youthful hopes, which in life’s gay morn, adorn the animating views. There are no storms with gloomy aspect prevailing, to cloud the azure of the sky. Enraptured with the distant view youth thinks its fictitious beauties true, and springs to gain the prize. The path of life though often adorned wth flowers, is often filled with thorns; yet hope’s sweet star may light with a radiance clear and bright; one by one our dreams will fade as the clouds in the morning reflect the brightness of the sun. 13

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