IjDoparj'ville j-Jigh 5c§|t| iiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiil 1926 liimimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiim for others as well; we can do our part and do it well; famous or not, we can fill life with worthy deeds, deeds that are truly achievements. Thus may the class of '2d gain true success so that it will always he said of them, “They served well—they always did their best.” As we go out into the world, leaving our schoolmates and friends behind let each of us remember the following verses of Longfellow: “Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sand of time. “Footsteps, that perhaps another, Sailing o’er life’s solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecker brother. Seeing, shall take heart again. “Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate, Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait.” —M. R. F. 25
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luiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiin 1926 History of the Class of 1926 With unmitigated and zealous labor for the past four years we, who have now attained the topmost pinnacle of our high school career, have diligently perused the musty chronicles of scores of works of history which, even to us now, are becoming a vague memory. With other lands and peoples these annals were primarily concerned; peoples with whom we had no near and kindred associations. Indeed then it is no more than fittingly proper that we should leave be- hind us a brief synopsis of our sojourn at Coopersville High School, that our achivements may blend with those of other classes into the one great history of the school which will cast a halo of glory around the principal character, our Alma Mater. It is then with a feeling of anticipation that we gaze into the misty and perhaps somewhat dim past to record our first adventures of high school life. It was a beginning. A new vista had unfolded before us, bridging the future years. As first year students we bore the appelation of Freshmen, which tended to place us in an inferior position in the eyes of the upper classmen. Yet the members of the class of ’26, fifty-eight in number and enjoying the reputation of being the largest class since the school’s existence were not playing tiie precedented role, for we, even at the Freshmen reception displayed our mettle and it soon became apparent that we were an altogether different class. Several enjoyable parties and the picnic at W olf Lake comprised the first chapter of our higher education. Turning the pages of our book forward we find this same group, although having lost fifteen members, resuming their school life once more. Besides our regular curriculum of study we reveled in a diversified year of parties, athletics, and a general good time. In basketball, baseball, and track we placed participants, each earning merit for class and school as well. Having duly tormented the Freshmen, delved into the mysteries of new and unknown sciences, and established for ourselves a reputation respected by all classes, we brought our Sophomore year to a finish, with a rousing picnic at the rendevous of the school’s picnic grounds. Two years had come and gone on the fleet wings of Time and before we had scarcely realized it we were Juniors. In name, in class accomplishments, and in fact we were Juniors and a more eager group you could never desire. Was it not we who innovated the Junior Carnival, 1 he t at s Meow, gi en in October for the benefit of the .Athletic Association? 1 he first part of this nature proved to be a tremendous success, netting a fine sum for Athletics. 27
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