Coopersville High School - Zenith Yearbook (Coopersville, MI)

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IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIc.h.s.IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIrodeoIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 1931 lllllllllllllllll V aledictory TONIGH T, classmates, we linger at the bend in the stream. We have met together as a class for the last time. We have at last reached the pinnacle of our childhood hopes and desires, Com- mencement and Graduation. We have all been looking forward to this time as a happy one, but as our boat rests tonight at the bend in the stream, we realize that we had forgotten that this was to be the time of parting. But we sud- denly remember and it makes us sad, so let us not linger over the parting words. This day marks the end of High School life. There is gratifica- tion in the thought that we are, by conscientious work, now ready to take a step beyond. The voyage of life is through many deep and unknown channels, with so many turns and windings, that we do not fully realize that we have passed and what we have yet to meet. So far on our journey the stream has been calm and the rowing easy and we are often tempted to drift. As we rest on our oars and look back, it seems but a short distance after all, that we, as a class, have come. In years to come when the progress in the deeper channels seems difficult, we shall often think of the dear old school room, just how- each person looked, how we as a class learned the same lessons, over- come the same trials and shared the saline triumphs and pleasures. We shall then know how to say “Our school days were the happiest of our lives.” Tor many years our boats have glided smoothlv along through the turbulent waters and over the rapids, many and furious, and we have scarcely been conscious of any effort in propelling our crafts, but as we linger at the bend in the stream, we realize that we are about to enter that great school of life called the “School of Experience” in w hich we w ill be thrown more and more upon our own resources. During our school life we have been preparing ourselves to meet the serious problems and difficulties which w ill confront us in the “School of Experience.” W'e have learned to profit by the experience of others. But most important of all, we have been building charac- ters. What kind of characters have we? Are w e lit persons to become the future generation, the future builders of our nation, for we all have a part in helping to make our nation a success. The future prosperity and happiness of the world depends on us, the future generation. Most of us w ill never be famous, but we can all contribute to the happiness of the world. We can be unselfish anti live a life filled with services for others; we can do our part and do it well; famous or not, we can fill life with worthy deeds, deeds that are truly achievements. 'Therefore let us train our characters to be honest, loyal, perseverant and unselfish. But tonight when we leave the calm stream and drift around the Page Twenty

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WILLIAM WEAVER •‘When joy and duty clash, let duty go to smash. ” Track 2, 3 Glee Club 2, 3 A. A. 1, 2, 3 LYLE WRIGHT “Mischief is my middle name.’’ Entered from Conklin A A. 3, 4 Band 3, 4 Orchestra 3, 4 MARY WOLBRINK “A kind heart is a fountain of glad- ness.” Entered from Allendale Glee Club 3, 4 Basketball 4 A. A. 3 Class Vice-Pres. 3 Operetta 3 Vice-Pres. Glee Club 3 GLADYS YOUNG “And she is kind as she is fair.” Glee Club 3, 4 Camp Fire 3 Junior Play 3 Art Editor of Rodeo MARGUERITE DYKSTERHOUSE “The temple of our purest thoughts is silence. ” Home Economics 1,2 ERNEST MEERMAN “A man who appreciates opportun- ities to the point of action.” Glee Club I, 2, 3, 4 Operetta 2, 3 Band 3, 4 Track 2 A A. 2, 3 LEON GILLHESPY “O mischief, thou art swift to enter in the thoughts of desperate men.” Entered from Conklin Glee Cluh 3. 4 Track 3. 4 Operetta 3 Basketball 3 Joke Blditor of Rodeo Page Nineteen

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IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIC.H.S.IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII'RO DEOllllllllllllllH 1931 lllllllllllllllll bend out into the deeper channels which lead to the larger sea of life which awaits us, we must rely upon our own knowledge of life and obtain our lessons from our own experiences. We must learn to live. If we expect to gain happiness and prosperity from this life, we must put something into it. We will receive no more from life than we put in. So, classmates, as we go out into the deeper channels, let us go forth with a desire to do our best. There is great joy in the satisfac- tion of knowing we have done our best. Therefore let us pledge our- selves that in years to come when we are drifting along a certain course in life—for we shall not all travel in the same channels—we will remember the true and lofty ideals and aims that have been born in us so that when we are out in the stress of life and can no longer hear the call of the school bell, we can still cause our parents, teachers and friends to be proud that they have had a part in helping to shape and mould the beginnings of our lives. And with a last lingering look at the setting sun of our high school days, shining with a tender radiance, we, the Class of 1931, bid you all farewell RUTH BROWN I Page Twenty-one