Croswell Lexington High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Croswell, MI)

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FACULTY JOHN D. MARTIN Agriculture BEATRICE E. KOEPFGEN English and History MARGUERITE E. CLARK Latin and English ELSIE L. BARNES Commercial

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FACULTY

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TO THE SENIOR CLASS OF 1920 You have all, no doubt, long- looked forward to these clos- ing days of your High School work—the end of school days, but the beginning- of the broader life. You have been building your world from within and the result of the building has been determined by the point of view of each builder. Within yourself lies the cause of whatever enters into your life, and for you to come into the full realiza- tion of your own awakened mental powers, is for you to be able to adjust your life in exact accord with what you would have it. As science is so abundantly demonstrating today—the things that we see are but a very small fraction of the things that are. The real vital forces at work in your own lives and in the world about you are not seen by the ordinary physical eye, although they are the causes of which all things we see, are the effects. For one to govern his thinking then is to determine his. life. The definite object of the school has been to cultivate your whole personality and in attempting this it has pursued two lines of effort—culture by means of text books, and culture Outside of text books. Many students forget, as do many parents, that all ideals in- culcated, all powers developed, in a few hours of daily study, may be rendered absolutely ineffective by influence at work throughout the remainder of the twenty-four hours of the day. It is with all sincerity and with a great deal of pride that I say this is not true of any one of your number. I trust that you do not cherish the thought of having com- pleted your education and may it be hoped that you have re- ceived all the inspiration and cultural training that your school course is supposed to have furnished. It has been your privilege and your duty to acquire the elements that contribute toward life in its fullest measure. I pray you. then, to do the things, and seek the places, and think the thoughts, and expose yourself to all the influences during the years to come that will best renew and add to your stock of hone and youthfulness; that will best make all the troubles which infest the student’s day to fold their tents like the Arab and silently steal away. We are glad that you have been with us, and hope you will ever retain pleasant recollections of your High School days. Very truly yours, GERALD E. POWERS, Superintendent.