Denmark Academy High School - Banner Yearbook (Denmark, IA)

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l1v1ng 1n a nhallrngmg world You 1lone can make or br 1k you lt Nqur or get you c1n make ot l1fl what you w1ll W1ll1am He nley exprt ssl sth s grm it POSS1bl1tYlOI'tl1L 1nd1x1du11vtlce1 he wr1tes Iam the nxastt r ox ny a I am the Lapta1r tl my s HL Mrs Kelly The doors sw ng n .1 d the doors sw1ng out bomf pass 1n wh1le otht rs pass out Borrowmg thtst l1nes from the sorvs we can f1nd ourselxes real1z1ng that anotht r vt ar has come and gone Let Us not th nk ot th1s st1gt of l1fe the t1me we are go1ng to school that of be1ng sent through th meat gr1nder But r1ther let us th1r1k It IS the t1me of go1ng through the mo1d1ng process of l1fe A t1mL of l1y1ng the hull to the Shlp of l1fe To shape together all the factors 1n learn1ng and to work out a system :at xsfactory and fa1r to math h1S own per son should be the goal of every 1nd1v1dual gozng through any formal educat1on Learn1ng 15 sa1d to take place only after changes ar made and not by just merely ga1n1ng 1nformat1on The 6381651 way of mastt r1ng th1s accomplxshment IS lt be 1n the cooperat1ve frame of m1nd and along W1th thls the old str1fe of ac qu1r1ng the good er-tram., 1 ues beeomts 1 workmg model 1n the bus1ness of better preparedness for what 1185 ahead I..o1k upon our Semors' Are they not bettf r qual1f1ed to face thi Outsldl world as tht y d sembark from th1s yag Ye s wa must pay tr1bute to these proven salty 1, ll s e 1rc l1e1n1s tr1n-.ferer ot slack 1D the t1a1n1nf, mf thi 1 1 1 f Ol to n 1s f L, fl L A etp on s 11l ng the flaps Slllf FLY 1 lL 1 L1 tl1r1e-e oan 1 1111 Corr11n1gal3o1rcl ne so tne can ter ln s-tor m o f'1.Lp f e 1 r X 'll 1n Ever slnn e the t1rst man showed h1s son wtosw1ng 1 1 lub mdut 1t1on 111 th: means ot px rpetuat1ng 1 way ol hun11n 1 1 n 1111r1 1 1rL qultc just1f11 proud ot ourn1t1on1lh1 r1tlg1 1nd have long supported 1 systtxn or tru edunatmn to ptrp1tu1te the Amt ru an culture ccesstul l1 1ng 111 these t1m1s IS a ra sult of lcarn1ng to c ombat many obstu le to hum 1n andraxor F'orf.111o5tarr1ongth1 s obstarlts an 1ns11ur1ty lITlfTlOI'dllly complat Lnt y and gre 1 d All Amt r1c1ns 1nd111du1lly and 1 ollft uely must t1ght hard to lOI'Y1bd.t thest obstxcles 1f our way of l1t1 15 to SUFXINK hath ot us must take 1t upon h1ms1lt to learn how h1S own l1fe must bm d1rLcted so to bt st s ru the mnds of an ethu a soc It ty W1 must also as Ameru ans takt st: ps to 1nsure that our PTGCIOUS system of free publu educat1on rc ma1ns 1tf1c1ent and untette red so as to best st ru the 1nte re sts ot the common good Mr ML E lh1nnf y Speakmg to the class of l953 who twelve ytars ago le ft the 1r baby ways ilhOI'T1t and starte d to school qu1te grown up fthn thouuhll You hut now completed twelvl years of hard study but haw had lots of fun and probably left a few gray ha1rs for good old Dc nmark Hugh School for fmt knowledge Congratulauons to tht Class of 1953 and bt st luck always Mr Donahue 10 ' :N lf1. ' f - ho J . , 1 'Q has l '1n ' ' 1 1 1.11 1 't lfe. W11 A - 11. - 1 '1bly 4 ' 1 4 ' 1 ' V 11 A ' 1 1- 1 ', f t . . K . , , . . ,' ' Rv' 'V-l. Su 1 A 'v '- 1 d1re1t 1 rl n 1 1 - 1 -3 ' , , l s 1 ' A , .1 .I ', K , , t- 1 Aa: s ' vs 1 ' ' , V ' , , ' . V , as ' x ,. , e ' ' . as 1 '11 '1 1 1 1 l , , , . P L , 9 ' - 1 ' 1 1y to bu1ld an attitude of willingness to get your f1ne teachers. You are ready to leavt . A ' ' - . '. Q ' ' her ' ' H, ' ' 1r ' ' ' 1. ' l 'JO ' P. ' , 5l1 11r1it1,, ll11'.'z :. ' 1 2 I 1 11, but -,n:11t, let ,1s Il J 4 ' 1 ' A A Y 1 1 pc :er1r1:lf1lrf:11'g .1fl 1 t :J :ter E115 past 1:i'1 t1s:11lon th- l11pv.':1t-r, l.et's k1- 1 1 1 1 1 3 Q, l.'ifJ 'l1lT'tll'QLM1'l'J.I7f'lQ of Ur' 1fk1ng in . 1 '. ' Q sf-. :Y1 ' 1 2 :xt year J' ' ,. 'meat 1 J y .' ' f the l 1 1 sl lrinv. M , .agl 5 Q

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Messages From Smce the begmnmg of the human race home has been the stalwart foundat1on of democracy and human rel1t1ons Wlth the bcglnnmg of the mac hlne and gadget age the home has been detcrxoratlng due to too many outs1de xnfluences The lamxly as a whole does not have t1me to assemble as a un1t and work out the1r problems or enjoy each others presence As thxs bas1c unxt of llvlng vanlshes ln havxor lnc reases ln the end our demo cracy w1ll vamsh Let's all appreclate what we call home and make It a grow mg factor ln tht future of th1s country Mr Mecklenburg Each year as graduatxon txme draws near and passes the words of the song My Best To You recall themselves a gaxn and agaln to my mmd They seem to express my feelmgs as one of your teachers toward you who are movlng out to where the respons1b1l1ty of your future course ls xnostly your own Know that your educatxon 18 not and never w1ll be complete that not to advance IS to drop back and 1f I were to add one other thought I would say Be xnterested and you ll be mterestmg Mr Jones Congratulatmons' Members of the Class of 1953 Your hxgh school days are past and for many of you your school days are over but as you go on through l1fe you w1ll learn from all of your exper1ences As you llve from day to day you w1ll meet many problems and you w1ll wonder what to do Because of your stud1es you should be better able to adjust yourself to th1s ever chang1ng world Many of you are anxxous for your graduatzon some of you are not For all of you lt w1ll mean sep aratxon from your school frxends teachers and to some of you even from your fam1l1es You as a class have chosen as your motto Not Merely To Exxst But To Accompl1sh Durxng your stay at Denmark Hxgh many of you have already done much to meet th1s goal but now as you go out to seek your place ln the world may all of you accomplxsh worthwh1le thmgs The tmme has come for each of us to go our wax, both teachers and you, I am sure lt The Teachers x ae cnlx 1 H 1 0 lssocl ltlons together th lt r Iniln 1th us lou l rt Q too s h XX.lllCll to ll f 'Tl U 1 2 Mlss Butler You Senlors w1ll soon close the door on your hlgh school days Then you w1ll be makmg plans for your respectlve futures authors teacher nurse etc What ever your future plans for an occupatlon remember that the most mmportant career the maJor1ty of us w1ll ever attempt 15 that o homemak1ng Homemakxng IS not conflned to the wom en nor does lt conslst solely of cook1ng and stwmg and clean1ng 1n the home or of br1ng1ng home the pay check each week Homemaklng 15 bu1ld1ng a famlly unlt on a fu-m rel1g1ous foundatlon welded together w1th love and respect and trlmmed w1th Joy of doxng for others It 1S cloth1ng young l1ves ln strong garments of securlty stltched together w1th a parent's love and embroldered w1th deslgns of cheerful un selfxshness Its end result 15 a fam1ly standlng together 1n 1tS love for God and 1 s followman May all of you strlve to be th1s klnd of homemaker for m the very str1v1ng you w1ll fmd success Whatsoever thy hand fmdeth to do do lt w1th thy m1ght The future of the nat1on w1ll be ln the hands of her chlldren As someone has very truth fully sa1d As the home 15 so 1S the world The challenge that I leave w1th you What w1ll you make you make of your homev Mrs Brockelman If I were to wlsh the best for each one of you It would not be for an easy l1fe rather that you hold a great reserve of courage to meet tomorx'ow's problems however and whenever they come May all or you develop a glowmg zest of l1fe and make of It a grand adventure hope you w1ll fmd yourselves tak1ng more thought for the welfare of others thus be commg stronger and better characters Waste no txme bemoan1ng your fate Opportumtxes are everywhere You are 'I f A l ' will l J the pl rl '. nt :r.vrrxrm:'la's of ur . ' ' g 5 ' , 1- -A . 1-.ill rr .' Z ' . ' .ff ', luxe: 4C +f'lycv'1r l. ' ' ' ' ' ' wit ' ' 've' nnl xuorlf, so . :ly your ' 4 l lrses be pr fitz l le and lmpily. i l l K . . . . . , , . A - y security, unthoughtfulness and unwise be- -N - , Y , - . . ' A 4 Y . vu an ' - . , . , ' f - ' . 5 ' 5 - . L . , , . I 1 g A , , l 1 3 I I . uv ll - - ' - - - - - , 7 1 , . , , y . 4 - , , I ' 4 l It ll ' 1 , . I ' ' ul ' 1 - u , - l ' ' ll . . . . H 4 , . I . . - 1 - . I V . , . ' ' ll ' . . . , 2 , . . . , Q , , , l ' i , . , , , g U , . . . . . Q ' I ' ' . , . ,

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As we trawl on we must not fall to notue th moon and partlcularly now that our brxghtness prex ents us from studylng the rest ofthe ha ave ns We Sen1ors of '13 are now IH the I-ull Moon stage and are ready to Last our llght upon thc world No matter how fleet1ng IHGDGDIU are the shadows we haxc cast upon our school and our L lassmate they w1ll be permanent mn thelr memorles of us But as we grown olde r our hlgh sthool years wlll also se em llke shadows to us Maybe IU the last days of our school l1fe as we were walkmg along worrymg about tomorrow s test t suddenly on 1 urred to us that maybe lt was the last test we d exer take Wt were confused we wanted to smxle and yet there was a streak of sadness surge through us Well we ve got to face lxfe now How many txmes haxe we heard those words before? We re b1g we re grown up We know that the moon mtseli does not shme but we shme because we have absorbed and are now ready to reflect lxght and h1pp1ness to those about us