Eagle River High School - Northern Trail Yearbook (Eagle River, WI)

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Page twenty-nine I THE NORTHERN TRAIL lPresident's Address THE TIME has come when the class of 1929 as an organization which has reached its goal will cease to exist as a class. It becomes my privilege, as well as my duty as president of my class, to present a message to the community in behalf of my classmates. At last the achievement for which we have been striving for the last 'twelve years has been reached. That achievement is a high school education, and its reward and symbol a high school diplomay iWe met with many tryling experiences and disappointments, but we have wit- nessed many joyous occasions also. No one but a person who has attend- ed high school can realize the good timesione can have, but on the other hand there are the discouragements and hard ta s ks one has to meet. We have had several difficult problems to solve, but the solving of these problems has been a great pleasure to us indeed. Sometimes as a class we have not always agreed among ourselves-there have been slight dis- sensions, but they have been like ripples on the brows of our faithful teachers over the caprices of this ever active and fun-loving class of ours. We are about to start out in life. Each has had an equal chance to secure knowledge to start with. Ignoring t h a t c h a n c e w a s j u s t a disadvantage to the individual himself. For four years our graduation ceremony has been the mark toward which we ha-ve climbed and our suc- cess has caused a certain feeling of pride! In this day and age we realize the significance of a high school education and its definite importance in this world of ours where many of the dfiiiicult problems of our lives must! be solved. Without it we are more liable to be a failure than a success-and to be a success is the ambition of us all. Many of us are planning to go on to higher institutions of learning to prepare ourselves for our life's work. Each year there are more young men and women receiving high school diplomas or those from higher in- stitutions, and we are reaching a stage where in order to hold a respect- able position a person must at least be a hi gh school graduate. We wish to impress upon your minds also, that we did not attend high school for the sake of getting out of doing work but more with the idea in mind that an education would fit us better for the future. We have chosen for our class motto Impossible Is Un-American. We all class ourselves as true Americans. The same can be applied to our school work. We all wanted to be true students and though many

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P if M ' THE NORTHERN TRAIL problems confronted us We solved them and found out that to say a thing is impossible is not the true student attitude. We consider that we have lived up to our motto in every way and expect to do the same in the future. y We realize too, that it was only through the sacrifices and aid of our parents that this education was possible. It is a debt that can never be paid in terms of gold and silver or fully repaid in any way. We can -only say that We appreciate all the things that they have done to make our education possible. Our teachers deserve the greatest of credit for their undying patience and' their willingness to give aid in the effort to help us secure the knowledge that was tour objective. Last, but not least, there are our fellow classmates. They made our irksome task a joyous one, and though all else be forgotten, their memory shall always be an inspiration and a great light in our lives. EDITH MCINTYRE. lasting Along 'th-e Beautiful Chain of Lakes Page thirty