East Lansing High School - Ceniad Yearbook (East Lansing, MI)

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Presidenfs Address It is with great satisfaction that the class of '97 comes before you this time, as it marks the completion of four long years of study and perseverance, by which we trust we are fitted to take up life's work with greater zeal and enthusiasm, and a greater probability of success. There are some among us who will doubtless go to higher seats of learning but to the majority this is the last of our school days. As we look back over the four years which we have just completed. we regret that we are so soon to part from the halls where we have passed so many pleasant hours. and a feeling of sorrow comes over us as We think that the friendly faces of our classmates will be seen only in the eye of memory. But We feel confident it is for the best that each of us should now go the Way for which he is most adapted. It is with sadness that We part yvith our teachers who have guided our steps toward knowledge, as Well as our steps in the halls, with carefulness and firmness. And we shall look back upon them as true helpers toward the goal of our ambition with a feeling of respect and love. and We will judge their little follies and shortcomings with consideration, remembering that to err is humang to forgive. divine. XYhile our memory draws us back to these scenes so pleasing. and so indelibly painted on our minds, imagination carries us forward and pictures the triumphs yet to come. Still we do not forget that our work is but Well begun. The habits of study. perseverance and observation acquired here are as necessary as the steam to an engine. and Will doubtless remain with us. It is this

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Senior Orations has been the musicq the class has greatly enjoyed and appreciated the various selections of the musicians who so kindly rendered them, and desires herewith to express its gratitude. .20 The Senior Class, although it is practically bankrupt, has still done all in its power to give THE ORACLE a most liberal support. The pictures of the class, which were paid for by its members individually, While making THE GR.-XCLE much more valuable to themselves, Will also. we hope, make it more attractive for all friends and patrons of the school. .al It has finally been deemed Wise by the Board of Education to elim- inate Greek and Mythology from the High School courses, and hereafter these studies will not appear in the school curriculum, but those who have commenced Greek Will be allowed to continue it for one year. This will necessitate a change in the arrangement of classes, and when this is made, the number of hours per day Will probably be short- ened a little, and Mythology taught with the regular English work. .al The school can number one more organization, formed this year, in the Greek Letter Fraternity, the Phi Alpha Delta. Much smaller schools have fraternities and we see no reason why this cannot be made a permanent organization of the school. '

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habit of study which, we trust, we have acquired, that is to be most valuable in the future. Not the exact knowledge which is acquired here is of the most worth to a student, but the habits formed in acquiring this knowledge. A Latin lesson may not be of any practical use to a large majority of students, but the habits which should be formed during the learning of this lesson are of infinite value. That the same discipline of mind, received from practical studies would be better for a student, is admitted, but that the same discipline can be so attained is not readily apparent. But do not let us forget that the High School is not the broadest field of study, but that the High School work needs the four years of college to make it complete. The college stands in the same relation to the High School as the High School to the Grammar Grades. There is a more close and personal contact in college than elsewhere and the friendships formed here are most lasting. But let us remember that there are some things more desirable than an education, for instance, honesty and uprightness of character and even if we do not reach the goal of our ambitions in study, still the consciousness of moral integrity is best of all and we hope that the laws of right living have been learned by us in such a manner as to make us worthy the respect of our friends. In the sweet bye-and-bye when the High School will not be as high fin airl as We have found it, a future graduating class will have to thank the liberality of Lansing's citizens for a more comfortable and convenient building. For ourselves, we are to be congratulated that we have come through our breathless experience alive and well. WILBUR JUDSON.