Eastern Mennonite School - Shenandoah Yearbook (Harrisonburg, VA)

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A Prayer upon Graduation fApologies to Kiplingj God of our youth, Lord of might- Thou, by whose grace our fathers reared A standard boldly for Truth and Right, When error Haunted with fire and swordf- Grant us to stand in the ardor of youth, Faithfully-Valiant for the Truth! Forsooth, the world forgets its woe, And scorns the creed of peace and love, To quell the hate of tyrant and foe, Knows only the war-visaged scowl of love. Grant us to stand in the strength of youth, Fearlessly-Valiant for the Truth! We hear thc call of mart and boothg From farm and school the luring strain lntrigues the strength and zest of youth. But sin-bound souls and Calvary constrain !-- Grant us to enlist our talents of youth, Zealously-Valiant for the Truth! Lord, if in battle for Truth and Right, The foe o'erwhelms with blinding fraud, Though our comrades tremble, yield in fright, We'll trust in the power and truth of Thy Wordg We'll dare to rally in the faith of our youth, Victoriously-Valiant for the Truth! -Irvin Horst. Page rVi11L'f!'L'l1

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Chester Lehman Wenger College Bible I, II, IV FENTRESS, V1RoiNiA Tha :nun who farm 'what hr muxf II'ifl1 stef fP'1'1tlIIf7lIt11Il' and a lzrarl nf t'lIL'L'I'.U Iligh School Ii. Ill. S., 19341 Junior College E. M, S., 19361 Bridge- water College, 1939: Smithsonian: Mixed Chorus I, IV: Mcn's Chorus I: lNehster Society II: Y. P. C. A. Cabinet I, II, IV: Avian I, IVg Astralite II, Class President IV. Edna Elizabeth Wenger junior College Bible I, II Lrzimm, PENNsx'LvAN1.x nlfIl'lIL'l' in all strcugtli and .m'vvt11vs.r Grows the .vtri'z'iug .muI. Upper Leacoek Iligh School, l934g Smithsonian: Avian I, II: Seriblerus II, Mixed Chorus I, IIQ Y. P. C. A. Cabinet II: Associate Journal Editor IIg Avian Secretary I. Martha Huber Wikerd College Bible III, IV I,I'rVrz, PENNsYI.vANm Bc liafvfvy, buf be lzafvpy Hiraugh p1'efy. Rothsville High School, 19301 Millersville State Teachers' College, 19325 Smithsoniang Avian IVQ Astral III, IV, Mixed Chorus III. Elma Hershberger ' My - Iunior College Bible A Musomfx, T. T., BRITISH Eixsr AFRICA Put any bzn'dr'n ulvon mv, only susfain me. Send me anvwlzerv, only qo with uw. .5'0z'er ami fir but the om' that binds me Tn T11 v sezvirc and to Thy hr'ar't.'l IC. BI. S. High School 'ZSQ State Teachers' College, Harrisonburg. Virginiag St. Joseplfs Hospital, Lancaster, Pennsylvania '33. Puge liiglztvm

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lP1resiiden1t's Address GQ ig N THE WORLD about us hatred and bloodshed abound. Our whole fs- -il nation is stretching every muscle to make instruments of war. Every nation seems threatened both from without and Within. Men are filled with despair. What a contrast is this scene of happy faces, radiant with t T T-1 inward joys and peace, trusting in the King Eternal! Here Christian love binds us one to the other as filial love does the home. For the sake of the occasion let us think of this group as one large, happy family. Already we are members of an earthly family and I trust the family of God, but within this new family each also has a place. Some are fathers. Some are mothers. Some are children. And at present E. M. S. is the home we claim. Fathers are those of you who have provided the means for erecting this home and through days and years of toil have met expenses as they arose. We may think of the Board of Trustees as the father of this institution, but they only repre- sent the much larger group of you who have given liberally to make this school possible, and the still larger group who are supporting with your interest and prayers. All such are fathers to this home and family. , The term alma mater means, fostering mother. Such a mother, E. M. S., you have been to us, showing kindness and thoughtfulness in a thousand ways. In the routine duties of supplying delicious meals and washing the weekly laundry you 'have been faithful. In providing for our spiritual life you have been scrupulously careful. Time would fail to tell of the many prayer groups, devotions, Bible meet- ings, and evangelistic services. For mental, social, and physical development you have made the lessons hard, the socials uplifting, and t'he exercise invigorating. We can never thank you enough, O Alma Mater, for the good things you have done in caring for us as children. You, especially, the faculty, have been as a mother, self-sacrificing and loyal. Yes, there are children in the family and many of them! Students and alumni, you are the sons and daughters. Some of you have come home for reunion. Others are preparing to take leave and still others have yet a number of years to labor with patience. Let us not forget that this our foster home is far more than a temporary place of abode. It is a training camp of the Church of Christ. It serves as do the training camps of the nation to prepare youths for active warfare. Theirs is a drilling for carnal warfare, but ours, a preparation for spiritual warfare. Many in the warfare now could gladly testify to the value of the years spent in training under this roof. Fellow classmates, tonight, we represent the son who is about to leave his training camp and plunge into a great war. Our friends have come to celebrate the farewell with us. The battle 'has long been raging for truth and righteousness. Already we have had a few engagements with the enemy, but the time has arrived for a challenging conflict. As we depart for the battle-front can you not see the anxious faces of father and mother where they stand in the doorway at home? Is that not t'he position of the Board and Faculty of Eastern Mennonite School? Sad news it would be to them and all our dear friends for any to desert -to the foe. Worse news it would be for one to become a traitor. O God, forbid that any in this class of '41 should suffer defeat from the enemy of our souls. Grant to each of us always a real victory in t'he battle for Truth. Thy Word is Truth. -Chester L. Wenger. Page Twenty