Eau Claire High School - Beaver Tales Yearbook (Eau Claire, MI)

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difficulties will surround us. Whatever pursuits we may enter upon we must expect enemies, competitors, and misfortunes. But let us not allow this to cause our efforts to be failures. We cannot escape difficulties. They await us on every pleasure, every path and every pursuit. Will trouble be any excuse tor us to neglect opportunities when they come? If we do not neglect our oppor tunities when difficulties come, we invigorate our souls and become more strong. Then let us face the world with courage, and every time we have mastered a difficulty, feel we have won a victory on the pathway of our life. Consequently, Fellow Classmates, I leave the thought of this stanza as my final message to you: Before our feet the ways divide: One path leads up to heights sublime; Downward the other slopes, where bide The refuse and the wrecks of Time. Choose theny nor falter at the liney 0 choose the nobler path and Climb. Friends, we, the class of 1922, do most humbly thank you for coming and trust that you may have every cause to long remember with a thrill of pleasure the associations of this hour. But may we, too, ask you for your lenity and kindly sympathy, and crave from each of you the warm hand shake and the cordial smile, that will assure us of your joy at bidding us welcome, as we journey upon our various pathways which interwind among yours. Mary Ykttfr Calendar—continued from page 18 NOVEMBER 4—Meeting of Boys interested in Basketball II—Armistice Day. No school. Yes, it’s a peaceful day all right. 23— Harland Hoadley (reading Julius Caesar): “You are all Caesar’s hairs.” (heirs). 25—A great many visitors today. 28 Seniors order their class rings. 30—One third of the year gone. DECEMBER 2—Art Exhibit today. 8— Mr. Balfour has decided to take out his life insurance papers before the Juniors and Seniors have another class meeting and Florence Rosenberg leaves in a h-u-r-r-y! 9- Donald Clark chosen as veil master. “A voice like thunder strikes the » ear. —St. Joseph Lutheran’s scalp taken in Eau Claire’s first game. 14—Helen Richards (coming down stairs): “I wonder where—” Miss Skinner: “What are you looking for?” Helen: “Oh nothing, where’s Mr. Balfour?” 14-15—Very good programs by International Harvester Company. Lunch served by Juniors and Seniors. 16— Basket Ball games with Berrien Springs, Oirls’ and Boys’ games both in our favor. 21— First team loses at Niles. Only two games lost by them so far this season. 22— Seniors’ rings arrive today. We’re satisfied. 24— Two weeks vacation. Hurray! (Concluded on page 30) Ttv nt -tUfo

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impossible to pass through it. Quick as a flash Napoleon’s decision was made, and he said, “Then we will go.” They succeeded in passing over the mountains, rushed out into the plains of Northern Italy; won the battle of Marengo; and Napoleon was made Emperor of France. Had he lacked decision and only entered upon this project half- heartedly he would probably have failed, and the history of the world would have been different. Another illustration of the power of decision is Woodrow Wilson. He decided that the United States should enter the war; and, as a result today the American soldiers are honored, and the American flag is respected by our Allies and dreaded by our enemies. Decision is particularly important for us young people for without it we are almost sure to be foredoomed to failure. We should study carefully every condi- tion that confronts us, but having reached a decision go forward with firmness anil steadfastness and in the end success will be the final reward. Therefore let us make our decisions correctly as well as promptly. But besides our decision there must also be a character. We, therefore, must strive to build a character, that is an individuality which is the product of our nature, our habits, and our environments. This differs from a reputation in that it is what we are, while our reputation is what people think we are. Sometimes they are the same thing but more often they are vastly different. The building of character then must be the most important part of human life. Every act in life whether good or bad helps shape that. So it behooves everyone of us to establish good habits for the body, and good thoughts for the mind, that the most precious acquisition of our human being may be built upon a solid rock—or, in other words upon a good character. Therefore let us be decided in our opinions and courses of action and having chosen our road from a conviction that it is right suffer nothing to divert us from Train the mind! There is a clear evidence that the mind was made to teach us to act as the feet were made to walk. Truly education takes time, but it pays when we consider the time of life when the work of education ought to be done. The most costly education with the minimum of results to the individual, is the one which is picked up here and there as life presents opportunities, and as we improve them. Let us view for a moment the commercial world, and notice the relations of the educated and the uneducated men and their ultimate leadership. The United States Bureau of Education issued sometime ago a bulletin bearing the title, “The Money Value of Education.” The many graphic charts and illustra- tions of that discussion shows that with no schooling 31 persons out of 5,000,000 obtained distinction; with elementary schooling 808 out of 33,000,000 achieved a like level; with a high school education 1,245 emerged out of a group of 2,(XX),(XX); and with a college education 5,768 arrived at this point.out of a group of 1,000, (XX). . , , , Today we, as a civilized nation and as individuals, stand at the apex of pro- gress—built solidly upon the achievements of the past and looking foreward hope- fully on the problems of the future. New names have gone down in history and have taken their places in the progress of the world. Much remains to be done. 11 is our privilege then to obey and make the fundamental law, it is our duty to marshall all possible facts of education to improve this law; and above all, it is our privilege to invoke inspiration from on High to lead and point out the way. May we meet every issue that confronts us squarely, solve our every problem correctly and respond to every opportunity justly. May we, as individuals, thus press forward and take our places in the cycles of universal progress. Almost as soon as we place our feet upon the threshold of the busy world Ttvfnty-oru

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