Elston High School - Elstonian Yearbook (Michigan City, IN)

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OREW ORD In sending out these pages among the students of the Isaac C. Elston High School we wish to offer no apology for their imperfections. We, more than anyone else, realize that it is not a literary masterpiece, nor an artistic wonder, nor an uproar of mirth. But we stoutly maintain that it is a true representation of “you”; in its pages you can see your school life, your school loyalty, and your school ideals,—all reflected. Our purpose in setting forth this child of our fancy has been two-fold. In the first place, it is our desire to compile a volume which will, at the present, afford you amusement as you scan its pages, studying its pictures of yourself and your friends, or smiling at a quip, or enjoying a short stoi'y. But the prevailing purpose, the idea dominating the months of our arduous labor in the compilation of this book, has been to gather those pictures, stories, jokes and jingles which will reproduce the atmos- phere of these years, when the school building is the center of your social and intellectual life. And so, when the years have sped, and you are no longer a blithe maiden or a carefree youth, when your eyes have lost their brightness, and your cheek its pristine freshness, and you are left alone with your thoughts, you will open this volume, well-worn with frequent handling, and, as your trembling fingers turn the familiar pages, your eyes will brighten at the sight of former chums; and as you muse over the scenes of your happy school life, your memory, now fast failing, will be revived, and you will once more live through those days of sacred memories, of life-long impressions, and of enduring friendships. If, by our humble labors, we shall have accomplished this, our efforts, our trials, and our endeavors shall not have been in vain, and we shall be satisfied. —E. D. L.