Falls City High School - Orange and Black Yearbook (Falls City, NE)

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THE SENIORS' FAREWELL. It is somewhat with lachrymose and regret-tinged feeling that a student bids farewell forever to an institution which has fostered four of his happiest years, which has garnished his happiest days, and which has 'polished the ma- chinery of his mind. The years there spent decided the future, and fast and fleeting as the ver- dant spring, they have moved on and now they are at the verge of the abyss of tomorrow. Down the long hall of evolution have these de-parting classmtn passed and now deluded and filled with inutterable indecision and dubious of tomorrow do they await the drum-beat of the forever passing army of civiliza- tion and progress. The time has come when they, too, must fall in line and march on. So with regret these creatures of the tricks of time are in a new phase of hu- man development. Their plastic minds, after serious contemplation, will re- produce an image of beauty and inspiration. The elements in their personali- ties will properly affiliate and result in a sound symmetric whole. They will always cherish their school days, the first Heeting years of their lives, and will hold dear those events and persons associated with them during that time. They have learned to accept farewell as being in the illimitable course of things. They have learned that each new meeting brings but parting pain, and that reconciliation and forgetfullness must alone exist in hearts re- signed to lot and destiny. But a certain halo will always rest upon the memory of their school which has almost become a part of themselves, these children of today, who are the men of tomorrow. But as the years come and go, so liloewise will other classes experience the same inexpressible feeling. A bond of brotherhood always exists when a mu- tual memory of happy school days abides in each separate one of them. Such memories will not be morbid or lachrymose sentimentalities, but will be the recreating of care-tarnished minds in the future dubious tempest of to- morrow, when the memories of the past will have become lost to the present. The period of examination is over. the most trying period of teachers and students. Of course some have failed: but let these not be discouraged, but take new life and try again. The plugger is a fellow who gets there by and bv. Let your defeat be a stepping-stone to success in your project. The bees do not desist gathering the honied nectar for the hive. when they find the choicest of the comb stolen after all their incessant labors. No, they perseverse and con- tinue their toil. This mediocrity will give way to advancement and a stronger nation will evolve from pgymies into intellectual giants and men of prow- ess. NVe do not grow by spasms but inches, and when we are fully grown we are perfect, fully developed and normal. Students of the H. S.. the Orange and the Black is an opportunity, a privi- lege. and a necessity. Shall it survive or die? You must answer the question. There are possibilities in its utility that can not fairly suffocate beneath the waves of nonchalance and non-support. In plain words, you must stand by your guns or the paper will fall apart and cease to exist. for a paper cannot be nour- ished on disinterest. It is an individual matter with each of you, so please do not shirk the personal responsibility. Subscribe. and pay for your subscription. Speak a good word for it.. and arouse interest in your friends. If you, each, do this an animate paper will be the result. and the wheels will not become clogged. The staff this year have taken pleasure in their work. and have hopes for the future of the paper. They appreciate the efforts of those who have had in- terest and only hope that the others will do likewise. Boost your paper. and you boost your school. Orange and Black Annual P090 Eleven Y 'i Ev