Franconia Mennonite School - Laureate Yearbook (Souderton, PA)

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l 0I'l'l ik? .sidoof gourd Dear Graduates: In the course of life there are many stepping stones. We, the Board of Trustees, congratulate each of you for successfully reaching this stepping stone in your life, the completion of ten years of school work. Schooling is a necessary part of every individual's life. In this present fast moving society, with its temptations and worldly attractions, you need to be equipped. You need a certain amount of secular knowledge to properly and profitably discharge your responsibilities in your vocation in life. You need a growing and a never ending amount of spiritual knowledge and equipment to help you remain firm for Christ when the Adversary faces you through the impacts he makes on you in every area of life. You need wisdom, knowledge, and understanding to prepare you to meet problems and to make decisions in life. Our Franconia Mennonite Day School is dedicated to the task of supplying you with this secular and spiritual equipment through Christian teaching and Bible study. During the school years spent at F. M. S. we believe that you have applied yourselves in your studies and availed yourselves of the opportunities afforded you in our school program. As you leave F. M. S. for further schooling or to begin a lifeis vocation, allow Christ to be your constant Guide. Accept the advice of the great Apostle Paul to Timothy. I Tim. 4: 12 - Let no man despise thy youth .... May you say with the psalmist: The Lord is my shepherd . . . Psalm 2311. Remember the words of Jesus. John 15 :5 . . . for without me ye can do nothing. Board Chairman, Russell B. Musselman 8

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rincilaa! ana! .xdoluiziorh eddage Dear Graduates, You are the fifth and the largest tenth-grade class to receive diplomas from our school. The experience of graduation will bring you a rightful satis- faction. However, a diploma will not assure your success and happiness in life unless it represents more than scholastic achievement. As you leave, it is our hope that the influences of the school terms you have enjoyed may have strengthened your character, broadened your vision, lifted your ideals, and created within you a deep desire to know and to do God's will. In his words of Proverbs 526, the wise man has given a sure guide for happy living: In all thy way! acknowledge Him, and He Jloall direct thy paths. As yet you do not know all of the ways you will be traveling. But God does. Have the courage to place your life unreservedly into His hands and look forward with confidence to the plan He will reveal for your highest happiness and greatest service. Richard Detweiler l O