Gnadenhutten High School - Goal Yearbook (Gnadenhutten, OH)

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1U THE GOAL. PROCRASTINATION Procrastination is the thief of time. Many valuable minutes are lost and many opportunities neglected because of proscrati- nation. If we were to study carefully the lives and early training of many of our great men, we would find that they were trained to prompt and courteous obedience. History affords many examples of wasted opportunities. The greatest battle that ever was fought, the battle of Waterloo, was lost because one man was slow to obey orders. When the South seceded Buchanan feared the crisis and strove to avoid the critical period as long as possible. But our great president, Abraham Lincoln, when he was elected took immediate steps to bring the southern states back into the union. There is always a place ready for the man who is ready for it. In this age of the world-he who can do a thing well and do it possible is the one who the quickest way will succeed. Our American public will not wait on any man Procrastination to make up his mind. is caused by a motive of laziness, which in itself is to be discouraged. Someone has said, never put off till tomor- row the things you have to do now. To- morrow is doubtful and uncertain. Now is your golden opportunity, then let us be quick and eager to do what is required of us now, and the future will take care of itself. Florence Johnson The Future of American Music Strange as it may seem, the engines of war now being used in Europe are mostly of American make. The machine-guns, the submarines, the airoplanes are all products of American genius, and so itdoes not seem strange to learn from the refugees, that the troops of all waring countries, have been marching to battle fields, to the tune of Sousa's marches. Although America has always devoted herself to industry and commerce, still she has not altogether lost sight of the artistic world. One of the best signs of musical advance- ment is the fact, that young composers are springing up all over '-our country, and not only -writing for the money they -get out of it, but because they love it These young composers of America are not imitators, and do not copy after Strauss or Beethoven, but has write their own ideas. This fact, as been proven ages ago in the history of the world, is a great step towards success in anything. America at the present time is looking on with horror at conditions in Europe, where music is drowned out by the cannon's roar. She is now in many ways the hope of the world and must see- to it that high -standards and ideals predominate over selfishness, pride and commercialism, and among other things make greater efforts in bettering the ideals in the musical world. Lucy McConnell -1- TH-E WOMAN OF T0-DAY Thruout the Union, women organized and unorganized are preparing to offer their services to the government, and meetings are 'being 'hold in many cities and towns thruout the United -States. who .have joined the'Red America. The medical profession lowed by men only, every of women studying medicine increases. lt has always been the popular opinion that women do not have nerves strong enough to beasurgeon, but men have found out that her power of endurance and fortitude is on a par with that of the sterner sex. The woman of today is making history as well as man, remember we have a woman in congress, an aviatorix, and in Colorado, the women are even now demanding that they be allowed to sit as jurors, in order that justice be given to the women and chil- dren. This shows that since she is doing the same work as man, she should have equal suffrage. Let us look at the women in Europe, and see -what they are doing during this great war. Women are taking the places of men un the farm, in the factories, on the street cars, railroads and in every walk of life. Womenare no longer looked upon as in- ferior, butnas. equals of the sterner sex. -She is the builder of the home, the counselor of her -husband, and the guiding star of her children. Eunice Huston There are many Cross Society of is no longer fol- year the number

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THE CLASS SONG. l. We, class ol' seventeen of the G. ll. S. Are happy on this commencement night. We love the high school of Gnadenhuetten. Rah! rnhl rahl our class colors, green and lwhite. 2. l irst we were Freslime-n, so shy and so lnlshful, Then jolly Juniors, then Seniors so gay. 'l'her'es Lucy, Grace. Esther, Zola and Daisy Eunice, Lulu, 'Florence and lastly Ray. Cuonus. Now l'rom our high school days we're departing, Different ways in life we'll pursue. We bid farewell, a farewell to G. H. S. A kind farewell, a kind farewell to you. Hail cluss of seventeen, hail G. H. S. Rah! rah l rahlour class colors,green and white. We love the high school of Gnndenhuetten- We are the kind who will always do right. CLASS HISTORY We, the original members of the Class of '17 entered into school life in the year 1906. The first two terms were passed very pleas- antly under the kind instruction of Miss Rice who showed more patience than we We deserved. We then passed thru the second room by the guidance of Miss Cummings. She was firm but always kind and willing to help us out of our petty trials, of which there were no small number. Only one year were we permitted to hold Miss Conner as our teacher, which seemed very short indeed, for she was just like a chum to each one of us. So in the fall of 1910, we faced a great crisis,-we were to lose our last lady teacher. We were very fearful of Mr. ,Kennedy at first, but he soon proved to us that our fears were unfounded. After two years, we were permitted to go upstairs with the same teacher. Of course we felt very important when we reached this point, but we were to reach still greater heights than this in the High Schoolj GOAL. ll School life became more pleasant to us on account of the morning exercises in the high room. This was quite new to us and was made more pleasant at this time by the purchase of a piano. Mr. Kennedy held us strictly to our duties and saw that all lessons were throughly lcarncd. Besides this, there was, lcssf, suflicient time for little jobs antries. ln the fall of 1914, we, a class of thir- teen in number, entered the High School where Mr. Bcgland was our Superintendent and Mr. Sindlinger our Principal. Here is where we have spent some of our happiest days. We felt very green in the Fresh- man grade beside all those wise Juniors. Our greatest difficulty seemed to be in get- ting our Latin, but since then we realize that we were not so weak as we thought. The next year we became jolly Juniors and wc did have a jolly time, listening to thc Freshies recite Latin, also enjoying Mr. Sindlinger's jokes. Several class meetings were held this year, when we elected the following oflicersz Florence Johnson, presi- dent, Grace Wheland, secretary and Ray- mond Peter, treasurer. We also chose our class colors, green and white and our class flower, Lily-of-the-Valley. Near the close of this term we gave a re- ception in honor of the class of '16 at the home of Miss Grace Wheland. An enjoy- able evening was spent in games, contests and music. Our Senior year is now at its close and it has been a very pleasant one, with Mr. Sindlinger as our Superintendent. Only once have we met with any serious incident. This took place when 'one of our members was inclined to leave our ranks, but the engagement was broken and we still have our friend with us. There are nine members in our class: one boy and eight girls, with three original mem- bers, Luey McConnell, Zola Saunders and Florence Johnson. And now as we bid farewell to the dear old High School, we wish to express our appreciation for all the efforts of our teach- ers in guiding us to this Goal and we sin- cerely hope that our walk in the great School of Life may be worthy of the stan- dards held up by the G. H. S. Zola L. Saunders neverthe- and pleas-

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T IUC GOAL 1 1 CHOOSING A VOCATION We should all choose our vocation as early in life aw possible, in order that all our enmrgies may be directed towards the cultivation of those talents, which will help us in our calling. One may possess the most excellent gifts, yet if our efforts in their cultivation are divided, we can never expect to accomplish what we had hoped to. Care should be taken in choosing our vocation, it should be one into which we can put our whole soul, for it is then only, that wc will use our best effort because we believe in it and feel that it is worthy of our undivided energy. There are always difficulties and draw- backs, to be found in every occupation, yet it is the overcoming of them that really tests the worth of the man. When this country was new, the pioneers had to have a smatttring of knowledge along all lines, but now this is no longer necessary, and the history of all localities plainly shows, that he yy ho has only the one main purpose in view, has learnt the first lesson neces- sary for a successful career. This is an age of specialties, and it is only he who faith- lully follows out his natural inclination who becomes a.i experteit is these who are al- ways in demand. The lower walks of life are crowded, because there are so many who are content with their present accomp- lishments and do not have the ambition to seize their chance for something better. Competition is strong, and it is therefore such who, after they have chosen their vo- cation and then fitted themselves for it, who do not have to give way for others or fall out of the race altogether. Lulu Rupert ll HOME Home is the magic circle within which the weary spirit finds refugeg it is the sac- red asylum to which the care-worn heart retreats to find rest from the toils and in- quietudes of life. If you were to start out and ask every- one what home meant to them, you would no doubt find many different answers. lf you should ask a lone wanderer as he plods along his way, bent with age, he would probably tell you, lt is a green spot in memory, or an oasis in the desert, and oh! how he loves to talk of home. It seems like heaven to him to visit the old home, arid in a dream live his childhood over again. If a child were asked what home meant to himg he would tell you it was all the world to him and he knew no other. It is the spot where he pours out all his com- plaints and it is the grave of all his sor- rows. . Home has an influence which is stronger than death. It is law to our hearts and binds us with a spell which neither time nor change can break. Home should be the sacred refuge of our lives whether rich or poor. Among the poor the affections and love are the great- est and they make the beautiful and grace- ful things of life. Home stands at the end of every day's labor and beckons to us. lt is the one great object of life and the chief school of hu- man virtue. ' But taking all these things together with- out home friends, home is nothing but a name. Everything that is good, kind, or noble is linked either with mother, home, or heaven. God bless our homes, for any nation that holds and keeps them pure, holy and un- stained need not fear decay or stagnation. Grace E. Wheland AIM OF LIFE lt is the aim in life that makes the man and without this he is nothing. To accomp- lish great things, it is necessary that we should have a high aim in life, Whatever a man's talents and advantages may be, if he has no aim, or only a low one, he is weak and worthless. Without some definite object before us, some standard which we are earnestly striving to reach, we cannot expect to attain to any great heights either mentally or morally. We do not realize to what heights and noble accomplishments we can attain and on this account often fail in being what we long to be. We must not place high stan- dards for ourselves and hope to reach them without any further efforts on our part. God Vonlliiued on page to lsl column,