Gnadenhutten High School - Goal Yearbook (Gnadenhutten, OH)

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12 THE GOAL THE GOAL. Punuslmu ANNUALLY nv 'run HIGH Scnnoi. or GNADENHUTTEN, OHIO. '18 Raymond F. Peter '17 BUSINESS MANAGER ..... Walter Barnes Enrron ....,........ . . llflorence Johnson '17 Assocuvrn Emmons . .. In Herbert Gray ,18 - f Nellie Walton '19 '18 17 Helen lininilton 1. . .Esther l'e-try Cnnss Emmons 4... ...' - ATHLETIC Emron .. .. Ralph Johnson '18 'l'anAsuima . . . . I.ucy McConnell '17 5 .. Grace Wlnelnnrl '17 , , .. Mamie Mathews '18 BUBSCRIPTION AG T5 .. Helen Hamilton '18 . Grant Uumbauld '19 Vol.. 8 MXY 29. 1917 PRICE 1Ut7're Pnmfsn AT TH: PRESS PRINT SHOP GNADENHUTTEN, - ' OHIO EDITORIAL REMARKS to tender our any wise con- this magazine, source of grati- fication to its readers and those who have so kindly added to its interest with their communications, not forgetting the advertis- ers, who have made its publication a possi- bility Hnancially. Our business manager did his work well and deserves special mention. We are indebted to Miss Alma Kinsey for our frontispiece, it is the familiar view of the hill beyond the south end of Walnut street. We deem it a pleasure thanks to all who have in tributed to the success of which we believe will be a Our nation is now facing a crisis. People are horriiied at the Waste of human life, but though we are a peace-loving nation we must stand up for our national honor. We must stand firmly behind the president. Everywhere you hear people say, If they need me I will go. This is the right spirit and the true American way. Whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. The ungodly are not so. --tPsalms 16 parts of 3rd and 4th verses.J This quotation is a statement so befitting the life of a pupil, that it must have been expressly written for him. It does not mean that the school tasks of a pupil who loves God will be accomplished without effort. But the pupil will be endowed with a strong desire and determination to accomplish them by the help of God. This promise :hould be a very precious one to the young man or woman whose desire and duty it is, to make the world better for those living in it. . The idea, that to prosper is to merely ac- cumulate the riches of this world, is courted only by narrow and selfish people, who expect to receive their reward in this life only, regardless of the next. The truly prosperous person is he, who receives spiritual riches. Near the close of life is not the time to make sure that you shall prosper-your chance is nearly gone then-but in the morning of life is the time. lt is sad indeed that we lind such a small number of young people who are really claiming this promise and so many others that God offers. The education-moral and intellectual-- of every individual must be chiefly his own work. How else could it happen that young men who have had precisely the same op- portunities should be continually presenting us with such diiferent results and rushing to such opposite destinies? Difference of talent will not solve it, because that differ- ence is very often in favor of the disap- pointed candidate. It is perseverance that helps form the foundation of character so essential in all our dealings with our fellow- men. Opportunities rarely come to us without some degree of effort. You will see coming from the walls of the same college, and sometimes from the bosom of the same fanl- ily, two young men,' of whom one shall be admitted to be a genius of high order, while the other not. You are compelled to recog- nize the genius sinking and perishing in poverty of effort in the one, while in the other, a determination to plod his slow but sure way up the hill of life, gaining stead- fastly at every step, and mounting at length to eminence and distinction-an ornament to his family, a blessing to his country.

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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,

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1 THR-1 noir. 13 Now' whose work is this? l I V U, 1 -Manifestly their own. Men.are the archi- tects of their respective fortunes.1 l The de- sire to be truly great, must be our standard, then comes the effort to reach that mark, and the Golden Opportunity will 'be yours, if- you persevere, for no one ever failed, who tried hard to reach the goal. ,N 1 VVe, The Boosters of t.he'G.' H. S. have inet a condition, thwarting our efliciency as well as reputation. Unfortunately some of-the pupils have be- come discouraged and to all appearances, have concluded their school career. What a gross mistake, at the very outset of life. aid one they may not befable to correct. If you wish to be successful, a. good educa- tion is absolutely essential. You will dis- cover that when seeking employment, for lrequently one of the questions asked 'is Have you a high school Certificate? Not that you are then supposed to have attained unto all knowledge, but that perseverance linked with good coxnmon sense have prompted your motives thus far, opening the door to greater opportunities. I heard a pupil remark, If I do not pass I will quit school. Parents come to the rescue, what a privilege and duty- is yours 'to en- courage and even compel such 'a' child 'o continue despite adverse circuznstances. Use your parental authority-issue the de- cree and forestall a calamity. Such a i.iis- fortune might have befallen many, had not parents interfered and induced them to con- tinue. If thou hast sipped from the cup of win- dom, many more cups shall not quench thy thirst. , Standing on the threshold between schowl days and life's school the seniors are given to reflection. Looking Lackward they seo ing- happy days that are gone and realize the opportuilties that are lost. The future looks bright but vcry uncertain. Each and cxery one hopes to attain some high ideal. Now they realize the value of an tduca- t.on, and are eager to press on to larger iields and learn more. To the discourage-l youths behind them they would say, Make the uiost of your present opportunities nt- ttnd faithfully to your studios and you will Igexfr rt-get it. On the evening of April 11th, while the large crowd of both old and young of this village and neighborhood that had gathered in the Town Hall Square, to witness the llag-raising, were singing the Star Spangled Banner, led by our band, Old Glory was unfurled to the breeze. Immediately there- after, five of the seven infantry-men detailed to this place, to guard the railroad bridge, tired a. salute to the flag, and then all re- paired to the Hall, which was neatly draped with flags and bunting, for the occasion. The meeting was presided over by the Mayor, Mr. J. M. Wheland, America was sung, prayer led by Rev. J. E. Weinland, and stirring addresses were delivered by lv.l8SbI'S. W. H. Stoutt, of The Chronicle, and Atty. G. W. Reed, both of Uhrichsville. both of the speakers were given the closest attention by the entire audience which coni- pietely filled the hall, and the frequent ap- plause indicated the fact that all fully un- derstood the gravity of the present national situation, so that when tho closing song, the battle tiynin of the Republic was sung, all present seemed to believe that iii- deed- God is marching on,' that o.i.n c...- ze.i-old or young-at this time has an in- dividual duty to perform, and that it niusi be resolutely discharged. Un Saturday evening about 6.30, Good Will Uouncil, Jr. U. U. A. Al. presented a new this to the Public Schools, which was unturled from a staff projecting from the Library win- dow at the school house, while our band play - ed The Stal-Spangled Banner. The presenta- tion was made by Mr. ltlnier Siinniers tclassof 19009 anieinber of the council, and was ac- cepted by Piol. Sindlinger in behalf of the school. The large company then innrclued to the 'l own Hall, where the Hon A. U. ltutf of Dover inadenn impressive patrioticaddress, Mr. A. Pfeiffer' presided at the meeting. The Senioicassisled by th Junior and l iur-h- man boys, gave Slmkespe :rubs famous Ihr- ' . Comedy of Eiroi's as their clacsplnli inthe Town Hall on lfiiday uenii g, May 25Ih. On thc following day, the 20th, aschool pic- nic was hcld, at which the Newcoineistown highschool team plug cd against out boys.