Gnadenhutten High School - Goal Yearbook (Gnadenhutten, OH)

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THE GOAL Q 15 The smoke and vapors seemed to go in curls now, but I soon noticed that they were forming the picture of an ideal vine covered cottage. Bertha was sitting in the parlor at the piano, singing. and everything seemed peaceful about her. She had been married and was living in perfect contentmentg casting her love over all the place and using her inHuence over the whole village. I now seemed to hear strains from a distant band, and now I see the band to be the best one in the world, and having Herbert Gray as its leader. Indeed he is called 'The Second Sousa. The vapors grew thinner now. and all I saw was a large school house on a hill, and in it I saw my own fate. Frances Hamilton. nnuuuuuuuunmx SUCCESS lg t N N ' QHAT is Success? Success in life consists in 3 W 5 the proper development of those faculties g Cod has given us. The young man who U ' mil masters his business is the one who lives cleanly and purely, who devotes his leisure time in the acquiring of knowledge, who never gets into debt. There are some who are continually blaming fate for their reason oftailure in many undertakings. If a person has prospercd or no, he is said to have had good luck or bad luck, as the case may be. Or very often the term brilliancy is applied as the cause of a manls sueeessg when eventually we come to find that the real cause is honest. earnest labor. lndustry leads to pros- perity. Une eminent man has said that he attributed his own success to clinging to the resolution to avoid all speculation. Let us look back into historyg we have some splen- did examples of great men who have distinguished themselves, largely lhrn difficulties and hardships and sell' denials. which they passed thru during their youth. Study the lite of Lincoln and also many othersg they sat up late and arose early to perform daily their im- portant duties. and doing the work, in which, if it were given a man of the present age, he would probably re- quire three days. 'Ihis is the path which many have trod, and even tho' it was thorny, perseverance led them on to the goal. Flora Drnmm. innuu num: ECONOMY U W 5CONf7MY is the parent ofintegrity, of liber- ty. of ease, of cheerfulness, and of health. E ltis forseeing contingences and providing D '5 against them. At the present time one of the great questions is economy. We must save and do everything along this subject to help win this great struggle for democracy. We do not like stinginessg we donlt like economy, when it comes down to rags and starvation. We have no sympathy with the notion that the pooo man should hitch himself to a post and stand still, while the rest of the world moves forward. We do not mean that a man should deny himself of all amusements, every recreation, every comfort, for the simple reason that he may become rich. Save your pennies and help win the warl' is the cry of many. All pennies should be saved and put in thrift stamps, lib- erty bonds and many helpful organizations. g'Be not weary in well doing. When life seems darkest and we are burdened with high prices-just pause a minute on the busy path of life and throw a glimpse at our boys in France who are shedding their life-blood for you and me, although it is impossible for us to go the front. We may do our bit by using economy in the home. Mayme E. Matthews. A FRENCH HEROINE ? ' QUE was a little French girl with more than 5 S 3 the usual pluck and courage. Her boy 5 i husband had gone to the front. Now she 5 'U sat on the front step of their tiny home and wondered how she could do her bit. Weeks had passed since she had heard from her husband, and she had almost given up all hope of ever seeing him again. Their men were constantly being pushed back by the eruel and heartless Huns, and already hundreds of aged men and women and tiny boys and girls were seeking refuge in her own home town. She worked day and night giving food to refugees and trying in every way possible to make them comfortable. In the distance, she could hear faintly the boom of the guns and she knew that it would not be long until she too must leave her cozy home and seek refuge elsewhere. This was not such :1 difficult task foralone woman, but as it was she had an aged mother and she had taken a tiny baby into their home whose father was at the front and whnse mother hid died from exhaus- tion and exposure. As the sound of guns came nearer, she knew it was flee or die a horrible death. She was not afraid of death, but death at the hand of the Huns was more than she could allow her poor old mother or the tiny baby to endure. Une dark night. with the baby in her arms and sup- porting her mother the best way possible. they started to a safer home. After a two days' journey her mother died of exposure. Some kind French peasant helped her to lay her mother to rest, azyfagai-n she started for safety. Having lost her motheiblslte determined to get the baby in a good home and then be ofas much service as she could in nursing the wounded Wd car- ing for the homeless children.

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14 THE GOAL We were now pronounced qualified for promotion to the fifth grade which is taught in the third room. We entered this year's work with twenty earnest members, with our strict but excellent teacher, Mr. Kennedy. The next fall we were moved to the other side ofthe room and found that we had another new teacher, Miss Edith Petry. Things went smoothly this term and we received our certificates, which promoted us to a higher and more honorable class, as we deemed it, because were permitted to go up that long flight of stairs. A great step for us, indeed! We felt almost 'igrown up when our class of sixteen members filed out of our room into the High School room for morning exercises. Mr. Kennedy was again our instructor and thus helped to put on the finishing touches to our work prepara- tory for the High School. It was in the eighth grade that a shy country lad, Russell Glass, entered our ranks and has proven himself a loyal classmate. At the eighth grade commencement our roll called for only twelve members. Upon entering High School several othersjoined us, bringing the total up to sixteen. Among these new ones were Esther Gardner and Katherine Kohler. Our chief instructor in this grade was Prof. C. A. Sind- linger. During this year Anna Shull dropped out. ln our Junior year we had only twelve tnembers, as Freda Thomas had moved to Tuscarawas. Helen Sproul had entered High School at Uhlichsville, and Grace Lewis had to leave school on account of sickness. During the summer vacation Prof. llegland resigned and Prof. Sindlinger took his place, giving him an op- portunity of talking Latin to us again. Also during the following summer Barnes moved away, so Walter was not with us in our Senior year, making a total of eleven, the number in our class at present. And now as our school days have drawn to a close, we will ever cherish the memory of those never-to hc- forgotten days. as well as the thoughts of the tt achers who were so dear to us. And as we depart from here, we the Class of ,ifl will ever strive to hear up the standards ofthe G. ll. S. Ralph IV Johnson. mntuminmintumr CLASS PROPHECY dew-'1'H'?NElieatttiful June afternoon l walked thru 2 O 3 a quiet wood, where differentcolored birds i 2 were singing their prettiest songs, in the DWF' 'HHN 'U newly robed trees, and many colored wild flowers blossomed-1 Everything seemed to be more beautiful than l' hadpggver seen them before. As l wallfeil ofnlgthru the wood, lcame to a small clearingtand there before me was a Gypsy camp. l stood-.gazing a moment, as the flashy dresses of the women attracted my attention. They seemed to be in keeping with all the wood about them because they all seemed to bein their very best mood. l hesitatingly advanced, and was surprised at the way they greeted me. Some spoke in their own tongue, while several greeted me in English. Indeed, they seemed too friendly to be real Gypsies. They showed me around the camps and each had something to show me, in which he was particularly interested. At last one old lady asked me to have tea with her, and told me she would give me a glimpse into the fi - ture ifl wished it. She took a kettle and we went off to a secluded spot. There she built a fire and placed the kettle of water on it. Then she sprinkled rasp- berry leaves and some other unknown herbs into it. The vapors now arose and seemed to envelop us. She now said the tea was ready, and such delicious tea I had never tasted. The scent of the flowers and the songs of birds seemed to be mixed in it. The remainder of the tea boiled over the fire and now she seemed ready to tell me so nething. First, there arosein the vapor a picture of a beautiful lady whom l recognized to be Mayme. Apparently she was the private secretary ofthe President of the United States. She had gone to Business College and had worked herself to this high position. She faded as the mists rose, and in her place stood llalph. He was standing in the pulpit of a magnificent church, preach- ing. He had gone to a Tlieologit-ul St-tninnry and was now preaching in the largest church in New York. Suddenly things were eliangetl, and l saw lit-fore me a large mansion, surrounded by rich farm land. Over this mansion Helen reigns in her queenly way. She had married a farmer and they had moved to their new home in the South. Next bt-fore me appeared a la-ge liriek building with boys and girls passing in and out. lt was at large lligh School building in which lfslht-r was a sut'u ssful Latin tear-her. Now. another farm nppearetl: Russell was an up-to- date scientihc farmer. He had gone to Ohio State University and had taken an Agricultural course and had come hcnie to settle on the farm. The kettle lioiled hard, the mists rose highs r. and now appeared an Art Store on Fifth Avenue of New York City. Flora, seizing her great opportunity, had opened this Art Store. And now Walter appeared in the .person of a great electrician and inventor. Ile had made an invention which had won the Worlds' Yfar for the United States and the Allies, and had brought peace again to the world. A large library now rose in the mists, and in itl saw Katherine sitting at her desk, she was a success- ful librarian in a large Carnegie Library.

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16 THE GOAL Upon her arrival in Paris she went immediately to the Red Cross headquarters and offered her services. She was accepted, the baby was placed in a good home and a few days later she was sent with several of the other nurses to one of the first aid hospitals. She had been there only a few days, when one eve- ning a soldier was brought to the hospital. who at first glance seemed to her to be literally shot to pieces. As she bathed the bloody mass from this particular sold- ier's face, with a start she recognized her husband. She was proud, happy, and grieved by turns. Proud of hers, her husband, glad to see him again, and grieved for fear she might have to lose him. But mod- ern physicians can do wonders and her husband was saved. Altho too badly crippled for further service at the front, he and his wife heroically helped at home, and soldiers are needed at home as badly as at the front. Grace Harrullon, '19 The Student, having learned where Treasure is, must work with Pick and Spade to make it hisf' THE IMPORTANCE OF LITTLE THINGS Q '5EGLECT of small things is the rock on I N 2 which the majority of the human race have 2 2 split. The happiness and success of eve- D 'll ry man depends on the little things as well as on the large things in life Character is built up on little things, well and honorably transacted. Those who learn nothing or accumulate nothing in life are failures, because they neglected little things. There has long been a popular belief in Luck, but like other popular notions it is gradually giving way. It is not luck, but labor, that makes men. Luck says an American author, is ever waiting for some- thing to turn upg labor, with keen eye and strong will, always turns up something. Neglect of little things has ruined many fortunes. The ship, which bore home the merchanfs treasure, was lost, because it was allowed to leave port with a very little hole in the bottom. It will do,', is the common phrase of those who neglect little things. It always means stopping short of the right thing. When small things are neglected, ruin is not far off. Therefore take care of the little things and the large things will take care of themselves. Russell Glass. 'tHe who cannot control himself will never control othersf, RIGHT AGAINST MIGHT g'Truth forever on the scaffold, Wrong forever on the throne. Yet that scaffold sways the future, And behind the dim unknown ---- Standeth Cod beneath the shadows, Keeping watch above His own. g '5NSTE,AI3 of clinging to an impossible neu- E 5 trality, America has once more entered in E I E a conflict which shall determine whether U ' '6 right or might shall prevail thruout the civilized world. Truth. Justice and Liberty are being balanced against Despotism. One principle has been at stake in all the struggles which Old Glory has passed thru and that ---- Right! She has passed from peace which had become a false and selfish peace, to war which has become the only alternative by which the world may realize the su- premacy of right over might. Her ideals are not in- volved but are being protected by the boys in kahki and the patriotic citizens. Right is a beautiful Goddess, holding in her left hand a balance, in the right a drawn sword. While confronting her is the Giant Might, drunk with the wine served him from the mirror Ego. Might has crushed the innocent and unsuspecting beneath his heel as he hastened on to the Goal of the autocrat. In his drunken leer he has said: Necessity knows no law and l am the judge of necessity. Right has determined that this monster should not make the world a cage of wild beasts, and after ministering to his victim she is now confronting him. The outcome is inevitable as is always the case when these two enemies clash. Helen C. Hamilton. SILENCE Q ?ll.l'1NClC is the most beautiful, eloquent and E S 2 perfect thingin this world. E g Again and again how soothing we hnd the U '9 silent sympathy, or how refreshing the cheery smile for tho' silent their meaning runs true and deep as the silent river, which year alter year holds the same course and steadily flows on. Anyone may obtain the art of agreeahleness by speech, yet how rich and rare is that personality which altho' saying little radiates cheer and even the magnet- ism of his nearness is enjoyment. Look about you and see the many persons who by their daily lives are teaching greater truths than the most eloquent speakers could ever utter. For in truth, the one Teacher of the World, Christ, has very few words recorded, yet, Uh! how beautiful and complete are the lessons taught by His deeds. Then in the great School of Life let us be thinkers and doers, speaking seldom but accomplishing great things.