Goshen High School - Crimson Yearbook (Goshen, IN)

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THE CRIMSON 23 extent in the building up of our nation. Our great leaders, such as Wasliiiigton and Lincoln, throughout their strenuous work for our country, first sought the right, and then trusting in the greatest of all powers, went through their task bravely. Faith, that quality which is foreign in its various forms to so many people, is another of the many attributes which we have come to recognize by means of our education. I say various forms, as it is used in many different senses, but probably one of the best of these is self-confidence, that is faith in one's self. Self confidence being gained, it, in its turn, inspires something still greater, self- reliance. It was an unlimited amount of self-confidence and self- reliance that enabled Rolland, the renowned defender of Christ- ianity during the time of Charlemagne, to accomplish so much for his great cause. He was said to possess a magic horn which could bring him aid in time of distress, but disdaining to rely on this and confident of his own ability, he used his own resources to the ful- lest extent and thus accomplished so much. Certainly the things we take most pride in are the things we do ourselves. Emerson says, Insist on yourself, never imitate, nothing can bring you peace but yourselff' If done bravely and faithfully, then how could the task end otherwise than prosperously? This does not mean prosperity in dollars and cents merely, for prosperity is not judged in this manner alone. Nor need one be declared prosperous by others to be so in reality. A person who does his work with courage and diligence, will surely i11 some manner be successful, either in the eyes of the world or in his own estimation, or both. A Classmates, I now wish to thank you for thc honor you have conferred upon me, and I hope that I have carried out my duties efficiently. Tonight we step from the life of school into the greater school of life and throughout that great course may you be brave, faithful, and prosperous. Dwight Yoder.

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22 THE CRIMSON President's Address RIENDS AND CLASSMATES: It has been the will of this class that I should serve as President during G ww- I its senior year, and it is 1ny privilege to address you as such upon this occasion. We have assembl- ed here this afternoon, as a matter of custom and in Iiffezlf fx respect to our wishes, and we ask you to join with us in this, our last meeting and enjoy with us our last few moments as classmates. -f xr m X cfs' W i'Qfa ' , It is my o11e desire and purpose at this time to express the ap- preciation and gratitude of this class for the many advantages and privileges bestowed upon us, especially in the past four years. We are beginning to realize the sacrifice made in many homes, and the untiring work and diligence of others in the perpetuation and im- provement of our great educational system, all for the purpose of giving us a fair start in the great game of life. For all of this we are very grateful, and most heartily thank you. We also wish to extend our sincere thanks to the Faculty and School Board, who have been intimately connected with us in our past four years of school life and who have aided materially in our progress in the public schools. The Faculty i11 connection with their teaching, have furnished us with ideals and high principles of life, and to them may be largely accredited, any noble trend of our future accom- plishments. ' Such appreciation is of course extended to you in this manner each year of commencement, but though it is the best we can do now, it is by our future conduct in the various activities of life, that we hope to repay you, and probably not until tl1en shall we realize the extensive value which our high school education has been to us. The motto which has been chosen by this class is Bravely, Prosperously, Faithfullyn. The attributes included in this motto are but three of an innumerable number which have been brought into our lives and impressed upon us by our educational training. To enter upon an undertaking, no matter how trifling or how great, with a brave heart and a determination to succeed, is recognized as the greatest impetus towards the goal of success. It is not that bold daring, and audacious effrontery of the self smitten fool, but the true courage of heart, that goes hand in hand with victory. lt is this kind of bravery which has served to a large

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24 THE CRIMSON Class History FRIENDS AND CLASSMATES, we -are assembled gg here this afternoon to honor the last sad rites of the ? 9' 1 body of the Class of 1914. This will probably be the last time we will all be together, so while we ' are here, let us once more review the history of the class that so gallantly fought for and achieved suc- cess. Four years ago, on September sixth, 1910, forty awkward but proud Freshmen entered the Goshen High School to take upon their shoulders the burdens of a High School C81'881'. During our first year we did nothing but study, night and day, and so you see we had no time for organizing. Let us pass quickly to 0l.l1'.SOPllOl1101'8 year, where we as a class, started the ball rolling. During the first half of our Sophomore year we broke all rec- ords of our preceding classes by organizing. During our Sopho- more year we gave one pastry sale which netted us about 3512. NVith :B12 in the treasury we soon began to have visions of a class party, but as we all knew that S512 would not be enough for a party we began to wonder how we could raise a few more dollars. Finally some one thought of the idea of taxing each member of the class 20 cent.s, and as there were about forty in tl1e class, it would bring our bank account up to 2820. This we did and on May 16, 1912, we gave our first party, i11 McNaughton Hall. I At the beginning of our Junior year we organized and immedi- ately started pla.nning how to get sufficient funds to defray the ex- penses of entertaining ou1' worthy superiors, the Senior Class of 1913. Vile were in desperate straits as to what to do when some one proposed to give a benefit, an idea which we eagerly grasped. We worked hard, day and night selling tickets and when our work was over we found we'had cleared about 2510. Being encouraged by our first good fortune, we immediately made preparations to give a second benefit, and two weeks following, we gave another benefit whih netted us about 2512. Knowing that we couldn't burden the people with benefits every two weeks, we decided to give a pastry sale. We cleared S48 011 our Hrst pastry sale, this swelling our treasury to 3130. Our next move was to give a box social, which proved to be one of the biggest successes we ever accomplished. The social was held in the local gym. and by the l