Goshen High School - Crimson Yearbook (Goshen, IN)

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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

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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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r 'T'g THE CRIMSON 25 wonderful backing of Claire Kinney we cleared over 8520. During the remainder of our Junior year we gave a few pastry sales and benefits, and at the close of the year we had something like S1575 which we used to give our fa.rewell reception to the class of 1913. We stopped at nothing in its preparation and we surprised them by our ability. lt left a high standard for them to live up to, but they were equal to the occasion and excelled us by their entertainment. Our festivities took place one week before examination and there was not much left to do. ln order to keep things lively sev- eral of the boys succeeded in putting a '14 banner on top of a tele- phone post, which broke all records by remaining 22 hours, before it was lowered. It would have been there yet had not Mr. Davis seen that we had stuck one overi' on our friends, the Seniors, and sent for a dozen telephone men to come and lower it. Thus the events of our Junior year closed. Meanwhile many of the boys were making names for themselves in athletics, of whom we are taking with us tonight: Robert Henry, Howard Berkey, Ernest Hansen, Carlton Renbarger, Joe Dangler and Dwight Yoder. Wlien our Senior year arrived we immediately assembled and elected Dwight Yoder, president. By his ability and skill as a leader we stand here this afternoon a class of success in every respect. We, with the assistance of Mr. Lowry, selected Mary Jane 's Pa as our class play, and as soon as our manuscripts arrived we started rehearsing,,under the supervision of Mr. Jeffrey. Mr. Lowry has been with us three weeks and we now express our ap- preciation for his valuable assistance. The class play tomorrow night marks the close of our High School career. S . Now let us go forth into the world, strong of purpose, and brave of heart, remembering our motto, B1'avely, Cheerfully, Faithfullyf' for tonight we stand on the threshold of life. Arthur Logan.