Grand Rapids High School - Pirate Yearbook (Grand Rapids, OH)

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C oMMf,NC3Mm'f PKOGK A M GRAND RAPIDS VILLAGE SCHOOL Wednesday, May 25, 1938 8:15 P. M. SCHOOL AUDITORIUM Superintendent D. W. Oman, Presiding Piano Solo ------------ Robed Mandarinn ---- nBlue Invocation ---------- - - Vocal Solo NFriend O' Minen ------ Salutatory --------- - - HWe're On Our Wayn Trumpet Solo ---------- nMy Heart At Tm 8weet Voicen Valedictory - - UOnward ---- - Valedictory - - To Succossu - - - Vocal Solo ----------- HA Brown Bird Singingu - - - I Prelude, HLifen ------ Class Address -------- - - HThe Making of the Mann - - Music ------- - ---- - - UA Song of Friendshipn- - - nHail To Our School ---- Presentation of Class - ----- Presentation of Diplomas ---- Benediction ---- ----- - - -.---...- ---.- -.-sw - - - - -Marie Huffman - - Eastwood Lane Rev. Stanley Weed Richard Box - Sanderson - Donald Miller Charles Sherwood Saint Saens N - Leona Tolles - Margaret Vogel - - Miss Arlene Gill Haydn Wood - - Landon Roneld Dr. Franklin H. McNutt State Dire c tor of Teacher Training. - - - Double Quartette Haydn M. Morgan Haydn M. Morgan - - -Mr. Virgil Sloan Mr Clrl Laske -'-'REv. 'Stanley weed

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MATHILDA RICKEY News Reporter-35 His Best Investment -45 Basketball- l 2 3 4 lub 4 Operetta-4. EDNA CARSON llsalll Annual Staff5 Glee Club-45 His Best Investment --45 Operetta-4. MYRON FOX uFoxyn Annual Staff5 Minstrel Show- 45 Junior Contest Play5 Father Goes Domestic --35 Here Comes Charlie -4. ROBERT SAUTTER llsobll Bowling Green-l, 2, 35 Here Comes Charlie -45 Basketball --4. RAYMOND HEYMAN Boydie Glee Club-3, 45 Minstrel Show -25 Father Goes Domestic -35 His Best lnvestment -- 45 Baseball-l, 2, 3, 45 Basket- ball--l5 Operetto-4. TiIIie , 5 Glee C - 5 CLASS OF 1938 LENORA FAYLOR llkedu Junior Contest Play5 Cheerio My Deorio -4. RUBY 'GIBBONS Gibby His Best Investment - 45 Basketball-l, 2, 3, 4. BOYD BOX llsoxyll President-I5 His Best Invest- ment -45 Basketball-2, 3. EVELYN DE WITT Pinkie Perrysburg-l, 2, 35 Glee Club -45 His Best lnvestment - 45 Operetta-4. ROBERT GUYER llsobll President-35 Minstrel Show- 45 His Best Investment -45 Baseball-2, 3, 45 Basketball -2, 3, 4. MARTHA HENNINGS Timer 3, 45 Operetta-4. ,-- 55 , Glee Club-3, 45 Here Come Charlie -45 Basketball-I

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W:i'f4.E ON our WAY Classmates, parents, friends, it is my great pleasure to greet you to this com encement tonight. T After twelve years of preparation we have arrived at the time when we are ready to start life's journey. WWe're on our way.W Our years of preparation are over and now we willtest that preparation and see if we are ready to face life's battle. Lincoln once said, WI will study and get ready, and some day my chance will come.H We have finished our studying and now we must see if we are ready when our chance comes. Many people work only hard enough to get by, thinking that they will never need or have opportunity to use this knowledge. Our future is uncertain but if our school time has been spent wise- ly and earnestly, we can go out and make our way up the stream of life instead of being driftwood, content to float along with the current instead of fighting against it and going to the top. Webster's description of Commencement Exercises is, QThe ceremonies at which degrees are conferred by colleges andHigh Schools, and Commencement asg act, fact,g or time of commencingln But to us it means more than that, more even than starting out in life. It means' the start of a test of our ability to see how well we have prepared ourselves while in school. Commencement can be compared to a race. On the radio one would hear an announcer describe the starting of a race as this: WThe athletes are lined up at the starting post. There goes the gun! And th9y're On their Wayan In the same way we are at the starting line. The Commencement is the signal and We're on our way, and are going to try to win life's race. The runnermust learnthe correct way to run, develop a stride, train so that his wind won't cause him' to fall by the wayside. In the same way we have to develop our minds, trained so that we will be able to stand the pace, and reach the goal of success. A runner that neglects one small thing in his training will not be a winning racer. The runner must have the desire and the belief that he can win. The same is true of us. we have to follow the training rules of life and have the desire and self- con fidence to win. Now as we start out on life's race you can be the judges , and watch us, and see how we have trained, and if we have the grit and persistency to win. ..................... Donald Miller Salutatorian I