Hart High School - Hartian Yearbook (Hart, MI)

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COUNTY NORMAL Teachers in the Making Standing, i.itt to right: Ray Vancttc, Velma Mux. Carroll Trommater. Loi Vecnstra, Hazel Rider, Franklin Hepworth, Mary YanAllstHirg. Jean Harris. Eva Benson. Midoi.i row: William |cnscn. Margaret Kennedy. Blanche Staples. Miss Stout. Miss Becker. Miss Landon, Mr. Snow, Elaine Schmidt. Front row: LaVyonnc Aikens. Stella Bray. Doris Seavcr. Lois Scifcr. Myra Coleson. Absentees: Barbara Kludy. Leona Chase. The Oceana County Normal began the year with its full quota of twenty members. After the passing of a few weeks of school, the following officers were elected: Roy Vannette of New Era, president; Lois Veenstra of Fremont, Vice-president; Barbara Kludy of Hart, Secretary; Doris Seaver of Montague, treasurer. These officers filled their positions competently and directed the class with a great deal of ability. The various schools represented here are as follows: Shelby, four; Wal-kerville, two; Hart, nine; Hesperia, one; Montague, two; Pentwater, one; Fremont, one. Although the work was new we have enjoyed teaching very much. We have the first, fourth, and sixth grades to teach. Miss Landon, the critic teacher, gave us invaluable guidance in starting teaching for the first time and carrying on after the first start was made. We are also indebted to Miss Stout for the excellent art and music training she gave us. While our Normal teacher, Miss Becker, spent several weeks in Florida during the winter, her place was filled by Mrs. Snow. Even though she was here but a short time we learned to like her very much. During the time that she was with us, we had a pot luck party. The decorations for the party were in honor of St. Valentine. We are all looking forward to a splendid skip-day trip and to graduation on the twenty-fourth of May with the hope that we shall be teaching next year. pa ye t iccnty-eigh t

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Valedictory Tomorrow night we will have reached the threshold of a great adventure towards which we have been striving for four long, yet seemingly short years. It is not through our efforts alone, however, that we have at last reached the climax of our high school education. We sincerely want to thank our parents for the advice and encouragement they have given us, and for the sacrifices they have made in order that we might graduate. Without their kindly guidance and friendship, we would all have faltered at the bottom of the ladder. As it is, we have climbed steadily upward until we reached the top. What lies beyond is hazy and uncertain. We are very grateful to the teachers for the cooperation and friendship they have given, and we are deeply indebted to the school board, the townspeople of Hart, and all others who made it possible for us to graduate in this splendid new auditorium. We are about to advance into a new realm. We leave behind our school day memories and the security that comes from being among friends. We are going forth into an unknown world. We will meet new friends, perform new duties, and see new places. We will often yearn for the pleasant scenes of our own community and the good times of our high school days, but we will not sorrow to have left them behind. We will use them as an incentive to higher things, that people of this town may say proudly—“That person graduated from Hart High School. May we all be able to achieve success that will place us among the noted, and, may we each work to make this world a better place for our posterity. Edgar Guest expresses in four lines the thought I would like to leave with you tonight. “The things are mighty few in earth That wishes can attain; Whate'er we want of any worth We've got to work to gain. —Nancy Corbin Salutatory- in behalf of the class of 1939 it is with great Dleasure that I extend a cordial greeting to all those gathered here tonight. To us your presence signifies the true love and loyal friendship bestowed upon us by our parents, teachers, and friends. For a long time it has been the hope of the graduating class to hold their commencement exercises in this new building. At last our dreams have been fulfilled and we are proud and happy to be the first to do so. We think it is fitting, therefore, to salute all those whose untiring efforts have made this beautiful structure possible for the students of Hart High School. To our parents we pay special tribute for their many encouraging words and their acts of self-denial by which they have provided the means for our advancement. Without them, our efforts during the past four years would have been of no avail. We are also greatly indebted to our teachers. They have not only set us good examples of kindness and patience, but they have proved to be sincere and unforgetable friends as well. We hope that they, as well as our many other friends, will be proud of us in years to come as we will be to have attended Hart High School. And so, it is with pleasant memories of our high school life and with bright hopes for the future that we again bid you a most cordial welcome. Evelyn North pmjr thirty