Houghton Academy - Pebble Yearbook (Houghton, NY)

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Mrs. Kilpatrick, L. Kreckman, R. Hamilton, G. Barker, S. Carey 8TI-I GRADE F. Russell, Mrs. Kilpatrick, L. Knowlton, P. Sprankle, M. L. Nichols, Andrews, R. Fero 7Tl-I GRADE C. Hazlett, E. Kreckman

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R. Jenkins, Nlarjorie Paine, D. Hilliard, S. Shea, D. Finney, Mrs. Castle FRESI-IMEN As we began our high school career, we felt like adventurers embarking on a ship of opportunity with Christ as our captain. We realized our privilege of making something of these next few years, and we determined to do our best though Christ, our strength. Although few in number, we have had much fun together. Our Christmas party was an especially festive event. We shall continue to trust in the Lord and claim this promise . . . In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths. -Proverbs 3:6 God certainly has given us an outstanding year of fun and study. Our aim and motto for the future is Conquerors through Christ. 7Tl-I AND 8TI-I GRADE September 8, 1949, thirteen rollicking sailors dropped anchor on Houghton's hill. In a few weeks the dizziness caused by new experiences had vanished, and we set out with real land legs to win the high school scholarship banner. At the end of the first marking period, the award was ours. Halloween offered the first opportunity for social activity. Our homeroom unanamously answered the call of the black cat invitations and merrily trooped into Mrs. Kilpatrick's home for a frolic of games and contests. The Christmas party at Kreckman's marked another highlight in our social life. In April we presented the Easter chapel program dramatizing The Case of the Easter Bunny and also the Easter story in scripture. 14

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4 REV. C. I. ARMSTRONG FROM CDUR PASTOR Years ago a very dear friend wrote my name in the fly-leaf of a lovely new Bible of mine fat my requestj . Then this friend wrote that part of the quotation from the ninety-first Psalm, as heads this item, under my name. That has been a life motto for me ever since that time. He that dwelleth . . . shall abidef, What a Psalm is this! Many have felt that there is no poem in Latin or Greek comparable to this Hebrew Ode. We doubt that one can find anything in human language, anywhere, more solid, more beautiful, or more profound than this lovely Scripture. We have no means of dating it. Nor can we credit it to any human author with certainty. ln the entire collection of Psalms none stand out with such a sub- lime and sustained note of faith throughout. And so, in the high Alpine peaks of eternal verities its author begins: He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. The late Dr. G. Campbell Morgan said: This psalm is one of the greatest possessions of the saints. It is a great song of the safety of such as put their trust in Jehovah, and it contains the Divine assurance of such faith as fruitful. Very little of exposition is necessary. What is the Secret Place of the Most High? The idea of this secret placev is met with often in Scripture. Sometimes it tells of some secret hiding-place, such as David often resorted to when a fugitive from King Saul. There the sure pro- tection of God was likened to such a safe shelter. At other times the central tent of the commander of an army seems to be meant. Psalm 27:5- He shall hide me in His pavilion. There the thought is that an enemy would have to break through rank after rank of the encamped army ere he could reach the well-guarded 16