Houghton High School - Amygdaloid Yearbook (Houghton, MI)

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LaVerne Schroderus Valedlctory We are on our way But have we the fatth that rs necessary to contrnue on our way? Fatth rs assurance of thtngs hoped for, a convrctxon of thtngs not seen Ftrst, we need fa1th rn ourselves a deep convtctxon that we can f1n1sh anythtng we undertake and overcome any obstacle tn our paths Secondly, we need fatth tn one another Our ltves would have ltttle worth rf we could not trust our nerghbor Last, but certarnly not least, we must have farth 1n God Wrthout thrs, we cannot hope to succeed tnanythlng On our way through lxfe let us remember thrs Blble passage and how can we know the Way? Jesus sarth I am the Way How many of us know our destrnattonr Surely, rn thxs group of senrors, there IS a varrety of destrnattons that have already been decrded upon success 1n bustness, marrrage, college but rn our mrnds, each of us IS heading for a worthwhrle SIODPIDQ place Before deftnrtely decxdlng on that stopprng place,let us constder the frontrer atwhtch we have arrrved It drffers tn some respects from the frontrers of our ancestors They had conttnents to explore, seas to challenge, tllrmttable forests to cut, and vast mtneral depostts to mlne Our frontter presents new problems We wrll expertence the same struggle, the same hardshrps the same 1nequ1t1es,that our forefathers have faced We should not let thrs drscourage us Our fore bears have bequeathed us the prectous, stmple vrrtues of duty, tolerance, fatth, and love wrth whtch to face the struggle The1r k1ndness,d1l1gence, and zeal fora better world have made for the self respect of man One of the problems factng us IS How can we learn to ltve wtth our netghbors? Only through developtng fa1th and trust rn each other can we accompltsh thrs Both at home and abroad, people must learn to lrve wtth one another Improvedtransportatton and communtcatton have shrunk dtstance and have made our frontter a world frontrer The Un1tedNat1ons IS tryrng to brtng about umversal cooperatton If we can rnsttll a sprrtt of cooperatton tn our own home and com muntty, we can eventually realtze thxs goal of world understandtng I-low can we use what we know? We can, through our knowledge destroy c1v1l1zat1on or put How can we destgn thts day to rnsure us the freedom and good lrfe whtch Amerrca has meant for three centurres? These quest1ons are challengxng us In searchrngfor thetr answers,let us ponder thts Amertcan herttage of freedom and goodltfe A part of our herltage was gxven to us by Wllllam Allen Whtte, the great Kansas edttor, when he satd to the young people of the natton Don t bemoan your lost frontter It ts even now flashtng on your horrzon A gorgeous land ltes before you farr and more beauttful than man before has ever known Out of the laboratorres wrll come new processes to multrply almost rnfrnttely materlal thtngs for your Amerxca but only rf you wxll hold open the channels of free sclence, unfetter ed thought, and the rtght of man to use h1s talents to do the utmost, provtded he gtves honest soclal returns for the rewards he takes Tonrght IS one of the last trmes that our class wxll meet as one untt For twelve years we have assocrated with one another and have made lastrng frlendshlps Durtng thts ttme we have evcper lenced happrness and sorrow success and fatlure, war and so called peace We have acqurred knowledge and characterlstrcs that wrll have great bearlng on our future Through all of thts, we have been gurded and advrsed by our parents and teachers Now that we have reached adulthood many burdens which they have borne for us w1ll be transferred to our shoulders Let us show them that we shall not falter under our load that therr effort rn prepartng us for the future have not been tn vatn On behalf of the entrre senror class, I wrsh to express our stncere thanks and grat rtude for all that our parents, teachers, and frrends have done for us May we prove worthy of thetr teachrngs Aswe look back over the sertes of events of our last year tn hrgh school,we recall the enjoy able trmes we had at sports events, our banquet, class play prom, and prcmc lt rs wxth regret that we leave the famtlrar halls of Houghton Hxgh School to head for our desttnatron I-low often we have wished we were out of school but now that the time has come, are we so eager to face a new world,to make new frxends,to meet new problems? Certainly we are happy to have com pleted htgh school successfully but we are a brt sorry to sever our tres Thrs rs farewell to old friends In clostng, I wlsh to leave wtth you a stmple rule whxch rf remembered and followed, wtll keep us gotng tn the rrght drrectron When rn doubt as to what to do today ask yourself what you wrll wish you had done when tomorrow comes IO 0 , U , . . ' y I . . . . the very force of the unlverse to work for man's betterment. I! V ' ' Z . . , . Y - ' . ' ' . . . . ' . , 1. .. - I

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W1ll1am Boyd Class Pres1dem d Jeanette Onkalo Class Treasurer La Verne Schroderus Class Vme Presldcm Ann Ruohonen Class Secretary

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B111 Boyd Salutatory Parents teachers members of the school board and frlends We the graduatlng class of l952 slncerely welcome you to our class nlght CXCFCISCS Durxng these past seventeen or etghteen years we have accumulated a debt whtch we w1ll never be able to repay 1n full the debt whxch we owe to you our parents and our teachers If II were not for your patrent understandxng and gu1dance none ot us would be upon this stage tomght greetlng you as graduates of this hlgh school To you we are truly grateful Throughout our relatlvely short l1ves we have acted 1n accordance wlth our class motto A Journey of a thousand mrles begms wlth one step Cons1der for a moment the realrty and prud ence of these words In our l1V6S and 1n many generations before us these words have been ex emplrfted over and over agarn The anc1entEgypt1ans,1n the bu1ld1ng of thexr mammoth pyramxds began each structure w1th the laytng of a s1ngle comparatlvely small stone The Crusaders started the1r long and tedrous Journey to the Holy Land wtth one step and many of them made the whole trip one step after another by foot In the f1eld of early scrence Archrmedes a famous ancrent Greek mathe matrcran and philosopher establrshed h1s stlll widely used pr1nc1ple of buoyancy by noting the use rn the water when he stepped mto hts bath tub Other famous physxcrsts have taken very srmple steps ln found1ng and provrng var1ous laws of DhyS1CS For example Galileo by srmply dropplng two dtfferent welghts from the Leanlng Tower of Plsa and showtng that both struck at the same tlme established hrs law of falllng bodxes Newton by ldly watchlng an apple fall from a tree recelved the xnsplratton that led htm to estabhsh h1s laws of gravrtatlon Abraham Ltncoln the Great Emanclpator took the flrst steps tn h1s dynamxc and awesome career 1n a shabby lrttle backwoods cabm tn Kentucky Durlng the Frrst and Second World Wars many Amerxcan men took the f1rst step tn a Journey from whrch some dldn t return from wh1ch some returned w1th bodres or m1nds shattered by the crushlng hand of war from whtch some returned as heroes Through these generauons there have been unfortunately those who took one step tn the wrong d1rect1on toward d1shonesty and crlme As they journeyed along the path of m1sdeeds there were some who realxzlng that they were gorng 1n the wrong d1rect1on turned around and fought thetr way backfrom the bunk of devastat1on Others contmued on to ru1n and destructxon Wtthtn our own class the struggle through twelve years of educatlon was started wrth very small steps 1l'1 the prlmary grades As the years wore on our steps became longer and the road often was strewn wrth obstacles over whlch we slowly had to cllmb Ftnally as m the cases whxch I have menuoned the fxrst and many ensuxng steps add up to produce a Journey whrch IS rndeed an accompllshment We have reached a memorable mlle stone 1n our Journey through llfe our graduatlon We look back over the long years and see that the road although lmed wrth hardshlps also had many havens of happ1ness To many of comes the thought I wlsh I could do II all over agarn However our destlnatton lS not here but ahead beyond many more miles of hardshlp The mam purpose of stopprng and revlewrng the obstacles whtch we have overcome IS to gxve us re newed courage to go ahead and make our lrves the llves of the people tn th1s natlon and all the natxons of the world full of SCCUTIQ' and happmess' ll . . , ' 2 . , . . I ' . .. . . I . . I . , . I l . ' - - ' - - - I u ..' .. . . ' '- . t - I ' I I ' . . . . . . . ' I . D ' I . . ' . ' .. . . ' . ' . ' .. I . . . . l 8 ... D , . . ' I . ' . . . ' . . H . . .I ,i U , , . us I I . . . ' . , I . - 1 . . . . . . .I , .