Ionia High School - Ionian Yearbook (Ionia, MI)

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Claas Say ?£xerrtaps HUtglj cljool Campus 3®rJ»neafcag, June 22, at 9 o’clock 1. (a) Annual Oak Leaf Chain Processional. .Wheaton’s Orchestra (6) Selection by..........................Wheaton’s Orchestra 2. Twilight Serenade......................................Gardner Mixed Chorus Class of ’21 3. Salutatory ..................................Beatrice Boynton 4. Class History .................................Mildred Vohlers Prophecy ....................................Dorothy Young 6 Will ............................................Elmer Dalton 7. Selection ................................Wheaton’s Orchestra 8. President’s Address..........................Willard Meader 9. Class Poem......................................Robert Bills 10. Gleam, Gleam, O Silver Stream.....................Faye, P. de Girls’ Chorus Class of ’21 11. Giftorian Address.............................Gayle Galloway 12. Valedictory ................................ Lois Normington 13. Class Song. .Adeline Kendig, Alice Humphrey, Harold Harwood 14. America ...............................................Audience

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Salutatory Beatrice Boynton To the Faculty and School Board of the Ionia High school, to our parents and many friends, we, the class of nineteen hundred and twenty-one, extend a most hearty welcome. Our success means noth- ing to us unless we can share the happiness with those who have encouraged us in our tasks and their accomplishment. During the past four years we have been enjoying the many benefits and pleasures afforded us through the generous sacrifice of those about us. Now has come the time to show our appreciation, in a more concrete way than mere gratitude. We have come to a com- paratively very important point in our life figuratively speaking, our Kadesh-barnea. But let us not falter at this point as did the Israelites on their journey to the Land of Promise. For the time, they allowed them- selves to think only of material things when they should have been all-absorbed in the lofty, spiritual life which awaited them, had they not lost their faith. The vision of the Promised Land was before them, but their sight was blurred by the immediate wants. Their example is ever present with us. May we, as classmates, keep our ideals lofty, vision clear, and hearts open to the guidance of a pure conscience. Now that we have reached our Kadesh-barnea, we must be more observant, more careful of the choice we make for our next step in the preparation of our life work. We must not ravenously seize the first opportunity which comes to us without first reviewing it in all its phases. Will it bring us the success we wish for or the regret which will fill our whole lives? One false step is sufficient to ruin our future. After we have made our choice, if it is perhaps the best, we have only taken the initiatory step toward the top of the ladder. There are many places where we are subject to fall. Our task may become so difficult that we feel we can go no further and will return prac- tically to where we started, because we do not feel equal to the responsibilities before us. Everyone wishes for success. Let us not, then, even as much as turn our head toward the easy things we have left behind us in our climb. The Israelites wished to enter the Land of Promise Which meant so much to them, but when they were within only a few miles of their great Desire they lost their Opportunity for forty long years, because they lost faith in their ability to overcome the obstacles which con-