Iron Mountain High School - Argonaut Yearbook (Iron Mountain, MI)

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,THE ,ARGUN AHT.MQM29Y1L,- Valedictory PARENTS, FACULTY, and CLASSMATES y WE are standing to-night at the gateway of life's activities, Awaiting the future and reviewing the past, it is with grat- itude that we think of the many benefits we have derived from the four happy and fruitful years of our high school life. Feeling this deeply, w e wish t o express our heartfelt thanks to our superintendent and teachers who have so unselfishly labored to mold our character that we might grow strong in order to cope with the problems of the future. So, too, the social functions which we have enjoyed together, will be held in memory' because of their association. But like the marks made by the finest chisel on marble they will soon disappear, leaving only their faint tra- 'ceries on our character. However the fruitage to our mind has already shaped itself into a mold, which wili soon be hardened by various experiences. . - ' To-night, we pause in contemplation of what those experi- ences will be. All of us during our student life have been for the most part receiving, instead of giving, The latent powers of our minds have been developing and expanding under ever-vigilant guidance. Our road has been made easy. Nothing ,has been spared by the teachers ta make our instruction painstaking and intensive. ' A And now, classmates, comes our testing time. We owe as students, recievers of all the thought and care 'that have been lavished upon us we owe a debt not easily or lightly paid. We must 'show .to the world that we have been the recipients of marked favorsg we must justify the twelve years of efforts in schol- astic training and the devotion and care given us in our homes. Our future work may demand our noblest and keenest efforts-- the highest demonstration of every latent possibility, a great faithfulness to duty, or a service that is self-sacrificing. But whatever may be our future, we know that now is the time, when we must begin to live a. vital existence. H-1 ...J

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THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE

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THE APvQQH?xUTM,CM?9YlL, Valedictory continued We recall the expression, ' Sow we must,' - reap an action, Sowan action, - reap a habit, Sow a habit , - reap a character, E f Sow a character, - reap a destiny. So we must constantly keep in mind thefreaping of a des- tiny and whatever may be the cost, we must remember that since the value received has been high, the value in payment must be just as high. Nothing then, is too expensive, no eEort too great for us to pay, for we have had the highest assets at our disposal. Shall our road be difficult? - 'A Classmates, I feel confident that we shall find guide posts on the way-stepping stones which will daily directour footsteps nearer to the greater and nobler things of life iuntil our ideals be reached and our victories won, for we all have our ideals. Per- severance Wlfinsu shall always be our motto. It shall urge us to worlz intensively and enthusiastically: thus, finally through con- stant effort a,lesson which we have learned in our high .school work, shall we be able to develop ourselves and, then, give to the world our best and noblest gifts. Browning tells us, - ' ' 'There shall never be one lost good! g What was, shall live as before. Therefore, ,the best in us shall be. given to the world. When-' ever, our energies seem lagging and our ambitions failing, if we but ,think of our motto as the heartstring which binds us together as members of the class of 1917, I feel that inspiration for bigger eEorts will come to us, so that in the end we may prove a credit to our class whose foot steps in high school were always guided by that motto, Perseverance Wffinsf' - I Mamie Miench '17, V