La Sierra College - Meteor Yearbook (Arlington, CA)

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CLASS POEM OF 27 Martha Spell A glorious sun was setting, All nature was going to rest, I stood alone on the campus Watching the flaming crest. I lingered near the gray buildings As the l:ght slowly faded away; Past memories blended softly With the colors of the closing day. My thoughts in golden fancies To the sway of happy dreams, Back to scenes of school days Were carried by sunset beams. The glorious sunset has faded. Past scenes have come and gone; But the future lies before us, Life ' s work is just begun. TonigTii as a class we ' ve gathered, To greet you, the friends we love ; And on our future a blessing ask, From the God who dwells above. We pause on life ' s broad threshold, The din of battle before, Self conquest, of victories the greatest, Our motto till battles are o ' er. Our emblem will always remind us, The shield of our faith to take, And only the sword of the spirit, In the conquests for His sake. It is with a feeling of sadness, We say our last farewell To the school and to the dear ones We have learned to love so well. Though our work may call us far, We ' ll strive to meet in heaven; Teachers, school mates, friends, And the class of ' Twenty-Seven. SIXTEEN

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MARJEAN FLEET A bright and active mind has she. And where there ' s fun she ' s sure to be. JOSEPHINE COOMBS Virtue is bold and goodness never fearful. FRED LUDECKE We gazed and still the Wonder grew. How one small head could carry all he knew. VIOLA ADAMS Work is no disgrace, but idle- ness is. LOUISA L. ROBLETTO Always jolly, never weary of giving smiles, for life is well worth while. Picture Not Furnished

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President ' s Address John Baerg The Senior Class of ' 27 desires to make its warmest, most heartfelt greetings known to our dear parents, teachers, and friends who have come to enjoy some of the pleasures that are ours this evening. In reality this is not the summit of ambition; it is a beautiful plateau on our way to higher efficiency. At Weepah, Nevada, the Horton family made a fortune as a result of careful observance of surroundings and making the most of the environment. La Sierra is our gold mine, the students are the miners; the teachers aid as pros- pectors, helping to find the gold of character. Our loving parents have equipped us with picks and shovels. Bible study is the food that gives strength to work hard at our lessons. Prayer is the ointment to soothe the blisters inflicted in the form of long as- signments. In our search for the treasure — Character — we need mental vision to recognize valuable ere when we approach it. A middle-aged man, working in the United States Patent Office handed in a request to be transferred to another department of the government. He had reached the conclusion that almost everything had been invented, and that he would soon be dis- missed from work. This was just prior to the series of inventions of Thomas A. Edison. The clerk lacked vision. William James has said that if anyone made up his mind in youth to succeed in any calling within his abilities, and devoted himself heart and soul to his purpose, nothing on earth could prevent him from reaching the goal of his ambition. Someone has said Initiative and originality are the world ' s best paid commodities. Elbert Hubbard said, The world bestows its greatest prizes both in honors and wealth, for but one thing, — ' Initiative. ' It is doing the right thing without being told. Next is doing the right thing when you are told once. Next are those who never do a thing until they are told twice. Such get no honors and small pay. Next there are those who never do the right thing until necessity kicks them from behind; these get indifference in- stead of honors and a pittance for pay. This type spend most of their time polishing a bench, telling a bad luck story. ' Then still lower down in the scale, we have the fellow who must have someone go along and show him how and then stay to see that he does it; he is always out of a job, and receives the contempt he deserves, unless he happens to have a rich Pa, in which case destiny waits around the corner with a stuffed club. Let us bear in mind that work is honorable. Beautiful characters are mined and refined and not happily found. We defy any one to point the finger of scorn at a student who is working hard to meet expenses at school. And those of us who are fortunate enuogh to have kind parents who helped by furnishing the character-mining implements and in that way gave us more time to study, should not we manifest our love and appre- ciation to our parents by improving all our opportunities? A young college graduate applied as bookkeeper to a large firm. The lad made a favorable impression upon the manager until he reached a critical point in his short appeal. The youth could not forget that he had finished college with honors and that he had refused numerous half-respectable jobs because he held it below his dignity to be an office boy. This egotistical snobbing instantly caused the manager to refuse him a position as bookkeeper. Some students are greatly disappointed in their attempt to use their diploma as a ticket on the Success-train. They are thrown off in the wilderness of unemployment and shiftlessness. We, the class of 1927, would be hardy character-miners so that we may become useful in the great work of God. SEVENTEEN