La Sierra College - Meteor Yearbook (Arlington, CA)

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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

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Class Biography Stella Hardekopf — Fred Ludecke John Baerg is our class president! If you want to learn English, just keep track of John. He is going to be an English teacher, and he says that he ' s going to be a real one. He informed us that he is going to be an honorable Junior at La Sierra next year. Of course, we know what he means. Stella Hardekopf, who was born in Chicago, Illinois, travelled all through Canada, net staying in one place long enough to sleep. When asked regarding her future plans, she only replies, Dunno, guess I ' ll get married. Where people eat cactus, and where rattlesnakes grow. That ' s where Paul Murphy says he was born. We figured it was Arizona. The biggest accident in my life, says Paul, was getting into the Senior class. Clara Gwinnup was born in Riverside and has resided there ever since. As a child she says she was good and mean, to which the majority of us no doubt heartily agree. Edward Neumann was born in McCook, Nebraska, in 1906. High ideals are the standards of La Sierra and we believe Ed is doing his best to live up to them. He plans to be a minister or a teacher. Martha Spell has done extensive travelling and claims that she had a good time in spite of it. She started school when eight years of age. Study to show thyself approved unto God. Surely Ralph Smisor has taken these words as his motto for he loves the Bible and also likes to study. But this is not all he does. He has an ear for music and hopes to be a musician seme day. Mary Doble was born at Long Beach, California, and moved to Loma Linda in a covered wagon when but a year old. Once, when but a baby, she became very ill with whooping cough. Her grandmother had to breathe into her nose to bring her back to life. A full-fledged American — that ' s all Joy Kinder claims for himself. Joy is studying to be a doctor and plans to take the course at Loma Linda. He also plans to come to La Sierra next year. Wilma Robinson was born in the majestic view of a large volcano in Northern California. The greater part of her life has been spent in Loma Linda. Here ' s one of our farmer boys who likes to drive a truck and dig spuds. Maybe you think hauling hay isn ' t fun, but just ask Orval Georgeson and he will tell you how much fun it is to turn over with a load of soft hay. Ethel Rowlison was privileged to hear one of Elder Daniels ' sermons when she was but six days old, of which, however, she says she does not remember a word. She seems to have had a peaceful childhood for she has never fought with her brother over more than just sticks of striped red candy. I don ' t know what my nationality is, but I think I ' m Cholo. Well, perhaps he is, but we ' re from Missouri. Clark Kclley has two hobbies, chewing gum and car racing, and he gets away with both of them very nicely. Lillian Kelley ' s most vivid recollections seem to be those of her first experiences in the dentist ' s chair. At that time her tooth had to be filed down — which was not an enviable thing to go through, she says. We didn ' t have to guess long to guess his nationality. German pluck stands out on NNETEEN