La Sierra College Prep School - Memory Trails Yearbook (Arlington, CA)

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DALE A. MARC!-IUS A friend so true is hard to beat, A student and an athlete. EX 'ELYN S. YCUNGS Naturally quiet and reserved, A heart full of goodness. NEYA Nl. STRONG llfe zrisli there were more like l1er, Kind, and always a friend. ALICE L. CASEB EER To know lzer is to love her, And slie is well known. ALB ERT L. DUERKSEN Sturdy and true: and a good worker. WELVE

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CHARLES F. SCHULTZ The force of his merit makes its own way. INA J. SANDNESS Creaf feelings has she of her own, Which lesser souls may never know. ALBERT C. BEESON Down to the smallest duly, you'll find he never shirlzs. LEVEN ,,, -Ii 'Nz Emote I RUTH G. VVHITESELL She has a heari wilh room for cfery joy. ROLAND H. 'WHITE If he will. he will, you may de- pend on'l, And if he u'on't, he u'on't, so iheves an end 0n'i. LUCILE L. SMITH Graduate Academic and Academic Klusic Courses Hes' soul is full of music. Her carriage full of grace.

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PRESIDENTS ADDRESS WILLIAM NETHERY At last class night has come, and we have the opportunity to welcome you to our graduation. Tonight is our night of nights. We are justly happy for we have at last completed our course. Yet as the word implies we are commencingg commencing a great- er life, and one filled with problems of greater difficulty. To- night marks a great step in our lives-and it is only through the unselfish efforts on the part of our parents, teachers, and friends, that this hour has been made possible. Dear parents, we first welcome you. Our hearts are filled with emotion as we see you before us tonight. A mother's love, a father's praise-we hold these dearest to our hearts. It is diffi- cult at this time to express the love our hearts hold for you. We can only in part realize the sacrifice and toil you have expended in our behalf. Nevertheless, we love you, dear parentsg we ap- preciate your unselfish regard for us, and we cherish in our hearts the sincerest gratitude. To our teachers we owe much. The untiring efforts, the high ideals, and the many hours of labor spent in our behalf, we can never repay. But we do appreciate it. To do our utmost in living the life that you have exemplified can be your only reward. We hope and pray that we may accomplish this. And tonight, dear teachers, accept our heartfelt thanks. Friends, we realize it is your interest in us that has brought you here. We hope we may fulfill your expectations concerning us, for it is often the inspiration of a good friend that impels us onward.. Schoolmates, we shall ever remember the days we have spent together. Through all phases of school life you have always been our comrades. Through the joys and struggles of academic life PAGE THIRTEEN there has been formed a tie between us that shall never be severed. Qur fond memories of you during the past four years are clouded by the thought that we shall soon have to part. Vile wish for your success in completing your course. It is only natural, at this time, that we take a retrospect and survey the past. Has our life thus far been a success or a failure? Our academic life has been most pleasant. Vve realize that the difficulties we encountered were but stepping stones placed in our paths to aid us toward success. To struggle against odds and win is a just achievement. Vlfe maintain that true merit wins. Bubbles float easily and lightly upon the air: they sparkle very beautifully in the sunlight: but they endure only for a mo- ment, then burst, and are forgotten. We do not aspire to such a spectacular life: there is no merit in it, nothing that the world can profit by, or will care to remember. To many of us, the trials and marks of discipline have left in- effaceable imprints on our lives. Many opportunities have been neglected, many hours have been wasted, and valuable lessons lost. They are gone, never to return. Wie are the losers and our one regret is that we have not done our work better, and thus left a more fitting memorial to the ideals and purposes of our school. We trust that in our future paths, be where they may, that our life and actions will portray the ideals of this academy. Tonight we stand on a summit. ln peering into the future we vaguely discern the great valley of life. That great chasm of experience with its steeps to conquer and its rivers to ford. ex- tends in great reaches of trials. For some of us it holds another course of study-College, then life in its fullest extent. For others it holds positions of responsibility, places of worth in the work of uplifting humanity. Kfivitiriii-r-1 on 4 L., Tl1ii'ty-r'o.i'l