Lancaster Mennonite High School - Laurel Wreath Yearbook (Lancaster, PA)

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THE MILL STREAM Life is before you. May you use each talent the Lord has given you to His glory. Always remember that He honors work well done, -John S. Wfenger. You look back the long road of history to the rosy dawn of creation. It is a road strewn with the wrecks of ti-me: the pyramids, monuments of a glory long lostg cracked clay tablets, the records of Persia's splendorg the Parthenon, beautiful memorial of the ideal of simple beautyg the ruins of the Forum, twofold symbol of democracy and imperialismg cathedrals, ex- pression of man's longing for that which is excellent. Your own world is writhing in self-infiicted pain. VVhere shall I find permanence ? you ask. The answer is simple. yet sublime. In Christ you will find permanence and finality. In Christ you will find something more valuable than life itself. You will be part of some- thing big and hne. You will be living for a cause worth dying for. The Cross of our Christ still towers o'er the wrecks of time. A -Edna K. XVenger. It matters little to a steamship how powerful her engines may be if she has no helm. The stronger the engines, the more needed is the helm. So. the greater our strength, the greater is our need of guidance. There may be storms ahead, fearful lightnings and treacherous waves on the untracked sea. Fear them not! You have a great Guide. Never let evil make you afraid. There will also be clear skies, sunny days, fair winds, and bright stars. As you go on, keep a strong trust in God. Follow Him unreservedly and you will find His leading exceedingly sweet. -Lois N. Garber. In this age of many opportunities for Christian service the challenge of the open door comes strongly to each of us. The question comes in the words of Christian's friend, the Evangelist. Do you see yonder wicket gate? Do you see yonder shining light ? To us Christ says, I have set before you an opendoor that no. man can shut. It is our individual responsibility to enter the particular door God has opened for us. In order to serve effectively.-whether our door is labeled farming, medicine, teaching, or homemaking.-we need these three things: a personal experience with Christ, a definite sense of His guidance. and a willingness to serve wherever He calls. May God bless each of you with eyes to see each open door, feet that are willing to enter, and hearts and hands that will serve loyally and well. -Leah Kauffman. I have experienced a pleasant year working and living with the students at Lancaster Mennonite School. Thanks be to God who is a pI'Z1y61'-2J.11SWC1'- ing God. Let us continue faithfully to implore His blessings because He has proved to us that He is an almighty and wonderful Redeemer, Father. Companion, and Friend. -I. Kenneth Fisher. 4

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147172.23 LANCASTER MENNONITE SCHOOL JOURNAL Front Row: Lois N. Garber, lidna K. Wenger, Leah C. Kaullmzm Back Row: ,l. Kenneth Fisher, Clyde ll. Stoner. John S. NVengtr, J. Paul Grayhill, Noah G. Good Faculty DEAR M 1iRr1ncRs or Tllli GR.xnUA'r1No CL.xss: I want to express my appreciation to you and to your parents for your choice of a distinctly Christian institution as the place to complete your high school education. The ideals, standards, and purposes that you obtain in your Alina Mater you will appreciate more and more as you continue through life. May -heavens blessing rest upon the Hrst graduating class. May you go out in life or further training with a heart-loyalty to Christ and the Church that will make your life purposeful and successful for the cause of righteousness. -J. Paul Graybill. I-DEAR SEN1ORs: An expression oficongratulations to. each of you who have completed another section of your life's training is in order at this time. This is the time you have looked forward to for years. You have been given tools to work with when you got your education. Use it to God's glory. ' -Noah G. Good. As youth stands upon the threshold of a new phase of life and Chris- tian experience. there develop broadening horizons of Christian service and a new sense of responsibility. As you meet life's varied experiences, may you place full confidence in God who is ever able to guide us in the path of service in which He would have us serve. -Clyde B. Stoner. 3

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LANCASTER MENNONITE SCHOOL IOURNAL Class Adviser's Message Tnts Claxss of '43 and l have been together so much during the past school year that it seems there is nothing left to say by way of a parting message. lt seems strange to think, too, of a time when we will no longer be together as we have been used to.-each morning before school, at noon, and in some of the classes. ,llut this is what has been happening year after year in schools. One class goes out and another takes its place. The boys become men, the girls become women, some become fathers in homes, or mothers, and others go into some profession. Some certain things are just that Way. and if we kept records and statistics, we would find each class much like the one that went before it. There is a tendency to allow the procession to seem routine and treat it like a mechanical matter or a schedule. , W'e can go to the other extreme and say we are just sure we are going to be so very homesick for school for sometime after leaving that nothing will seem worth while. VV e could sit down and have a good cry about the fact that we are not going to see each other so often, and that possibly we can never have a class reunion with every member present. That would not be unusual, although it is not a pleasant thought. I heard a lecturer say one time, :'The mothers cry if the children grow up and leave home. and they cry if they don't. VVe cannot graduate without that sad part of leaving the school and friends we like to be with. and we cannot think of wanting to miss graduation. All right, Seniors, this is it. It is time for you to leave this school, so we are glad you are going. We hope you will feel like coming back, and We expect you to do that when you have an opportunity. NVe hope you will take something with you that will make you useful to your fellow man. and will bring glory to God. You have done well in schoolg do still better in life. School, as you look back over the years. does not seem very long. Life, too., is very short. How each of us wishes that some opportunity had not been neglected! Many a pupil has come back to me after one or two years in college, to tell me that if he had high school to take over again he would see to it that he would get to college better prepared. Many a father has told me that he wishes he could make his son or daughter see the importance of school opportunities like he does now. But usually they admit they did not see things when they were that age either. VVhat you have done with your high school opportunities cannot be changed now. but you still have most of life before you and the success or failure of your life depends largely on your attitude toward a number of important things in life. Not so. much depends on your abilities as on the willingness to do what you can and ought to do. Not so much depends on the name you were born with as on what you make that name mean to those who deal with you. Not so much depends on the money you have or handle as on the purpose to which you devote your money and ability to earn more. A lot depends on how you deal with other men and women and not so much on how they treat you. Your respect for self as a divinely created being responsible to God for a soul and a life of service. your interest in your fel- low man. and your love for and fellowship with God will bring happiness now and in the life to come. Seniors. let us live close together and near to God. --Noah G. Good.