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

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f1fi17,2.14 LANCASTER MENNONITE-..--'SCHOOL JOURNAL Strive to live nobly, ever faithful to your Lord, so that your cheerful Chris- tian testimony may never dim. Your class motto-your prayer-can surely strengthen you for the reality of life before you. -CLYDE B. STONER. You are now entering upon a life of new experiences. You are facing the real issues of choosing a vocation and earning a living. Life will be real, and you must be earnest. To the extent that you yield yourself to Christ and to His will, to that extent your life will be successful. I have confidence that the members of this class have the Christian character that it takes to succeed! -jour: S. WENGER. My God and I, we walk the fields together! It is a high honor to be called into comradeship with Christ. Servants of mineg brothers of mineg friends of mine you are, said Jesus. Down through the ages they have Walked with Him: Enoch, Abraham, Moses, David, Isaiah, John, Mary of Bethany, Paul, Bernard of Clairvaux, David Livingstone, Christopher Dock, Praying Hyde-what a company! You mav be one of them. -EDNA K. WENGER. Dear Seniors, I Wish for you a lifetime 'full of service for Christ. For this service, I Wish you strength of soul and body, clearness of vision, steadfastness of purpose, an unshakable faith in God. Enough hard things be yours to make your dependence on God very real, enough success to make your reward rich in heaven. The Spirit lead you constantly. God's presence guard you continually. Then will you know the exceeding joy of His service. -Lois N. GARIIER. Une summer day I saw in the sky before me a bank of fleecy white clouds against a background of azure blue. As l. looked at it and let its majestic beauty till my soul with awe, I thought of the Creator who, from mere drops of vapor, could create such sheer loveliness. How inexpressibly more beautiful can the Father make the hearts and lives of those created in His own image. when they are yielded to His control! As the cloud with no light of its own reflected the brightness of the sun. so may you retiect the beauty of the Sun of Righteousness. -IXIYRA E. I-lass. lfVith what confidence that Christian graduate can step into this chaotic world! Though the future is dark, he may claim the unerring guidance of Him who notices each hair of the human head. Unreservedly he will yield his life to the discipline of an omniscient Father, concerning himself only to. know and do His will. knowing that every experience can glorify God and bless the human family. May God bless each of you with this assurance. MAHLON M. Hess. I Lead on. O King Eternal. VVe follow. not with fears. - ' He who follows the King need never be afraid. for he- is walking in the light. It is only sin and darkness that bring fear, and thev Hee from the presence of the King. As we follow I-lim, the path at our feet will always be light. And in following the King. we will find that the path of service, though rough at times, will end at the place where. At eventide it shall he light. LEAH IQJXUFFMAN. 3

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Tl-IE MILL STREAM l Front Row: Leah C. Kauffman, Edna K. Wenger. Lois N. Garber, Myra E. lless. Back Row: Mahlon M. lless, John S. Wenger, J. Paul Graybill, Clyde B. Stoner, Noah G. Une Word More' ' DEJXR YOUNG PEOPLE or T1-ta Gu:xoU.xT1.No Ctuxss or 1944: You are leaving us with our best wishes. VV e have traveled together on campus and in classroom. VV e tried to give you our best. our teaching, our counsel. VV e have shared with you our appreciation of liie's problems and opportunities. VVe have shared even our personal experiences so that We might help you in lite's way, VVe have prayed for you. All this have we gladly done with our very best that you might be the very best for your Master. Hoping to meet you again, out in liie's school. out in a world of service for your Master and your church, We remain as ever, Your friend, -J. l-'.xUI. GR.-XYllll,l.. This is not the day for taking things for granted. It is important to make sure of the foundation upon which we base our thinking, and to form policies in line with honest convictions. Too many. today. are so pre- occupied that they do not take time for thinking important matters through to a logical end. No surer or safer source from which to secure the makings of our personal life philosophy can be 'found than the W'orcl of God. -No.xi1 G. Goon. Good To TIIE CL.xss or 1944: I wish to take this opportunity to express any appreciation for your presence with us, and for the high quality of work toward which you have striven. Congratulations toeach member of the class For work well done. One period of life's training is passed. and you are now looking into the future with the optimism which is characteristic of youthful energy and zeal. 2

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THE MILL STREAM Class Aclviser's Message No LONG MESSAGE is expected here at this time. just before a hard game, or just before some very diiiicult undertaking, we do not say muchg we get together very intimately for a few moments and say the very important things. I want you to come with me into that private little room of con- hdence where we may talk a few things over a bit. You are going to undertake life in a new setting in a few days. Now you are in schoolg now most of you have both parents and are living at home, now you are not responsible in a very definite way for many things. But tomorrow that will change. For some of you that tomorrow will come sooner than for others. Very soon all of you will have left the sheltering and guiding agencies of home and school, and will be going forward on your own strength. Let me have your confidence for just a moment till I tell you these four or five things. VVork hard at whatever task you find yourself rightly assigned. Be fair in performing every obligation fully and satisfactorily. Speak only those things that are worthwhile and helpful. Lean heavily on the Lord. and do not depend on your own understanding or the advice of those who do not know the Lord. Make friends of those who have made their calling and election sure, the Christian people. You have accepted Christ as your Saviourg now let your life be entirely guided by what you know to be His will in your life. Class Presiclent's Message AND so COMES THE END! But it is really the beginning of our journey through the 'vast expanse of life which lies before us. We cannot look into the future because of the clouds of uncertainty which hide it, but we can trust into the future. In what shall we trust, dear classmates? Shall we place our trust in weapons of warfare as do so many? Shall we throw our hopes into those veiling clouds of uncertainty where they will linger for a short time and then fall to the earth with a crash? The heathen has his idols of wood or stone. Shall we put our trust in idols-idols of gold or fame? Are these the stagnant poo-ls where idly float our aims and aspira- tions? No! Wfe trust in none of these, for they are but of this world of which We claim no part. Our trust is in the great God who created all that was, all that is, and all that ever shall be. Now we are about to meet the challenge the world offers us. It is a great challenge, and many who meet it often fail to accept it fully. The world will have its eyes on us and will observe each move and action. They will have set up in their minds high ideals which they will expect to see in our lives. Can we meet them? Can we face all the obstacles that will be laid in our path? We can only with God's guidance. for lf God be for us, who can be against us ? So as we leave this school let us pray with sincerity, Lead Us, Father. Q -jfiixres R. Hass. 4