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

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Faculty To the graduating class: Ye are not your own, for ye are bought with a price: there- gartei glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are 0 's. Graduates, you are called to serve God in the vigor of your youth, because you are God'sg He is your Master. You will glorify God by obeying His command to evangelize the world. However, the world is not only Africa or other countries far distant. Think first of your own community and of the many unsaved there. Pray God to give you a realization of the fact that they are lost. With that prayer will come the knowledge that unless you present to them the claims of Christ upon their lives, the responsibility for their lost condition rests upon you. Remember, graduates, you are God's. -J. Lester Brubaker. To the class of 1947: Congratulations! May the full blessings of God attend you as you go out from this school in the humble recognition of His sovereign grace and power, not only in the world about you, but in every department of your own life and person. It is the primary aim of this school to help you catch the vision of the true values C Neither count I my life dear unto myself -Acts 20:24J and real purposes C For to me to live is Christ -Philippians l:21J of life in the world. As you follow these principles, you are assured of our prayers back of you and of God's blessings upon you. -Amos W. Weaver. To the graduating class: Life is a gift from God. It is good to remember that it is not our own but that it belongs to Him, and that it is in Him we live and move and have our being. Life is meant to be redeemed, not Wasted. It is meant to be lived unto the Lord, not unto self. It is meant to be a pilgrimage through the world, not a citizenship of this world. Life does not consist of material possessions but of spiritual possessions. What advantage is it if one succeeds in gathering together great gain in this life and loses his own soul? What is life? To know Christ is life. To know Him is eternal life. Since Christ is the author, center, and goal of life, glorifying God can be its only real purpose. -Martha F. Mosemann. To the Seniors: To know Jesus-that is triumph, and so that we may know Him very Well He does allow trials to come. There are days when the Companion who said that He would be with us day by day until the end of the age, seems very far away. When the friends of Bethany needed Jesus so desperately, he abode two days still in the same place where he was. Jesus loved themg so He stayed away. They knew Jesus as a great Healer, but they needed to know Him as the Resurrection, and the Life. If Jesus seems to be away when trials come it is only because He is waiting to reveal Himself in a greater way. Tri- umph does come through 'trialsg and that triumph is to know Jesus Himself as He really is in all His glory and sufliciency. -Leah Kauffman. 9

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-X. . x its ge. fegpq iii. 2593 asv- v with messages to graduating class To the class of 1947: You have chosen as your class motto, Through Trials to Triumph. Now as you leave high school, you are unaware of the implications of this motto. The good Lord does not reveal in detail our futures, but He says, Have faith! May you have this faith in Him that will enable you to live victoriously. Look not merely for direction in the large things of life, but also in the smallest routine thing of life. Now, go! Live for Him and perchance, if need be, die for Him. -John S. Wenger. Dear Comrades of the Upper Road, may God grant you grace to meet each life issue, not only successfully, but triumphantly. The pages of the Bible and the annals of the centuries record the names of many who lived and died grandly for Christ. Those whose names are lost are not unknown soldiers, for their Leader remembers. When the battle is done, may the King Himself grant you a welcome into His presence, the crown of life, the victor's palm branch, and a part in the chorus of heaven. These are the glad rewards of those who overcame by the blood of the Lamb and the Word of their testimony. May they be yours. -Edna K. Wenger. Dear Seniors, When we want to make something perfect, we need a pat- tern. The more valuable our material, the more carefully we need to work. Are not our lives our most precious possession. and is not the perfection of our lives our most important task? For this we need a pattern. We cannot aiford to make mistakes. As our days slip past, they are hopelessly gone. So it is trc- mendously important that now We make our lives perfect, con- formed to the pattern of the One who has given us 'Lan example, that ye should follow his steps. Keep the Lord Jesus as your pattern in all thingsg and grow in grace and in the knowledge of Him and His will. -Lois N. Garber. To the Seniors: 'The years have rapidly passed since you first entered L.M.S. They have been busy years, happy years. Now you stand at the threshold of new opportunities and new responsibilities. Wheth- er the future, to which you are so eagerly looking, shall be suc- eessful or not will depend largely on the choices which you have already made, and on the choices which you are about to make. Of Mary, Jesus said, IShe1 hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her. It is your privilege, too, to choose the one thing . . . needful. To love the Lord Jesus, to serve Him, to obey Him, to let Him live His life through you will bring to you a life of peace, of satisfaction, and of fruitful- ness. -Myra E. Hess. S

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with messages to graduating class To the Seniors: The path of life is an uncertain one. It may not be smoothly paved at all placesg it may not be flower-strewn all the Wayg the vista ahead may not be ever bright and goldeng but over- head the sun is shining, though clouds may hide it from view. Higher still, God sits enthroned and His Son ever watches our steps and will keep us if our minds are fixed on Him. He has first claim upon us and wants us to give Him priority in our lives. Our Journey will be pleasant and its end glorious and triumphant only if We travel the way together. Clayton L. Keener. To the graduating class: The 1946-47 school term is ended. Our hearts are burdened within as we think of the large number of students who are now entering the world to take up the great responsibility of living. These students have come here for one of two reasons: CD seek- ing aid in their Christian lives from Christian teachers and Chris- tian associationsg C23 parental influence and social pressure. Have We met the need of the latter? Our chief concern is with this group. Many of them have very little purpose in mind. Have I shared in the responsibility of leading these young lives into deeper communion with God? Have they gone away with a vivid impression that will endure the test of time? May God richly bless this graduating class as thev go into the world's harvest field is my prayer. -Richard Kling. Dear Graduates: The years you have spent at Lancaster Mennonite School were years of preparation for Christian service. The chaotic world needs true Christian witnesses more than ever before. With this trainingwe expect you to be a blessing to others. 1 Through the years I am sure you will appreciate more and more i the standards, ideals, and purposes you have received here. 2 May heaven's blessing rest upon each of you as you meet life's varied experiences and may God give you much grace to meet each trial triumphantly. -Mary Elizabeth Lutz. , Personnel We can hardly appreciate enough the tasks of our caretaker, Brother Samuel Ressler, and the cooks, Hettie Musser, Pauline Ebersole, Bertha Kraybill-, and Mabel Kreider. They are not as apparent in their labors as are the faculty members. I suppose some students think the cooks are more important than the teachers, i Brother Ressler takes great pleasure in keeping the campus in tiptop shape. He is always ready to mend a chair, repair the bells, or replace a light bulb. Sam was the only fellow who seemed to stay outside very long on those stormy, snowy days. He would stand back with his snow shovel as we students rushed from one building to another, glad to be out of the weather. The cooks reign supreme in the-kitchen. I suppose if you would have stepped around sometime and told the cooks ,how you hked their cooking, they would have appreciated it, but they know children. So long as the food does not come back to the kitchen, they know the students are eating it. I believe that mostly they do more than just eat itg they enjoy it. Mary Elizabeth Lutz is our efficient office girl, errand boy, mailman, and bookroom clerk. I believe she is one of the indispensable links in our big school family chain. You cooks, Sam, and Mary Elizabeth, don't fret if all the students haven't always shown appreciation for your efforts and maybe even shown contempt. Children will be children and eventually they will come to realize that your time is spent for their comfort and convenience. IO