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

Page 18 text:

Dear Seniors: VV e now say good-by to you. We appreciated having you in this Christian institution for your high-school education. VVe send you forth with the conhdence that you are better equipped to meet life's opportunities and responsibilities. We are looking to you to go forth from school unto a life with a purpose. This purpose should Dear Class of 1952: The years in this school have seemed short to you. You will not soon forget the time you have been here because the years you spent here are important years of your life. They are the years in which many of your life habits and attitudes took definite form. The school may, or may not, have had a large part in the formation of those patterns in your life. But it is still true that these four years Filled that part of your life in which many of life's patterns are usually set. VVe have often prayed and shall continue to pray that the school's influence on your lives may have been a good one and that its good work in your lives will continue to manifest itself in many ways in 16 Jacob Paul Graybill East Earl, Pa. Principal, Bible Doctrine. lflfhat I want is, not to possess religion but to lziwe a religion tha! shall possess me. -KINGsLEY. be to live for the Lord in every area of.your life, to work loyally with the church, to seek to take your place humbly, allowing the Lord and the church to guide you. Do not live aimlessly, keep your goals and standards high, remember what you have been taught, look for opportu- nities for serving humanity, be ready for the l.ord's direction and call. Noah Gehman Good Lancaster, Route 4, Pa. Deang Natural Sciencesg Germany P.O.D. Nature is a more powerful force than edurationg ti-me will de- velop everything.-DIsRAELI. Some of you will soon accept jobs. Others will early be homemakers in their own right. Some will go on in school. The church will lay hands on a few in a dehnite way while she claims all of you even if there is no specific assignment. Some of you will have unusual experiences while others will live more ordi- narily. VVe look for every one of you to live worthy lives so that your home, your commu- nity, your school, and your church can at all times say with satisfaction of you that that is one of our men or women, he is doing a good work. Surely you will want to make your life the expression of your class motto and continue to follow -Christ all your lifetime.

Page 17 text:

sw y ff if wfv W - p w 5 ,Q I , .K 'W s was 4 is V - -sg ,ap , 3, if 9 'ag fi r S f Q2 sf 1 it My fx. X X: f, ry Xgfzf '75 J Qi' if Q5 wa? gg-Ivy 1.5 I 51 EWU' s Q My Qfgewiswll el W Q K as ,W Q1 1 7 ' fl h, 6 gi qi v nw 1 ian ' 1 iill W1 Af 1 , Q Y ' 'ill , 1 A 3355 N2 W I Y 1- , ,ia in f -.Q ' Ry if A 5 STM 'L ' 'J ,. ,M 3.91 ' ii: X A , . wg. i , 1: nga. f ,I Q12 W. - 5 f . Tx mi L 5,-as 1, aff? 4 46 gil -. PQWZ Q5 b an , 9 . , fa 1 I Q . 6 Wi ,w W2 why cw fe' Q ,Alu Q .X E, ,J

Page 19 text:

Clyde Buchen Stoner Lancaster, Route 4, Pa. Secretary-Treasurer, Commercial Subjects, Music. Music is the universal language of mankind.-LONGFELLOW. Dear Graduates: Before you is an open door. In a measure, you have made previous preparation for your lifework. You have studied lessons, cultivated talents, acquired skills, set up Christian ideals, and developed a standard of life's values. Through the influence of your Christian parents, your church, an-d your school, certain lasting im- pressions have been made upon your memory. Regardless of how far life's experiences may take you from the scenes of your childhood and youth, memories of your joys and sorrows, successes and failures, opportunities used and lost, deeds of kindness or thoughtlessness will re- main to comfort or rebuke you. These experi- Amos Weaver Weaver Ronks, Route 1, Pa. Bible 5 Student Pastor. To live divinely is not to ignore the coznlnonplace but to enable it.-ANON. Class of 1952, to all of you: Congratulations! You have arrived. You have attained the goal and will receive a diploma to verify it. But where have you arrived? Where do you stand now? Really not at the end, but at the beginning, the commencement of a larger sphere of life and service. Your diplo- ma will really be a certificate of progress. It is but a milepost in your forward march with Christ your Lord. The great apostle who gladly gave up all things that he might win Christ, was still, near the end of his life, Ureaching forth unto those ences of the past have a sobering effect upon us to challenge us to live for others and to sur- render our lives completely to the will of God. Looking ahead to find your lifework' will be challenging. Do not become discouraged if cherished plans should crumble, nor impa- tient when the way is not clear. God moves in various ways to prepare us for the places where He would have us serve. I am confident that you will experience peace and happiness even amidst the noise and strife of a sinful world if your life is committed to the work which the Lord has for you to perform. The Lord thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doestf, things which are before . . . land pressingl toward the mark for the prize .... He then tells us whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing .... Be followers . . . QPhil. 3 113'-172. The real tragedy of life is not in failing to reach the top, but in failing to go forward. To turn back and lose the ground that has been gained is cause for grief. So whether the way be rough or pleasant, bright or gloomy, keep on! It is always better on ahead. The Master leads the way, follow Him, He will ,lead you to the triumph of success, for He is the One and only assurance against failure. 17