Lena Winslow High School - Win Nel Yearbook (Lena, IL)

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W I N - N E L VALEDICTORY BY LEONE STARR Dear Parents, Teachers, and Classmates: With the closing of tonight's activities the high school careers of fourteen young men and women are being brought to a close. This event occurring at a time when our country is in such a state of unrest should bring many questions into our minds. We all realize that as we stand at this meeting point between a bright and event- ful past and an unknown future, that the time has come for us to begin our life's work. Just how we are going to begin this work depends largely on the way that we have prepared ourselves while in high school. We all know that we have had the opportunity for gaining a great amount of knowledge while in school, now the question left for us to ascertain is whether or not we will make use of this knowledge. These questions will soon be answered for when we step forth to take our places as the citizens of tomorrow, we will find that the way is not so bright as it has been in the past. The task of proving yourself a good citizen in this day is going to be much more difficult than it has been in past years, for the problems which wc are going to meet are numerous and large. If we are going to make our lives successful it would be well for us to consider some of these questions which we will have to face. Our first great problem is going to be that of unemployment. What are we graduates going to do now that we have finished our high school careers? If we cannot obtain employment we still should make valuable use of our time and educa- tion. The next great problem is the financial crisis, which we will have to meet with a clear understanding if we are going to have any part in solving it. Then the repeal of the 18th amendment and with it the moral issue. Is the piece of legislation which again brought this question into view going to make the morals of our country any worse? These are the questions which we must recognize,for that is what our education has been preparing us for. Such questions as these will require citizens of a much higher standard than they have been in the past-they will require citizens who are intelligent and who take a part in governing instead of leaving the task to one man. just what is your attitude toward these questions, students? Do you think you can become a good citizen and meet these problems with a determination to settle them in such a way that all will be benefitted? We as a class, of course, cannot settle them but we should be better able to deal with them for having had the training that we have, so let us each do our part and maybe with the combined efforts of millions of others who have realized the value of an education we can make this world a better place in which to live. Now dear classmates the time has come for us to say farewell. This is the last time our class will meet as a body and from now on the name of it will exist only as a memory. We will all probably travel different paths through life but Wher- ever we travel let us always hold in mind that we each have some work to perform during our life and it is our duty to accomplish this in as successful manner as we are able. 193 Page Twenzy-Jive

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'Z::1E?32?T'i1?Ef?3?::'i '- W I N - N E L Top Left-Certainly, you can recognize this smile. It hasn't been changed in all these years. Lower Left-Isn't she the sweetest baby you ever saw, and you can still see she retains some of her Baby ways. Center-Who is this sweet little boy? No it is not a boy either. Although she is not wearing her brothcr's clothes she resembles him a great deal. Top Right-Even her early pictures show her large, brown, eyes. She can't hide them yet. Lower Rightm-You can still see marked resemblances to this owner for she still looks so very proud. CSee ad sectionD 9 3 3 r s be Earnest Page Twengf-four

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WIN-NEL SALUTATORY HELEN SPLINTER In behalf of the Senior Class of 1933, I welcome you as a guest at this, our com- mencement. We believe that this program climaxes all our school year activities and to us, personally, this certainly should be a milestone in our lives. Those of you who have graduated know the joy and sorrow that is ours tonight-joy to think that we have successfully completed a worthy task and sorrow to think that for most of us, our school days are over. School days are overfilled with memories. Each personally must pass judgment if those memories are pleasant or not. Ours is a class of rural school pupils. Upon our entrance to high school we numbered only fifteen. Ten of that number are here on this platform tonight. Four others have joined us since then. We have become accustomed to the fact that we were always the smallest class in schoolg but that has never lessened our ambitions. Have we not been very successful in scholastic work, and play pro- duction and were not three members of this year's basketball team from our class? Have we not successfully issued another publication of the Winnel? Such achieve- ments have not been easy, but we are proud of the confidence and courage which has been shown by our class through these years of effort. School days mean days of work. Occasionally we find a student attending high school who proclaims he does not work. Usually such a student finds that his school days are numbered or else he must begin anew. I, personally, find that the reward follows effort. School days mean days of acquaintances and friendship. It means living with other people. During this time we have found many new friends. The friendship which we have formed will last through life. We have learned to consider the wishes of others. We have mingled with others. Are not these things a source of success and happiness in later life? - School days mean days of preparation. During this time our likes and dis- likes have pointed to our future work. The subjects in which we are interested, the activities in which we participated and our attitude to our work are factors which shall determine whether we shall continue our education. These factors also determine our success in later life. May we, as a class, regard our school days as very worth while. The high school is a typical American institution which is open to rich and poor alike. May it always be such to future generations and may we cherish its con- tinuance. In this real American spirit and in behalf of the class, I extend to you a most cordial welcome to this, another commencement. 933 i Page Twenu-.fix