Lewiston High School - Bengal Yearbook (Lewiston, ID)

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ikeep the Jfaitb lt is only in our hour of weakness that we pray for easy tasks or 'idle lives. The pages of history record no great task accomplished without great labor and sacrifice. Every page of history sustains the truth of the statement that sweet are the uses of adversity in the development of sterling character. Every leaf in nature's note book proclaims this lesson so convincingly that even the most timid spirit may take courage. VV ere you to visit the shop of a cabinet maker, for the purpose of selecting the finest and most beautiful furniture obtainable, regardless of cost there is little doubt but that in your search you would pass by the oak, the walnut, the rosewood and mahogany: and finally select that most beautiful of all woods, the birds-eye maple-a wood that is the product of a most arduous and discouraging ing career. The beautiful formations you see, resembling birds' eyes, are not natural products, but they tell an eloquent story of repeated injuries successfully overcome. While the tree was yet a twig, a certain type of insect chooses it as a favorite place in which to lay its eggs, and the bark is pierced in thous- ands of places. As soon as the eggs hatch, birds peck at the bark to obtain the larvae for food and sorely wound the tree. But the tree, with a spirit worthy of imitation and emulation, instead of getting discouraged and growing clown- hearted, instead of asking itself, What's the use, and giving up the battle, sets itself bravely and determinedly about making the best of matters, and in so doing it not only heals the wounds, but it does the work so carefully and well that the scars are transformed into emblems of beauty. Year after year the successful struggle continues, until at length in the hands of the artisanf it stands forth as the most beautiful of all woods. The tree made warp and Woof of difficulties, and discouragements, and wove them into a pattern of marve- lous beauty. FRANK VV. SIMMONDS, Sup't. Lewiston Public Schools,

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Sl PT. FRANK W. SUNUVIONDS

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L. H. S. ANNUAL BOARD Purple and Gold 1-abr Editor-in-chief l - - Business Manager - - Asst business manager - - Literary editor - Athletic editor - Horoscope editor - Snap Shot editor Music editor - Art editor - Society editors .Xlninni editor - Special Departments - 2 - WALLACE BRUVVN - - GEORGE DEAN -RAYMOND HARFORD Q u1,i,1s smxioxns - DELMONT SMITH - EDITH ROBINSON - - AGNES LEEPER - FRANCES BA'l l'AN - - EDWARD ESTES MARGARET OSMERS MARION CDBURN - HELEN SIMMONDS VVILLTARI XVRIGHTER LLOYD HARRIS MILDRED VTENTFER