Ludington High School - Oriole Yearbook (Ludington, MI)

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.J 1 g JL lf W'7f'fii?-- jjj l' rillllllr' 'fit i ' gf -jiLi'utl f'. C50 the Glass of 1927 OU are rapidly nearing the goal called graduation which you set out four years ago to attain. You are approaching it with a well-deserved feel- ing of pleasure and satisfaction. Of pleasure, because of hopes fulfilled: of satisfaction, because of the consciousness of tasks well done. But to many of you this occasion will bring allso a distinct sense of loss, because of experi- ences and associations which graduation compels you to leave behind. Has it ever occurred to you that the really worth while elements of high school experience cannot be left behind--that they will accompany you wher- ever you may go? Many friends you will leave, but the fragrance of their friendship will go with you. You will miss the many happy associations of high school life, but your lives will have been enriched by the experience. Your books you may no longer need. Your former teachers you will seldom meet. Many of the facts you have learned from them will become dim in your memory. But if your contact with teachers and books has been worth while, its value lies in the things that endure: the mental development, the moral standards, the strength of character they have helped you to acquire. W Even the honors and trophies you have won in special activities will 'lose some of their significance, but in their place will come the greater victories of life: achievements made possible through the use of talents discovered and ele- ments of character developed in your high school experiences. 4 And these are the things that really will count in your life. These no one can take from you. They are the foundation principles upon which your life must be built. The knowledge of fundamentals, the power to think straight and true, the ability to make and hold real friends, the strength of character that will enable you to stand for the best ideals and to carry through to a successful end any plans you may adopt-these are elements of success that will not fail you. If it should prove true, therefore, of any of you, that the best things of your school life are what you will leave at graduation, then the school 'wil-l have failed to accomplish its true purpose. For schooling is not an end in itself. lt is only a step toward a higher goal. This suggests another quality whose possession will mean much more than your diploma. I refer to an open mind-a mind that recognizes the fact that your education is not finished, but only begun. Your school days may be over, but the period of education is not. It goes on to the end of life. Your school experience has merely furnished you with the tools with which to further your education. You may continue it in colleges, or in the school of llife. You may receive it from libraries, from the press, from social or business contacts, or from the varied experiences of life. But be sure of this: it will come in fullest measure only to him who approaches life's problems with an open mind-a mind that eagerly seeks new truths and as willingly applies them. I am sure I express the sentiment of all your teachers in hoping that school has meant all these things to you. I am conndent that you will justify our faith and hope in the years to come. -H. H. Hawley 1 wi- . -uw. M - we '.m .. t, -. - - f ., Amlmm hW,H,K,:,y lmnm .,x 5, fi,,,45!g1gn1,:I1twtf s1,.m.qJl4r.M1fil.1413511352f. ,l MM an 1 'ul ly''f'r'Q'if'i'l:1'L,'tl',1Ie?l42f I iilifw 'l'1'i1il' Rx., Y' 'lm' ' iw 'fi .if ' 'f f, ix MW -2.5-:ll 11. nu -lm f. -W? 4J'f'!' wf.4:'oxfm:m 'W ' f - iii' 'M ilf .. , l15l