Mason High School - Anchora Yearbook (Mason, MI)

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Hi Ili N Knrlmra llllh Valednctory Once agfun lt IS June and th1s June the good shlp 26 IS 'mchorf ci 1n the port of C raduatlon For four happy years our Jolly crew has salled the seas of hlgh school l1fe together and lt IS wlth mmgled Joy and sorrow that we prepare to leave the good shlp 26 forever Joy ln the knowledge of a task completed and 1n ant1c1pat1on of the adventures of the new voyage before u sorrow 1n the knowledge that never agam shall we be bound together m the close compamonshlp of the past four years Much credlt for thls first successful voyage IS due to our parents teachers and frlends who have falthfully and patxently plloted us through done the1r be t to furnlsh us w1th rellable charts and compasses whlch w1ll enable us to sall successfully alone But thls voyage IS ended now and the tlme has come when we must leave the old Shlp 26 and each captaln of h1s own shlp embark upon the longer voyage of L1fe Somewhere far off beyond the dlstant horlzon IS the mystlcal harbor called Success It IS toward this harbor that each captaln sets h1s course But the voyage w1ll be long and dlfflcult The seas w1ll often be rough and often there w1ll be storms of Dlsappolntment Dlscouragement and Dlsllluslonment In many places there wlll be treacherous hldden rocks and reefs of Temptatlon Some captams may be tempted to let thelr shlps drlft wlth the tlde or to allow Dlshonesty D6C6lt and Bluff gu1de them but beware' the tlde w1ll carry you to the port of Nowhere while Dlshonesty Decelt and Bluff are poor seamen and will gulde your shlp 1nto the port of Fallure Let us take Hlgh Ideals for our Chart Wlll as our Compass and let us place Honesty Determmatlon Falth and Perseverance at the helm They are trusty seamen and wlll gulde our shlps Into the port of our Amblt1OH And now the tlme has come to say farewell We are loath to leave the old shlp yet we dream of the voyage before us and we are eager to set sall But as we bld each other good bye and go our ways each to h1s own shlp let us remember that One shlp salls east and another west Wlth the self same wlnds that blow Tls the set of the salls and not the gales Whlch decldes the way to go Llke the wlnds of the sea are the ways of fate As we voyage along through llfe TIS the wlll of the soul that decldes 1tS goal And not the calm or the strife JANETTE SEVERANCE - ,O 4- . V -' .49 c , c , My I 1 ' I . ' A I I , . , l . . D 3 . . . . S9 . Y . 7 1 . y . 1 . . storms and sunshine, past rocks and reefs, into this harbor. They have . S . . . , . . , , . . . 7 7 7 U V 2 . . . . 6 1 ,, ,, . . . . Y . . . , . . . . . . . , 7 i ' 7 ! 1 ! . I 1 7 ' , , , ' v D - 7 , . Y I , , . ,, , . . , 1 - I- Q '

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28 gl IE S Anrhnra 1925 PROPHECY Contlnued speech has been h1S greatest asset and undoubtedly lf lt were not for that he could not have reached Such a degree of success Ruth Kendrxck has become a beauty speclallst She has the ablllty to marcel am one s ha1r so that lt looks as natural as her own Short Sowers you know was always a great baseball player dunng h1s Hlgh School days After graduatlng he practlced and play ed on the 1495118 team for several years but Seemed to galn no fame At last he concluded that the nearest he could come to baseball was bv operat1ng a Sport Shop WhlCh IS Sltuated 1n the heart of Leslle Last but not least' It IS a tradltlon that one truly great person should come forth from every class And from the class of 26 he IS the great psychologlst Nolan Kenfleld He has Such Stflklllg' aptltude along th1S l1ne that now he has a posltlon wlth the Chlcago Pollce Force Perhaps thls would not be very pleaslng work for some of us but for INolan lt IS most fasclnatmg I have just uttered the last of the prophecles of the Class of 1926 and ln vlew of the fact that you Sallv have Just gnen the Glftatory and have recelved no remem brance of It I shall mtrust to your Safe keepmg this maglc cry stal and when you feel lonelx and sad gaze mto lts unfathomable depths and See what Jack 1S domg FMMA VAUGHNI Class Poem On that brlght September mormng Onlv four Short years ago We started forth as Freshles Determmed our own was to hoe We trled to plax our teachers But lI'1Sf,eall we Soon were bluffed We thought Semor llfe was great And thelr l1fe the real Stuff As Sophomores we gamed a rep As Jumors we were better No one wlth us could keep IH Step Our Slogan was Go Getter We we had our trlals and troubles But they have all passed oer Half our goal has now been reached The most tllfflCLllt lles before It IS nearing graduation The class of 26 by name Wlth 1tS thlrty four loyal members Has won ltself great fame We Xe had a br1ll1ant record We w111 strne to keep thls rule We the class of 26 The fourth of the new Hlgh School LaVERNE SHEADER . V, . ,.j . , , . Y . . 7 ,li . n I L A n u 44 77 7 ' ' ' ., N I , . D . 1 v ., . . . i , . . .. , ., . . . . . .V . . - a yn U, A 1 ,- . - , . , L n 4 - h , 4 7 , , , . , . . -J . . V , . ' - J ll ' YY ' v ' v ' r .' , ' Y I Y Y ,. . , A ' . , , u ' H ' : . V S 1 s t' 7 . v , . . v . - ' ,Y . . . . S .V , .L . . v 7 Y '

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,HL Anrhnra, 1925