Mason High School - Anchora Yearbook (Mason, MI)

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M. H. S. ANCHORA, 1927 5 Anchora Staff Back romiPhiletus Peck, John Dean. Rex Beaumont, Murray Peek, Don Snyder. Front x'owfFrances Brower, Doris Densmore, Margaret Eggers, Editor-in-chief, Mary Laxton, Fern Smalley.

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M. H. S. ANCHORA, 1927 Board of Education J. Brown, Pres. -L. R. White, Se-fy L. T. 'Lasenby W? . ,W . ,ri Claud Post H. B. Longyear, Tr

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6 M. H. S. ANCHORA, 1927 To the Class of 1927 My dear Friends: The school activities of another June are upon us and we will soon be through with them, too, ready for whatever else the world has to oEer. 'To some of our school family it means simply another milestone passed, and these feel somewhat as they did in their younger days when a birthday was passed. But you of our school family who have reached your majority, so to speak, and now leave the' old school home to make a start in life for yourself must have very different sentiments at this time. You have labored long with English composition, Latin verbs, geometric theorems, and the laws of chemistry or physics, to reach this goal and now you are surprised to find that mingled with the joy of its accomplishment is a tinge of regret. But most of life is thus, our greatest joys are tempered with a little sorrow and likewise if we view the world in an altruistic spirit, always thinking of the other fellow rather than of ourselves, we will find that the deepest sorrows will be mitigated by a re-al joy for someone else. In future years you will doubtless look back upon this June as simply an event or a milestone in a great series of events which have been the building of your life, even as you now think this month to be in the lives of our under classmen. Ever remember, whether you are engaged primarily in preparing yourself for a life work or are actively engaged in one, that friends are more satisfactory as well as more valuable than dollars. When your activities have become more limited, and you wish to enjoy the fruits of honest and well performed labors, you will find that much more comfort is derived from many genuine friends than from many mere dollars. 'That man makes and keeps friends to the best advantage who is of the greatest service to them, who is pleasant, smiling, and joyful, and who brightens the corner where he is. As you leave our family circle to take your place in the service of mankind, do not forget that the greatest service is rendered by those who have the best preparation for it, and if you feel, as I am sure many of you do, that you are not yeit properly fitted for that particular service which you have chosen for yourself, continue your education and .training until you can use your talents most efficiently. Christ spent thirty years in preparing himself for a period of service only three years in length but consider the world-wide induence and far-reaching effect which that service had upon mankind. And through it all let your conduct be such that when the working tools of life must be laid aside, you may hear those welcome words, Well done, good and faithful servant, enter thou into the joy of the Lord. As ever your friend, C. E. DeMERI'I'T.