Mason High School - Anchora Yearbook (Mason, MI)

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M H 8 ANCHOIA 1978 Superlntendenfs Address Mason Mlchlgan Aprll P 1928 lo the I raduates ot the Cl ass of 1978 Four years ago I entered Mason Hlgh School as dld also you the gl mduates of 1928 and we have worked together ethclently and happlly fox the past four years but now we are both about to leave Mason Hlgh School Although we wxll undoubtedly v1s1t here 1n the future we w1ll never be connected w1th the 1nst1tut1on IH the same capacltles that we have been md w1ll never feel qulte the same toward the old school We pass on to look for further adventures and greater Opp0I'tl.ll'11t1eS for human servlce 1nd others move up to fill our places here Although we have both made nnstakes we have much to look back upon wlth prlde md we should re membel that he who makes no mlstakes does nothlng But what of the future' Of course we face It wlth confidence but neveltheless w1th some trep1dat1on Are there not helpmg compamons whom we may take w1th us as we go forward? There are Thexr names are Falth Hope and Love We must have falth ln humanxty even though It may be badly shaken at tlmes by the treat ment we IGCGIVG fl om some 1I1d1V1dll2Il or organlzatlon We must remember that all people are human and that at tlmes the baser human emotlons 0a1n the ascendency over the noble ones and we must also remember that thelr llves We must have falth too 1n oux llI11V9lSll Protector If we would be cntlrely happy th It falth must be lS strong IS was the fa1th of Abraham We must leally feel m oul mner most heart that whatever comes or what ever happens He IS watch1n0 over us md w1ll always care for us Indeed has he not said and lo I am wlth you alway even unto the end of the world We must also take the companlon Hope vuth us as we Journey through llfe Intermmgled wlth our successes and trlumphs there w1ll surely be mlsfortunes and IBYBFSCS and at such txmes we should keep the hand of Hope tlghtly clasped IH ours 8hould Hope ever desert us the future w1ll look black Indeed No matter how underestlmated or unappreclated one feels hlmself to be he must keep al1ve the Splflt of hope and carry on Our thlrd companlon though here spoken of last IS not by any means least That compamon IS Love Thls companlon should prompt us to always go out of the way to make frlends to do a klnd deed or speak a f11endly word to the stranger as well as to those whom we meet dally 'lhls companlon should never be lost or left behlnd for W1tll0Llt h1m one changes from a pleasant agreeable frlend to a shunned and desplsed bore 'lhls compamon pei haps more th In the others wlll make lxfe ple lsant wlll lxghten the burden and smooth the path ahead as we travel Wlth these three companlons xlways travellnff w1th us we need not tear the future but can go forward joyously overcomlng all obstacles and obtalnlng Great happmess from the pleasure of attalnment untll at last we ale gathered home beyond the lealm of earthly cares where dwells that supreme happiness XXl1lLl1 defies all understandmg Your smcere frlend C E DeMer1tt . . '. If , .L 9 I ' ' , ' c 1m 1 v 1 - U ' ' I ' ' ' ' as Z. : N . N I . I 1 1 I 1 1, ..2 , , . . v V l . 2 . . w ' 2 . - ' ' Y 1 ' ' c ' , 2 ' bu l 1 1 v 7 1 1 1 the great majorlty of people keep the more noble 1nst1ncts 1n charge of 1 1 . 1, , l ' , . 2 . 1 3 , 2 1 1 E 1 Z n r ' 1 1 D , ' ' D O' 2 . . . H . 7 7 7 - I i! V . Y. . ' 1 1 1 y ' 1 1 , V . . . . I 7 1 Y Y . , ' 1' v ' V ' 1, . ? 1 ' ' ' O ' ' ' . . y . . 2 . 2 . , . , . , u D . . 2. Y . D '. v . 1 1 , 1 I Y , 1 , of ' ' , '1 . . ., , . , 1 u J. . ,

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M H 9 ANCHOI A 1998 11 In Honor of the Faculty Wrth the utmost respect gratrtude md rflectron we dedrc ate thrs sectron of our Anchora to the Frculty Mere words crnnot tell the story of therr labors and trrals through these past four years whrle they have strrven to the best of their rbrlrty to enable us to go forth from thrs rnstrtutron qualrfied to meet the respon srbrlrtres of lrfe Long after the theorres whrch they h we t rught us and the frcts they brought before us h we erther fled from our mrnds entrrely or been drs pl rced by others the personalrtres of these teachers md frrends wrll remarn rn our memorres We wrll not remember them as they stood wrth text books rn hand or delrverrng 1 lecture on a werghty problem but we wrll thrnk of them as we knew them when books were lard rsrde and frrend shrp took the place of study Those thrngs to whrch we rre very close we crnnot Judge or rnalyze accurately and so we cannot yet fully apprecrate all that these hrgh school years wrll mean to us nor the rmportant part that the rniluence of these teachers wrll play rn our lrves The results of what we have rccomplrshed here wrll color the whole trend of our lrves and events whrch we cannot now foresee wrll trace therr begmnrng back to those days whrch we spent workrng or playrng together As the twrg rs bent the tree wrll grow and so as our feet have been started on the road of lrfe wrll we travel Those rnfluences whrch lrke ur undercurrent hrdden but resrstless wrll never cease to drrect our lrves and the mark whrch the past four years has placed upon us wrll never be effaced And of all the rnfluences under Whose power we have come that of the Faculty has been the greatest therrs has been the hand upon the wheel strrvrng to prlot us rnto the rrght channels That we are grateful for therr efforts goes wrthout sayrng these words Ire rnadequate to express our apprecratron of them But rn our hearts there IS enshrrned forever the memory of them and years wrll never drm rts brrghtness nor other frrendshrps and sympathres supplant rt l' AL DLTY POLWI Mr Murray rs so drgnrfied Mr Mrllers just 1 boy McCurdy has her old mard s fun Mrs Sanford murred Joy Hugh J Bartley tends hrs farm crops And Mrss Lewrs curls her h ur Whrle Mrnty shows her Scotch up And Krueger doesn t c are bprnk and 'lyner sh rre then plumpness But Bardwells thrn and trll Whrle Father C lJeMer1tt Wrtches oer us all Y , , 1 . . .r. L , ... . I . I I . . .. . , ,L c , c . . I 4 A C . v I I . I I n In ' ' C , V. . ..f .. , z c I . . . . .. - 1 . ' 1 I I I C C C 1 . . . .I .- C 1 2 , I ... 2 . Y. I 1. . -. . I K . U ' . 4 I I 4 uw I 1 4 1 ' ' A v K- 41' 5 ll C - ' ' ' I V 4' . t A' L C C 1 n .A f 4 . 1 , c I . . . V I . . c c 1 . . . . t ' A . D L ss ' ' ' 11. 6 I 1 1 n V . . . I , c . , , 1 . . . . . I 1 1 1 ' 1 . .I 4 o 1 , . v . . V. 6 . l Y i o Q1 i ' 4 ' ' I i . I ' Y 1 . . ,v , D I . . . ' 1 . , . I a C n D 1 r.,1 1 A .I ' . , c . . A qu -. ., . , , f C . xy Aon c . N . , . . V . . .. I an fa . '- ' , , C . 4 I u. 2 . sz.