Mason High School - Anchora Yearbook (Mason, MI)

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., X10 uh? 'QL IW ANCHURA 'W Xl. aff -M-mm Paz 4 VALILDICTORY It IS not an easy task to say farewell to Mason h1gh school We look back over the years and reallze that they have been and probably w1ll be the happlest of our llves Each of us mlght plcture our hlgh school days dlfferently Some mlght see It as a splder splnnlng 1tS web a weaver pattern1ng a beautlful tapestry or a puzzle that had taken four years to solve These are dlfferent VIBWN but after all are they not s1m1lar'7 Each IS a work that requlres tlme and patlence to complete In my mmd I see a beautlful tree At first 1ts leaves were small green buds but as tlme passed they grew large and strong The gardener pruned and cared for the tree puttmg the wayward branches back lnto the1r places All through the summer the leaves remalned w1th the tree some t1mes dancmg and fluttermg 1n the breeze other t1mes battllng the w1nd and storms In the fall they were brlght and gay IH thelr autumn colors for at l-Ist the1r work IS done and they are ready to go Along comes the w1nd and they are gone each on lts separate way Llke these leaves our class has had good t1mes and troubles We haxe also had helpers Tomght we w1sh to thank our parents and teachers and all those who have helped us reach our goal Although we are leavlng our sp1r1t and best w1shes w1ll always be w1th 'Vlason Hlgh The good t1mes we have had and the frlends we have made w1ll never be forgotten Too soon comes graduatlon and llke a puff of w1nd w1ll scatter us each taklng hlS own path Next year new leaves w1ll come to the tree of Mason hlgh school Thev w1ll become strong and hardy because of the sturdy tree upon Wh1Ch thev grow It cheers and comforts us as we leave to know that these new leaves w1ll carry on the sp1r1t of Mason and share ln 1fS honor happlness and frlendshlp Llla Blakely - N 1930 -, A, 1 1 ,- 'ar if Sxxet CZ X X l 1 'X' I .' s , ' -'L 1 Q ' 3 sk . ll , '2 ' 5 . ,f , , hy , tx k X , YAQ V H V Aff I. T e 2 1 . V . c . . . . . Y . . 7 9 . .. , 1 ' I , . 1 A . . - 1:1 L 1 T 1 . . 1. c . ' . YI . , . . Y , ' . 1 X . I Y. . . 1 ' 1 y' v' D . Y f , . I V I . V 7 7 ' 1

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li' Wff 9 -2,55 N M ANCHORA 4 H' l S VALEDICTORY Three years ago news spread over the world that a young man had landed 1n Parls at the fimsh of the first non stop fllght from west to east Colonel Charles Llndbergh started out wlth no other purpose but to succeed He had a well bullt plane and no other companlons but the necessary lnstruments for encounterlng dlfficultles He flew through cloud bursts fogs sleet and strong wlnds but he dld not turn back because of dlscouragement or doubt He completed what he began and the world was ready to come forward and say Well done' In h1s famous book We Llndbergh stresses the polnt that he could not have accompllshed what he dld wlthout the ard and cooperatlon he recelved from others So we the class of 1930 are about to leave behlnd the shores we are accustomed to and go forth on a larger adventure the adventure of hfe Heretofore we have been carefully gulded by parents teachers and frlends parents who have provlded us w1th necessary mstruments of materlal welfare and lovingly trarned us ln honesty and c1t1zensh1p teach ers who have ln tralnlng our mlnds taught us the value of good Judgment dependabxllty and falr play our frlends who have always wllllngly offered needed advlce and encouragement ID tlmes of trial Now we must depend upon our own resources more than 1n the past Our hlgh school days w1ll soon be but memorles for they are but a round on the ladder of success whlch we hope to cllmb Our way has not always been paved but through the cooperation of every member of the class we have trled to look over on the brlght slde of hfe We must now say farewell and begm on our Hlght alone We shall pass through fogs of doubt and wlnds of adverslty but we must keep our falth and push on We shall succeed 1f we but remember these few words spoken by Susan Coolldge There IS no standlng stllll Even as I pause The steep path shlfts and I slap back apace No ldllng on the pathway hard and slow I must go forward or must backward go And few would struggle on wlth bleedmg feet, And few would even galn the hlgher helghts, Except for the stern law XYl'l1Cll blds us know We must go forward or must backward go Gladys Oesterle H 1 x L-12 y y D ' N 1950 i I f' F, A. X . ' ll ,I 'Vg .4 4 -1 ' Xxx , - .ffl n, ,F if T' fl j? .Cf H ifi ,I 2 ,. V f ,..f' a : F, J ff! -H' fl u ,. Pa e 23 , v V r 1 r ' v Y , cs n , . 2 - u n ' ' r s , . r r . u . V. . v 1 y - 1 1 1 v . V. . 1 Y . V. . . . v v v L I u ' , ' ' ' y K . . 1 v v , . . . 1 - v

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li Q! ?XW ANCHCRA fs X ' 6? Q SALUTATORY Plrents Teachers and Fr1ends Tomght we have reached the foot of the mountaln called Llfe Th1s IS the chmafc of all our h1gh school career for wh1ch we have labored smce early chlldhood So tonlght we w1sh to welcome you to th1s program IH wh1ch we celebrate our accompllshment and at wh1ch we must say farewell to old Mason Hlgh We the members of the Senior class w1sh to express our thanks and utmost gratitude to our parents our teachers and frlends who have helped to keep us on the path of educatlon and learn1ng Many tlmes we have felt always been our ever helpful teachers and frlends who put us back on the rlght path We d1d not reallze then what they were domg for us but now that we have reached the top we look back and reallze that they were dome the r ght thmfr Twelve long years ago we all start d out each 1n h1S own path When we reached hlgh school we all Jomed 1nto one path and w1th cooperatlon we have at last reached the helght of our high school days Before us l1es the mountaln of l1fe wh1ch we must ascend Each of our paths now sep arate and we wlll each pursue ou1 own way Some of us wlll find hard cllfnblng and w1ll be forced to pass over dangerous places 1n our lxfe and we wlll not have our teachers and frlends to gulde us but must decide our own course Others w1ll find easler paths and wzll reach places of hlgher fame But no matter how far we go there w1ll always be newer and better fields b lore us to explore Tonight all of our Joy and happmess IS shadowed by a tmge of sorrow deep 1n our hearts for we must bld ffuewell to our classmates and our school 1n wh1ch we shall never fwfun enJox such pleasures as we have durxnff the past four years We wlsh now to thank the cxtlzens 'md school board of Mason for the fine school and wonderful equlpment we have had to use IH bulldmg the foundatlon of our l1ves Tomorrow we start a n w trall and wlth the knowledge and fellow Shlp Splflt we haxe gathered here w e are sure to be successful m the trlals before us Gerald Qtrlckland llji N ,EF135 f'-fnfu ,- x ' wt , fe' D -3 gg Q 42 ', 1 2 ' ' as '11 KTTTZNM1, , I E . . ,X xxx Again' t I. Page 25 2 , ' : . . v . 7 I . 7 Y. 7 discouraged and it seemed that there was no use of going on, but there has ' y v ' , v ' O 5 ' O- D . . V , . Vc - y v. 1 ef ' I , ' C 1 ' 1 I I V . Y C bl . . 'Y x I 7 . D h v' 1 ' .. I C . L I A 1 . G . 1 v V C 9 V . Y. , v v ' ' ' f y . r C9 Y ' . q W P. - ' I f ! 4 , . A ! , A ,7, V , ' , E X 1 , 1 .