Medina High School - Medinian Yearbook (Medina, OH)

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Stye Amtttal 13 llarralaumttr § rrmmt HOW TO OBTAIN THE PRIZE. BY W. V. EDWARDS, B.D., PH. D. Rector St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. This one thing I do, forgetting those things which ore behind , and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus . — Philippjans 3:13-14. This is the advice given to the Church and it is applicable to our use tonight. St. Paul was a man of large attainments; as a scholar he had sat at the feet of Gamaliel; he was a man of exceptional wisdom. He had been blessed in that he had received a special revelation from Heaven. A man with these advantages should have been satisfied; not so with St. Paul. He was an unsatisfied man. He realized that there were still greater attainments than those already in his possession. This high attainment for him was Jesus Christ, the highest ideal for us all. Had Paul been perfectly satisfied with himself and the world in which he lived, there would have been no chain of churches in Europe, Asia and America today. He was unsat-

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12 Annual (Ealrnhar nf (Dmunmtmiu’nt Processional Opening Prayer - Psalter Lessons Creed and Prayers Offertory Selection Closing Prayer Benediction Recessional BACCALAUREATE SERMON Episcopal Church, Sunday, June 4, 1916 7:30 p. m. (central) Rev. W. Y. Edwards Rev. Y. S. Goodale Rev. F. W. Hass - ' - - - - Rev. H. S. Fritsch Choir CLASS PLAY Medina Field, Wednesday Evening, June 7, 1916 8:00 p. m. (central) MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM Cast of Characters Theseus, Duke of Athens Egeus, father of Herrnia Lysander, in love with Hermia Demetrius, in love with Hermia Quince, a carpenter Snug, a joiner Bottom, the weaver Snout Stranling, the tailer Hippolyta, queen of Amazons - Hermia, in love with Lysander Helena, in love with Demetrius Oberon, king of fairies Titania, queen of fairies Puck, or poor Robin Goodfellow Ray Treffinger - Willie Watters Howard Hawk . . Stanley Hartman Owen Nixon Ray Bishop Faye Fenton Foster Kindig Ancel Mann Helen McDowell Helen Webber Alice Kehren Charles Griesinger Beulah Wallace Alice Best Peasblossom, Cobweb, Moth, Mustardseed and other fairies attendants of the king and queen, attendants on Theseus and Hippolyta. FAIRIES Ellen White Gladys Hyde Dorothy Rex Avonell Handehy Lue Rawlings Florence Rex Irene Beedle Florence Leach Oretta Shaw M. II. S. Soloist. Faith Anderson Special Soloist, Mrs. Lucile Hemmeter Long Pianist, Leo Bartimek COMMENCEMENT Medina Field, Thursday Evening, June 8, 1916 8:00 p. m. (central) Solo — ‘ ‘ Danny Deever ” (Kipling) Invocation ...... Solo — “Song of the Soul” (Breil) ... Class President ’s Address ..... Class Prophecy Class Valedictory Faye Fenton Rev. H. S. Fritsch Faith Anderson D. C. Shepard, Jr. Avonell Handehy and Andrew Long Ruth Hoddinott Class Address. Presentation of Diplomas - Dr. Frank Pearson Superintendent Edmund

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14 ©lye Annual isfiecl and not willing to cease labor. He must be active and obtain results. Satisfaction would have meant stagnation and great loss to the world. The satisfied person has reached his or her goal ; for such a one there are no more worlds to conquer, no lofty height to arouse ambition. He has reached his highest level, work ceases, and usefulness forever lies dormant. On the other hand, who would dare, by thought or art, to try to limit the possibility of the unsatisfied? From this class we have derived great benefit. Early geographies con- tained maps of the United States with a great stretch marked, “ The American Desert.” In Columbus’ time the map of the world had peculiar characters marking the then unknown parts of the globe. Today the maps are different ; we even know about the north and south pole, because men were unsatisfied and forever reaching out. Since the days when people just landed on the Virginia and the New England coast, the unsatisfaction on the part of the pioneer has given us a country extending from the Atlantic to the Pacific. We are also indebted to our scholars and men of science for their unsatisfied condition and their determination to acquire more than they already possess. I wish you to note that unsatisfaction is not dissatisfaction. Unsatisfaction is constructive; it builds up, it investigates, it leaves results behind. Dissatisfaction is distinctive. It builds nothing; it is not satisfied with things; it produces grumblers, complainers, and faultfinders. Unsatisfaction, then, makes us reach out from the present in the hope of attaining more ; therefore, to be able to do more. I. We then have a mission in the world, which is “ to do.” “ Deeds are the coin of Heaven; Faith without works is dead.” So give a cup of cold water in Christ’s name. Do the will of my Fat her which is in Heaven. Christ worked — Paul worked; we are to work and do things according to our several abilities. In this age of intellectual attainments, we know that knowledge is power. During your school life you have been like a storage battery connected with a great dynamo (the American Public School System) storing up knowledge, absorbed from teach- er, book, and class. Now you are to be disconnected from these, and expected to reproduce in the many avenues of life — this knowledge or power. Use it wisely, use it to the very best advantage, and bring glory and honor to your school by doing something. II. Man’s work is to do one thing and do it well, rather than to do many things imperfectly. Concentration is absolutely necessary to success. There are many Jacks of all Trades, but when we need to have a delicate operation performed we seek a specialist who has made this one branch a specialty. The tendency of this age is in the direction of specialization — one who is an expert in one particular line of labor or thought. Select a calling for which you are best fitted ; you know the direction in which your inclination lies. All cannot be laborers, mechanics, teachers, professional people; still, there is an affinity between them all. They all work together for the common good of mankind. When you have selected your life’s work then magnify it. Honor your calling and endeavor to make it the very best vocation in the world. Put your heart, mind and energy into it and always be proud of the one thing you have chosen.