Medina High School - Medinian Yearbook (Medina, OH)

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Senior lepartnmtt 20 BABY PICTURES OF SENIORS. First Row. — Irene Beedle, Ray Treffinger, Ellen White, Charles Griesinger, Florence Johnson. Second Row. — Frieda McMillan, Faith Anderson, Dudley Borger, Alice Best. Third Row. — Ray Bishop, Willie Watters. Helen Webber, Alice Kehren, Fay Fenton. Fourth Row. — Gladys Hyde, Dorothy and Florence Rex, Oretta Shaw. Fifth Row. — Ruth Hoddinott, Dwight Shepard, Andrew Long, Foster Kindig, Stanley Hartman.

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2B Annual BABY PICTURES OF SENIORS First Row. — Paul Friedel, Helen McDowell, Everett Warren, Ancel Mann. Second Row. — Beulali Wallace, Howard Hawk, Due Rawlings, Elon Wheeler. Third Row. — Loren Swigart, Avonel ITanehey, Owen Nixon, Mary Humphrey, Florence Leach.

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30 Annual GUaaa fhraiiaHtt’a Ahhrraa BY DWIGHT SHEPARD;, JR. In behalf of the class of 1916 1 welcome you to this, our High School commencement. Perhaps at times some of us have felt that it was not worth while and have almost decided to drop out. But I am sure that now not one of us feels that his time has been wasted; for whether we go to college or immediately begin our life work, the little we have learned in this course will be of immeasurable value to us. During our sojourn the school has changed very noticeably. The enrollment has con- tinually increased until this year there were 287 pupils. To keep up with the times the courses have been changed to suit the needs of every one. Formerly only those studies were taught which tended to cultivate the mind and which had no direct application to life, but now there are courses which tit us for work immediately upon leaving school. Domestic science, business courses, and this year manual training, have been addled to the list, so now a pupil may get almost anything he could possibly need. Tonight we receive the certificates which show that we have completed the work and are no longer members of Medina High. We have, mingled with the satisfaction of having accomplished something worth while, a tinge of sadness at leaving, for we can never forget the happy years spent in old M. H. S., and whatever may be our several fates in the future, we can always look back upon this period in our lives with genuine pleasure. We thank the superintendent, who, during our entire course has helped us with good advice and encouragement and has done everything in his power for us and the school. We thank the teachers for their efforts and sacrifices in our behalf. We know that at times we have seemed impossible to them. However, they did not give up trying to teach us conjugations and theorems and other fundamentals, but kept on doing their best, and if we did not appreciate it then, we do now and we thank them for it. We thank the Board of Education for everything they have done in the interest of the betterment of the school, and for all the new courses and equipment they have given us the advantage of using. And we thank you all for your co-operation in maintaining such a good school in the community. (The spirit of S rrutrr BY RUTH HODDINOTT, VALEDICTORIAN The best use any man can make of his life is to spend it in service for others. If a person desires to be remembered long after he is dead, let him do something to stamp himself upon the minds and hearts of mankind. Let him set himself the task of benefiting his fellowmen and there is little likelihood that he will be soon forgotten. This old world has been in existence for thousands of years. No one knows the exact length of time since it began. Think of the countless numbers of people who have lived upon the earth during the centuries. of its life. There are comparatively few of them about whom we know anything. We would never have heard about these feiv if they had not