Medina High School - Medinian Yearbook (Medina, OH)

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(Emunmtrnnrnt iExrrrtapa Thursday Evening, June 6, 1918 Class Motto-. “A Place in the ranks awaits us. Class Colors: White and Yellow Class Flower: Yellow Rose |Irnnram March Loo Bartunek Invocation Rev. W. J. Drew Class President’s Address - - Vaughn L. Hartman Vocal Solo ------ Etta Musser Janes ‘ ‘ Sunlight ’ ’ — (Harriet Ware) Class Prophecy Elinor Lacy Valedictory, Vocal Anna L. Bigelow Etta Musser Janes (a) “Butterflies” — (Linn Seiler) (b) “Such a Li’l’ Fellow — -(words by Francis Lowell) (c) “Ah Love! but a Day” — (words by Robert Browning) (d) “When the Boys Come Home” — (Speaks) Class Address - - - - Prof. John L. Clifton, Ohio State University Supt. W. E. Conkle Rev. Russell K. Caulk Presentation of Diplomas Benediction

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Doubtless all ot ' us are more or less familiar with the words of Decatur’s immortal toast when he said: “Our country! May she always be in the right! But right or wrong, Our country!” Af first hearing, these words sound brimful of pa- triotism, but to the mind of one whose thoughts are deeper and broader and higher and purer, as he looks upon the folds of that tri-colored bunting, to one who loves his country as did Washington and Lincoln and McKinley, the words do not ring ' true. To such an heart the only true patriotism is that highest and best love of country that has the purest and noblest good at heart, that has a great and lofty concention of what the nation should be and then uses all his power and influence and energy to bring her as close to that ideal as possible. The spirit of service then is a natural sequence of patriotism. What would our nation be today had not the righteous spirit of the two virtues, sacrifice and service, animated our ancestors to accomplish what they have so freely left to us, so rich an heri- tage? That nation may not long expect to endure, nor is it possible that it shall stand, whose people have lost the fire of service necessary to give support to their nation. Without these controlling spirits the soul of the citizenship would be dead and when the people of a republic lose animation, the nation itself inevitably wanes and falls. So we realize the necessity and heroism of the patient endurance of true citizens, though they may be obscure, and the majestic value of those who serve. Dear friends, we who are passing out of high school life into more active citizenship tonight, feel that we have a. place in national life. We must now take up the burden of service in our nation’s vast work, for each has a patriotic work to do and we can’ all have a part in helping to make the nation better and nobler. Our country is passing through a crisis- — a reconstructive period, and we fully realize our responsibilities in this time of trial. Each one of us shall “do with cheerful heart the work that God appoints,” even the laying down of our lives for that which we know is right, that our national ideals may justly be proud. Inheritor of a glorious past, each generation is a trustee for posterity. To preserve, protect, and transmit its inheritance unimpaired is its highest duty. To accomplish this is not the task of the few, but the duty of all. So may the ideals of the class symbolize the principles- of the nation. Let us make loyalty our controlling spirit and in being loyal to ourselves, our class, and our school we will of neces- sity be loyal to our country. Let us show the world that we are the “stuff” that the best citizens and truest patriots are made of, carrying still in our hearts whatever life may bring, the same spirit of courage and resolution and high-minded integrity with which we must now bid each other farewell. Fired with true patriotism, let us go “over the top” and transmit our rich inheritance not only unimpair- ed but better for our having been its custodian dur- ing the time allotted to us. (I thank you.)

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Lillian Eaken Percy Penn George Fretz Lester Gardner ' Everett Gault Vaughn Hartman