Milford Township High School - Reveille Yearbook (Milford, IL)

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C0ml'T16l'lCemel'1f Processional Invocation God Be With You -VU. G. Tomer Salutatory' Vocal Solo Une of the mother s Plano Solo An If for Girls Anonymous Trombone Solo X aledictorv Miss Lotus Lester Rev. Smith Class of '34 Edna Burger Floyd Pitzer Eleanor Wood Mary Spurgm Kathleen Sloan George Benner Mary Spurgm Presentation of the class of 4 Vernon L Plummer Presentation of Diplomas William Lyons Benediction Rev Davis Recessional Miss Lotus Lester Valecllctory Parents teachers relatives and friends Ar this time of the year all through thes United States people are meeting together for the same purpose that you have come here tonight to observe the graduation of our class from High School I sav our class because in a local sense we are but members of the Milford Township High School, but in a larger sense we belong to the group of young people all over the world who are finishing this second unit of their education in this year nineteen hundred thirty four It is as members of this larger group that we shall sooner or later take our places in the world of men and women Wliat these places are to be what problems and trials we shall have to face no one can say It is however in preparation for this future that we have spent the greater part ot the last twelve years of our lives in school Some of the happiest days hate been spent here Since we first began our e ucation we haye been together As graduates from Grade School we new LXLI'XIlllDg A few days as freshmen taught us an entirely different story Lach year we have tried to gain a lew grains of lenowledge and now at the close ol our our years o seeon ary worle we realize the many opportunities of whici y hate fall d to talee adxantage Ile xi y . H -. . s 1 . Q, ' J . e e - . s s . . s f -fa s N S . . . - s s f . s s e . e - . in 5 3 x v f ' I is - y s . - - Y ss . .s ss - ' s , V . V, s s , ., . '. ., ' ' v . . . v x 1 x Yr r U . y . . . ,. ,, e. - s s , e . . . . L e 4 vs v e is y 4 , 1 ' . V , , L e f ., . - d . , , ,e . '.. s 1 1 I V. Y. s '. , - it L e e 7 . J ,. efe l1iu11 e ef!

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Hatchet Orahon Years ago on these fertlle plams there lxved many tribes of Indlans of which the Pottowatomxes and Kxclcapoos xnhablted thls partxcular regxon As txme moved on these Ind1ans were crowded out by the more progresslve whxtes who knew the value of the rich resources the earth held In an effort to retaln these choice lands they began to malce raxds on the white settlers There was however a frlendly lndlan Chlef Washeuck who warned the whlte settlers of these attaclcs and If was he who hnally succeeded 1n persuading the Indlans and white men to bury the hatchet and have peace For lnstance thls hatchet lay burned ln the ground during whlch tlme Mllford grew to a thrwmg town whose cltxzens soon reallzed the necessity of erecting a separate buxldlng nn whlch a secondary educatxon lnstutlon would be housed Hence ln 1912 when thxs school bulldmg was dedlcated a hatchet whlch had been un earthed m excavat1on was presented to the graduating class of Milford Town shxp Hlgh School wnth the xdea that lf be handed down by each succeeding graduat mg class to those who are expected to carry on as senlors the following year ust as the Stars and Strlpes are symbol1c of Amerrcan ldeallsm so this hatchet represents all that is sacred to the members of the class of 1934 It was entrusted to our care by the class of 1933 and we have strlven to uphold all that IS noble ln thls school It rs wxth great pleasure that l as representatxve of the senior class now place thrs emblem m your hands with the firm belxef that you will put forth great effort to uphold the tradltxons of our school 1n the same manner that they have been upheld by the classes whnch have gone before you Alumm Entertalns Seniors The Semors attended as guests of the Assoclatxon at the annual Alumm Ban quet whlch was held ln the Hlgh School Audltorlum anuary 3 1933 Thls banquet IS an affaxr of growrng lmportance to all who have attended M T H S Each year more graduates come baclc to the scene of thelr school days to meet their old frrends and classmates Thxs year about two hundred Alumni and Seniors were served a delrclous banquet The usual toasts wxth Mr Stephen A Malo as toast master followed the feastlng Mr Brewer a former Prmclpal of M T H S delwered the address of the evemng which was thoroughly enjoyed by all Additional entertalnment was glven by Maxwell Crawford and Edna Burger The ofhcers for 1933 were nommated Presndent V1rg1n1a Dlsosway V1cePres1dent T B Loveless and Secretary and Treasurer Donald C3llCl!1S and were elected Then all attentxon was turned to the grand march whlch started the dancmg which contxnued far into the nlght The Class of 34 will be proud to belong to such a progressive organrzatlon and we xntend to be farthful members of the M T H S Alqmm Assocxatxon Page Twenty xeven . 9 9 9 9 9 . I . . . 9 . J 9 9 9 . . 1 ,J , - . , . . , . . , . . . ., . 9 9 9 ' 9 - - 9 9 ' , . . . . . . . . .

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Twelve years is but a moment in the great ages of history, but in the life of an individual it is a long time. Therefore, the occasion which marks the height of our progress during this period of time, is one of considerable significance. To you this ceremony represents the development we have made, and perhaps the great amount of money and effort provided at your expense which has made possible this progress on our part. To us these things are represented in this commence- ment, but to us there is represented another thing-the end of our class as an ac- tive part of our school. As a class in M. T. H. S. we have come together for the last time. It is in recognition, of this that a valedictory or farewell address is made. And so it is that I have been chosen to say for our class these words of fare- well to our school. i It is with many regrets that we leave this school to go out into the world. We hope to show our appreciation for the many advantages you have given us in these years of training by taking our share of the responsibilities of citizenship of this community, and now, we bid you and the school, farewell. o SGIUfCf0I'Y Ladies and Gentlemen: Most all of us accept cheerfully the fact that we must earn our own living, and work hard all of our lives to do it, but many were so anxious to get started that they dropped out of school as soon as the law permitted them to do so, and eagerly accepted the first job offered to them which inevitably led to the long grind of an unskilled worker. These same individuals five years later see things from an entirely different angle for they are earning no more than when they started. Learn- ing on the job is slow hard work and although skill has been acquired, these workers have reached the limit of their earning capacity. They may change jobs from time to time, but they can earn no more, for they aren't trained for anything better. This is the experience of the majority of young people who do not finish