Milton Township High School - Miltonian Yearbook (Milton Center, OH)

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1927 MILTONIAN 1927 But looking forward with a smile Of courage, strong and high, To meet in that glad Afterwhile, No more to say, Goodbye! Mabel Emrick fFinis:I Salutatory BY WETHA JUNKINS EMBERS of the Board of Education, Parents, Relatives, Friends, Teach- ers, and Classmates: The class of 1927 extends to you a most cordial greeting and wel- comes you to this, the laying of the final mile-stone along the journey of -J fffblsw high school. For four long years-yet speedy as we look upon their passing-we have worked for and looked forward to these closing scenes in our career as students. We have longed for this hour, when before an appreciative company of kindred and friends-awe could explain to you our feelings and thoughts and show you the plainly visible importance of the Class of 1927. That time, my friends, has arrived, and we stand before you with the enthusiasm of youth, the pride of the conqueror and the joy of the victor. We have fought the long-tiresome-drawnout t'Battle, with Books, and we are about to receive the badge of efficient service-our diplomas. For four years our little fleet has been sailing calmly in the harbor, riding the ripples of work and pleasure, basking in the sunshine of our teachers' commendations and-occasionally in the clouds of their wrath. Tonight we weigh our anchors and be- gin that voyage into the sea of action where each one of us must steer his craft toward the goal of the future. Before us stretch the years of our further education and the duties of life. The fuure looks bright and full of promise. We are sure that our school life has laid the foundation for future success. The infiuence of our school days has left a lasting im- pressiong it has helped to mold our charactersg and it will be instrumental in shaping our destinies. We greet you, therefore, with hearts of gratitude for your help and kindness of the past four years. Especially do We greet our Parents, who have been the instigators of the building of our school, who have helped us financially, indirectly fostering the school spirit, and for encouraging us when we were downhearted , the School Board for our eflicient teachers throughout our school daysg and our teachers for their help or instructions and also the encouragement which they have given us. We believe that the true test of civilization is the kind of young men and women the schools turns out. Thus we feel that each one of us is inspired with the longing to go forth and make good for the sake of dear old Milton High. We hope that you, friends, may share our belief that the class of 1927- May uphold the honor of our school, In coming years, though parted far. And in the climb to distant goals, Her hopes may be our star. fFinisj

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1927 MILTONIAN 1927 Valedictory Q if 3 W, pausing awhile to draw in our breath for the work ahead. M, Q The voyage of life is through many deep and unknown channels, ' -- 1-,LJ with many windings and turnings that often make it hard for us to tell just what we have passed by, and what we are yet to meet. It seems a long course to follow, as we row thru the waters, and we are often tempted to let our bark drift whithersover it may, but as we rest upon our oars and look back, how very short a distance we seem to have come, after all, and how close the banks appear to be! It is pleasant to pause here at the bending of the stream, and consider for awhile the pleasant calmness of the wave-ripples thru which we have so easily been rowing, but we cannot linger long, for already the noise of life's larger waters is calling us, and we know that we must row ahead out of the peaceful, shallow current of our young life, where we have been able to drift thru so much of our passage, and pull hard thru the deeper channels against the stream of active life. Dear Parents and Friends, we cannot pass forever out of this quiet channel into the deeper waters awaiting us, without thanking you from the bottom of our hearts for the privilege of beginning this voyage of life on the banks of so clear and calm a stream. For these happy years our bark has glided so smoothly along between the banks that we could reach over and gather the lilies thru which we were guided, and were scarcely conscious of our own efforts in propelling our little craft up the stream. Our teachers have carefully sheltered us from every adverse wind of thought, and have warned us with the most zealous pains of the evil rocks and shoals or tangle of sea-weed so sure to be met with in the broader channels of our onward course. We realize that had you not made this possible for us, our start on the voyage of life might have been saddened by many disasters and retarded by many a barrier that might threaten to wreck our vessel, even at the very beginning of our voyage, and we want you to know how much we appreciate your loving thoughtfulness before we, said on- ward, thru the deeper channels to the sea of larger life awaiting us. To you, dear teachers, we must also express our earnest thanks. Often and often, in the days to come, when we are thrown more and more upon our own guidance and intuition, our minds will travel back to you, and we will see how many times you have helped to steer our frail bark around this or that difficulty, till we shall long, I am sure, to return to the shelter and protection of your piloting. But you have given us both our chart and our compass, and as our boat glides out of the waters where you have been its guide so long, and your eyes, as I know they must, follow us on into the deeper channels ahead, may you ever see our crimson and silver as sgnals of promise and grateful resolution from the class that must never be afraid to show its colors, as we push out to perform our mission in the splendid sea of a bigger opportunity. And thus, classmates, we linger at the bend of the stream-the end of our course -tonite we launch, where shall we anchor? We have paddled together thru the school waves behind us, but each must row forth alone in the deeper channels to come, wherever and into whatever they may lead. Let us, as the billows of life force us apart, keep our colors, with all that they signify to each one of us, ever flying at the mast-headg and so, face every duty of the unknown waters bravely and boldly, the principles of honor ever turning the pilot-wheel, as we sail to the success no graduate of this dear school can ever fail to win. :ffifffq EAR Friends and Classmates: gf Our little boat stands at rest at the bending of the stream, and we are K' 1 bfi. 2 For now our boat glides out between The rocks that guard the shore, Bearing the Class of 1927 To be a class no more,

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1927 IVIILTONIAN 1927 l-lislory of the Class of 1922 BY ELEANORE RICHARD 0 N September of the year 1920 this class entered high school with twenty QQ 64 six members. Our membership had been increased from that of the pre- vious year by the addition of several students from other schools. We S j X .9 found High School life much different from what we expected. We tried to make the best of it but our trials were not lessened by the taunts we received from the higher classmen. We were the Hgreen freshmen and our upper classmates seemed to think it their duty to constantly remind us of the fact. Then came the dreaded occasion-the freshman initiation. We, however, survived this event and proved to the school that we were, at least. good sports. After we became accustomed to high school our strangeness wore away and we began to take our place with other members of the high school. The freshmen were found in athletics, social events, literary work and all other phases of school life. During this year we were very sorry to lose two of our members-John Blasius and Eugene Norcross. However, when we came back to school after the summer vacation we found two more of our members-Helen Kronberg and Paul Moor had left our ranks. We were no longer Freshmen but were now in a position to laugh at and torment the new fresh- menhforgetting our own dislike of the same. This year was made memorable to all of us by the several class parties held in the homes of different members of the class. During the course of this year, again some of our classmates became dissatisfied with school and we lost three more of our members-Josephine Beckman, Irven Burdock, and Joseph Schon. All ninteen of our members were back to start the Junior year. While we were Juniors we decided we would like to have something as a reminder of the days spent in good, old Milton High. This wish resulted in the purchasing of our class rings, of which we are all very proud and prize very high. Being Juniors it was our duty to prepare a banquet in honor of the Seniors. We gave a play entitled, Eyes of Love,', as a financial aid toward the banquet. When the date for the banquet arrived every- thing had been very well taken care of and the banquet was a big success. We, how- ever, had lost four more of our members-Vera Lance, Leo Feehan, Anthony Dibling, and Ronald Kieffer. Ronald, as a result of hard study graduated with the Senior class of that year. Finally came our Senior year. We started this year with fifteen members. Herman Mannhardt, as a result of hard work joined our class. We sixteen are now ready to graduate making the largest class that has ever graduated from this school. This year our duties have been heavier than they had been before. Among all of our other duties We decided to have an Annual. Everyone in the class did their part very well and the Annual was a success. In all forms of athletics, social affairs, and school work the Class of '27 has always been represented and we have done our best to help the school. In all of our under- takings in High School we have been successful. This was due partly to the cooper- ation of the whole class but mostly to the help we have received from our teachers, parents and the school board. We know we have caused our teachers some trouble, but what class has gone through school without causing a little trouble? We hope we have not caused more than our share. As we realized the importance of the time spent in school to our future lives we have tried to use all of our time profitably. We tried to make every minute count because in our mind was constantly the thought. .sw 9 - of f ' 5 0 ' . om, .Cfi ' .-Ii ., fi if V6 V - i if ..-:frm , ik Ju L ' f HI have only just a minute, I must suffer if I lose it, Only sixty seconds in it, Forced upon me, can't refuse it, Didn't seek it, didn't choose it, But it's up to me to use it, But eternity is in it! Give account if I abuse itg Just a tiny little minute-