Morenci High School - Senior Yearbook (Morenci, MI)

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4, gBehi1:atin11 To him whose idoals and principlvs have won our ro- spevt and C'0llSidl'l'ilfi0llQ whose qualities of nohlc-ness and sim-erity ure seldom 1-xc-oiled in fl man: we, the Seniors of Morvnci High School, tllcre-fore to express our appreciation, respvfvtflllly dedicate this flllllllkll to our prillc-ipal, class nd- visor, and ssxgavious fl-'f1f'h01', Mr. Clinton F. NVhetstone. P 1 1 , 4 N Q

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fir miie Glztli 05f Qlipz 3H1Ilt1IUl1TlI Ii indeed is that hulnan soul, that has never felt the thrill of exploring the un- ! known. Many of the aged would gladly trade places with the boy or girl, Who, on Y a rainy day sits. curled up in a chair, lost in the enchantment of adventure and ex- ploration of a Swiss Family Robinson lor a Robinson f'rusoe. Can we ,not all remem- ber the thrill that came over us as children as we explored the recesses of an old forgotten trunk or a forbidden draw- er? No observing person can forget the sight of a group of small boys exploring the village dump on -the edge of town. One never could tell what valuable treasures could be found there. Many a wise mother has quietly. without fuss or anger. picked up these many abandoned treasures. knowing that to the child, the greatest thrill comes in the act of finding. and not in the at tual thing itself. I'pon such an ideal should a school he founded. Edu- cation should be the supreme adventure of youth. A But ,how few of us actually see it in that light. Life is a stage. ac-- cording to Shakespeare. upon which we have been hurled by forces not of our own making. What is this stage? lVhat is the play all about? lVhy are we here and where are we going? The tragedy of life is not death but the faet that millions and millions of the people who have lived. have never even questioned the dust beneath their feet, or the heavens above for that matter. but have only gone on with the drift of the mass. Somehow or other as life advances we tend to become more and more static in our thought. give up the seeming riddle of the stage, settle lg, oo idwfzlgs ourselves comfortably into some ism of faith or belief and quietly surrender to the peacefnlness of undisturbed thought. But here and there is an actor who refuses to drift with the crowd. who raises his questioning eyes to the heavens, and we have a Newton or a Gallileo. Here is one who refuses to believe that the stage is as small as the crowd so loudlyqxargues and we have a Columbus Setting forth upon a great adventure. In our mind's eye can we not picture a few of the non-conformists, a few of the re- bellious actors. there a Bell. an Edison. a Wright, here a Hauxley, Shakespeare or Bacon. How quickly we recall these great pioneering souls. their names are immortal and never can be forgotten: but who remembers the millions of other players upon the stage? ' As we study the progress of the world 'we see that all growth and reform has been caused by the activity of these few rebellious actors. Truly we can say with Carlyle that History is the essence ot' innumerable biographies. And so the Cll'0fll1l of the educator is to arouse among his 'stu- dents an irresistible desire for knowledge of life. an un- qnenchable thirst for righteousness. and a deep and abid- ing love for their fellowmen. As the present Senior class passes out into the world of performance. may they ,never forget the thrill of discov- ering the new and the unknown, and if a few reach the heights of supreme accomplishment then truly will teach- ers not have been in vain. ' Bryan lleise.