Muskegon Heights High School - Oaks Yearbook (Muskegon Heights, MI)

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OH, T0 LIVE BEAUTIFULLY As does a wayside flower: Unperturbed at the strange brevity Of time alloted me: Undisturbecl by the overshadowing shine Of climbing tree and vine: Bowing and lifting again: As a poppy filled with light: My feet firm-rooted in the earth's good sod: My face turned toward God: A little while . . . then go Without Cl cry or sound: To blow upon the wind. l ELVA WAGNER IN MEMORIAM As we approach this important time of our lives, we become acutely con- scious of a surge of loneliness which floods over us in spite of the rush, gaiety, and joyousness of commencement. It is in loving memory of our friend and companion, Elva Wagner, that we write this book. Not long ago, or so it seems, we began life together as little children. Elva was always quiet, always gentle: she was made of something delicately charming, a lovable being. She was a sincere friend to us through the years. While she was with us, she added a great deal to our happiness, indeed she provided a large measure of happiness to the general scheme of pleasant living. She developed into beautiful girlhood: and now has passed on. We do feel her presence still: for, although sudden, her passing was like the passing of a flower, the fragrance and beauty of which lingers in our memories. . . . and so thy thoughts, when thou art gone Love itself shall slumber on. We seniors wish to extend our deepest svmpathy to Elva's parents and to her family in this, their sorrow. We know what a burden her loss must be for them to bear. This brief word may serve to comfort those who knew her, for it is undoubtedly cr truism that the shortest life is long enough if it lead to a better. Oh, to live beautifully for my brief hour Bravely stemming the wind and the beating rain Within me some strong inner force as bright Yielding some fragrance down the paths I know As a flower goes, its petals seeking the ground But leaving behind some gold seed lightly thinned Grace Noll Crowell

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CONSCRIPTS OF THE DREAM Give thanks, O heart, for the high souls That point us to the deathless goals- For all the courage of their cry That echoes down from sky to sky: Thanksgiving for the armed seers And heroes called to mortal years- Souls that have built our faith in man, And lit the ages as they ran. . . . - . . Give thanks for heroes that have stirred Earth with the wonder of a word. But all thanksgiving for the breed Who have bent destiny with deed- Souls of the high heroic birth, Souls sent to poise the shaken Earth, And then called back to God again, To make Heaven possible for men. Edwin Markham MISS M. M. KINNAIRD IN DEDICATION On our journey through life we meet many people, most of whom we can divide into thre f d e groups-those we like on sight, those we never learn to car , ' e or an those who impress us more and more as we learn to know them better Of the latter group is one to wh l - om we pay oving tribute, Miss Minnie Kinnaird. Quiet, reserved, self-effacing, she came to us thirteen years ago, a stranger: but before long we were to know her as a loyal friend and adviser. Her frankness and ke h ' ' ' ' W en umor, at first a 11tt1e surpnsing gradually grew on us. e learned to depend on her, and to respect her judgment far above our own. She taught from many text-books, but she practiced the lessons from the Book of Books-kindness, gentleness, meekness, long-suffering, and that great- est of all commandments: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. Though we deeply mourn the passing of one who loved us, and whom we loved, we are humbly grateful to the Good Giver for the divine privilege of having her with us for so long: and we are sincerely glad to know that she is now in a new Land without suffering, of which she had more than her share. f thln her dying words, I have established my citizenship we hear the echo o e Apostle Paul's parting words, I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.