Norfolk High School - Milestone Yearbook (Norfolk, NE)

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C V N SV- H OO ? There are few prophets in the world, few sublime—beautiful women and few great, widely-known heroines. We can easily give our love and reverence to such rarities. It is the nature of woman to worship something above her; something good, something great, something so far above her that she must level the “critical telescope” at the great luminary before she can comprehend what manner of being it is. I am a worshiper—an intermittent worshiper. if you please—of saints; but I have an ineradicable belief in the common, every-day women—those heroines “shy ami quiet, sitting in corners until needed, and living for others so cheerfully that no one sees the little sacrifices till the cricket on the hearth stops chirping, and the sweet, sun-shinv presence vanishes, leaving silence and shadow behind.” There is not a girl in America who has not “hitched her wagon to a star.” That is right. If you have resolved to be great, stick to vour resolution, and do not weakly try to compromise by loitering on the corner where the streets of Bye-and-Bve and Never meet. “If you have the abilities of all the great men, past and present, you could do nothing well without sincerely meaning it and setting about it.” It would be well if all would adopt the motto of David C'opperfield: “Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do well; whatever I have devoted myself to, I too have devoted myself to completely. In great things ami in small, I have, too, been thoroughly in earnest.” This is the rule which the truly great follow, the rule which made them what they are, and the one which can make us all we hope to be. Of all the truly great persons I can think of, the greater portion were once poor, ignorant, but thirsting for the waters of the Pierian

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GRROUPsT Belena. Rev. J. J. Parker. Mendelssohn Club. Ethel Reid. Lillian Gerecke. Knight. Edith Hays. Millard. PEOGEAMME: Overture, “Encouragement,” Invocation, ------ Music, “Now Tramp o’er Moss and Fell,” Salutatory, “Wanted, a New Religion,” - Essay, “Whitewash,” - Music, “Knight Waltzes,” - - - Orchestra. Oration, “What Can She Do?” Solo, “Waiting,”...................... Miss Tillie Franklin. Essay, “For Value Received We Promise to Pay,” - Ida Battc. Music, overture, selection from “Little Tycoon,” - - Orchestra. Valedictory, “Chapter I,” - Fred W. Leavitt Vocal Duet, “La Pesca,” - - Miss Franklin and Mrs. Gale. Presentation of Diplomas. Quartette, - “The High School March,” Mrs. Gale, Miss Franklin, Messrs. Gale and Terry. Middle Class Address, ----- W. H. Baker. Address. ----- “A Week Among the Alps,” Prof. C. E. Bessey, of the State University. Music—Medley, - Orchestra

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12. spring. We can never improve if we have no model hut ourselves to follow. So. we may learn much that is good from the lives ol others, especially from the lives of good women. It is the real, practical, every-dav life that chiefly moulds our nature, enables us to work out our own education, and to build up our own character. Those who live in our daily sight, as well as those who have handed down illustrious names for our emulation, are the most valuable, practical teachers. If you will inspect the lives of a few, you can not fail to notice that their success is due as much to zeal as to ability. When Mr. Frank Leslie died, he left a pretty, petted wife, whose only dowry was a poor magazine, much in debt. u know what she is now, the manager of some ten magazines, who has redeemed her husband’s bankrupt business from an enormous debt, and placed herself as a recognized leader in all circles. How did she do it? By doing whatever she did, the best she could, taking the duty lving nearest, and, putting the flame of resolution to her soul, she kindled a fire which only death can extinguish. Determination is omnipotent. Persistency will not he baffled or discouraged by opposition. Look at her, oh ye men! who solemnly predict a modern Minerva, a female suffrage advocate, striking terror to all hearts, or the reform-dressed, unlovable being, if woman is allowed to fit herself for a business career. Does she call to mmd any such being? But we are not Mrs. Frank Leslies—more’s the pity we are girls, but we can every one be a heroine in our own small way. Remember, it is not the world’s applause and commendation which makes us great. As the world grows better and wiser, woman’s sphere” is widening. There was a time when the only trades a woman could follow and be “respectable”, were dress-making, millinery and teaching. Now times are changed. Almost every door is thrown open and woman is entreated to enter. Does she not deserve it? Look in all directions. You will find woman ranking as high, and often higher, than her brother. Come with me and take a bird’s-eye view of the woman of today. In our own country we now enjoy nearly all the privileges formerly granted only to her brothers. We are classed with young men in college, and compete with man in the marts of trade. One of the most noted of all astronomers is Miss Maria Mitchell, professor of astronomy in Yassar College. Her discoveries are