Norfolk High School - Milestone Yearbook (Norfolk, NE)

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THE MILESTONE. 33 in the state; and although we do not expect to pursue our studies there, we shall always hold it in memory as a most fitting monument to the enterprise and prosperity of the citizens of this place. To the honorable Hoard of Education we tender our thanks and gratitude for the many encouragements which, through their influence, we have received. You have provided for us apparatus necessary for the successful pursuit of our work. While laboring in the interests of the Schools of Norfolk, may you ever enjoy the hearty co-operation of her citizens, and be rewarded with abundant success, As we depart from the s cenes of our school life, with its calamatius and pleasures, we shall still retain in memory our beloved instructors, by whose patience and zeal our little fleet has l eon kept afloat on the sea of improvement. You have been not only our instructors but our friends and sympathizers; as we leave your guardianship to seek other fields of lal»or we wish you t he best of success. To our schoolmates, with whom we have ever been closely associated, we bid an affectionate farewell. We have long been together sharing in common each other's triumphs and defeats, and, though we may have had at times slight differences, they have all l een forgotten. We have always been able to combine our forces when some difficult project was in view; as we withdraw our little force, may others fill our places so that all will move in as good accord as before. Classmates: We are leaving the bay; the ocean is before us; for a long period we have Wen closely associated as one under the protection of the Norfolk High School and the guardianship of its teachers. We meet here this evening to disolve our triumvirate, the bonds of which have Wen growing stronger day by day. In the past we have been able to mass our strength when an attack was to be made on some difficult problem in geometry, but now our little party separates, and, in the future, each will have to meet difficulties alone. As we abandon the posts we have held so long, may our paths diverge not too widely; and muy we ever W united by the fond recollections of the time we, have passed together.

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32 THE MILESTONE. “For the structure that wo raise, Time, is with materials filled, Our todays and yesterdays Are the blocks with which we build. There are many agencies which influence the building of characters, prominent among which are the climate and country. We cannot expect to find in the Sandwich Islands as high a type of character as in North America. In this respect we are among those favorably situated we are in a land the climate of which invigorates the system, and the unlimited independence of which allows the full development of the intellect. Should we not therefore, lend all our energies to the work, and cause our characters to shine brighter and brighter, day by day, as we plod along the avenues of life? Do we not admire the untarnished character of Florence Nightingale, who, throwing aside all obligations to self, devoted herself to the nursing of the sick and needy soldiers on the fields before Sebastopol. It is said that every rope in the British navy contains a colored strand, which identities it wherever found, whether on the coast of China or Nor h America. So should be our characters, distinguished by some noble trait that will illuminate the whole of our work. One of the greatest and most powerful auxiliaries with which we unfavored is the education which is afforded by the excellent public schools found in every city, town and village throughout our beloved nation. One of the most favored is Norfolk where we have been fortunate enough to attend school for some time and where we have gained information which we hope to use to the honor of our city and the credit of ourselves. But what a change has now come over ns, we feel a strange sensation of sadness as we begin to realize the fact that we are about to depart from the happy scenes of our high school life. There are revived in our memories many fond recollections of days gone by. On this occasion, our final opportunity of showing our appreciation and gratitude for the many favors bestowed, we wish to extend to the citizens of Norfolk our sincere thanks for their generous patronage and kindly interest shown in our work. You have ever manifested an enterprise in school mat ters, a zeal in the cause of education. You have, by your efforts, obtained for this noble city a new high school building, which will have few, if any peer

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THE MILESTONE. :U Again we wish to bid our friends, schoolmates, the Board of and our instructors an affectionate farewell. “We BO, but with ns carry the love, the trust of yore, The faith that hinds onr hearts today, Shall bind them evermore. The memory of our common joy, Of joy that cannot die, Spans, like a bow, our parting Brief, And gilds our sad good bye.” Education Glenn M. Scofield.