Norfolk High School - Milestone Yearbook (Norfolk, NE)

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• -tHei-Milestone..- ■ VOLUME II. NORFOLK, NEB., MAY 29, 1890. NUMBER 1. NUMBER 7yyo. EAR ago the MiI.KSTOXk wan bom. ith a spirit of enterprise tliat has 1 ever lieen a characteristic of them, theclassof ’89 instituted this publication, to be the medium through which the alumni and the graduating class, each year, may express their feelings of fellowship, as well as to preserve the choicest literary productions of the Senior class. The class of '90 recognize the wisdom of their predecessors, and. not wishing to be less progressive than they, have endeavored to make “Number two” all that its founders intended it to be. To the business men of Norfolk who have contributed so liberally to the Milestone's advertising columns, making it possible for us to publish it. we extend our sincere thanks. 1Y our readers, we will say, patronize those whose advertisements appear in the Milestone. They are the representative business men of the city, ami are worthy of your patronage. Hoping that our successors may profit by our editorial experiences, and make the future issues of the Milestone still better, we are, cordially, The Class ok '90.

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GoMM NGEitviENT jUe,eK. BACCALAUREATE SERMON, BY REV. J. J. PARKER. SUNDAT EVENING, MAT as, CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. SUBJECT: “A BEAUTIFUL LIFE.” ( LASS DAY EXERCISES, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MAI aSth ORARlATIMi EXERCISES, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY aq. Salutatory “ Thk Price ok oi k Hkkitaok.' A lie I. Johnson. Oration—“ Yocno America. Lynn M. Scofield. Valedictory—“ Pyramids.' (ilenu M. Scofield. Xo Class Honors.

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Baccalaureate §ei?Mon. KKV. J. J. l’AHKKH. “A Tiling of Beauty is a Joy Forever.” A BEAUTIFUL LIFE. Let the Beauty of the Lord our tfod be ujam us.—Psalm 90-17. I il k i.ovk o b uuty is a uaiv rs.il s mi! im oil, a i I its realiz ttion. ( ■ sun. degree. is within the reach of us all. It does not depend on rank, wealth or genius; it is not a matter of dress, h' aring, or etiquette; no tailor e;m make a young man a gentleman, no dancing master can make a young woman a lady; and you may study books which, have been written to teach good manners until you are gray, and yet not come within a hundred miles of the ideal of beauty. A handsome person has as little to do with it, as elegant manners, or superb attire, it is an internal, rather than an external, quality: it belongs to disposition, character, and conduct. A beautiful life must be simple, consistent with itself: not zig-zag. but straight; it must conform to some standard and l e guided by some principle. Our mother has put into our nature the faculty of conscience to do this work: many things seek to usurp its functions, but there is no other guide so simple, direct, and authoritative. We are creatures of impulse; passiou pleads for indulgence; and the desire to please others exercises great power over us; in fact. Mr. Darwin thinks approbativeness is conscience, or at any rate the social instinct out of which conscience has developed. And many people evidently confound the two. In one of Sheridan's plays, a servant is asked: What! have you a conscience against lying? No, lie replies, but I have a