North Adams High School - Rampages Yearbook (North Adams, MI)

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dig into and clist-ow-r the possibilities ol' electricity has revolutionized mvthods in transportation and manufacturing. Tho value of his work can- not bv estinlated. ln looking bark own' the yvars wo have- lf-arnvd a ve-ry important fat-t. Tho old adage- of Nz-vm' put oil' until tomorrow what can ba dont' today. has mort- truth than is usually concedvd to it. ln our f-xpvriencv we haw found that studvnts. who haw allowed lfl'lt'lllSf'lVl'S to nuglet-t their work. havv in tht- Q-nd lost out and on trying to gathvr up the- nvglvctfftl thrflads haw be-e-n unable- to do so. The-5 c-ould not CUIH9 up to the expectations ui'tllt'll1sf'lH's or tht-ir instirtwtors. So wv have- learnt-il that the presont is tha- bust time' to work out tht- tasks that arv always confronting us. tllassmatfis, l am sure wt- will always I'PtHf'lIllJPI' our sahool with alllw- tion and gratitude. We- shall Pvc-r fm-l a noble' pridv in thost- who haw- so wisffly and so gvnf-rously plam-d tha means of vduvation within tbf' rflavh of' all. To the- srhool board and to our tvachvrs wt' rvturn our sinr'e-rv thanks for tht-ir intt-rf-st in our we-lfart-. :Xml now vlassmatt-s. ws- will soon sr-paratv. ln whatfwvr fir-ld of work ws- may be- found and in whatevvr dvalings wt- haw' with our follow inf-n. lt-t ltr- try to maintain as high a standard at lf-ast as wa- haw- during the- past four yvars. Ls-t us bv he-lpful to the- vommunity in whivh ws-lixv. ln our ?ll'll1lIlN1iSt'lllZf'IlS le-t ns stand for thosf- things that are- for tht- good ol' all and thus add our littlv towards making this 4'HIlllll'b a bot- tvr t-ounlry. This will re-llf't't vrvdit upon the- homvs from whit-h ws' hast- Wlllltl and tht- institutions wo art- about to lvavv. :tix I 'X t-J

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.-I vALEDicToRY DIG GERALDINE COX Parents. teachers. school board. and friends. The class of nineteen hundred twenty-three has come to the close of a four year High School course. As we think back through these years. We feel that the training received here and the kindly and helpful advice of our instructors has made our course as profitable to us as it could have been made in any school. We have acquired a certain amount of knowledge and have reach- ed the time when we are to determine the value of this training, A High School training is of great value but this can be realized only when we attempt to solve the problems of life. At times our work has seemed difficult but it is very probable that we shall meet with more ob- stacles in the future than we have in the past. The motto We have chosen will help us through many difficulties. The man who wants to rise and goes at it. straight and clean will suc- ceed. One must steadily cultivate the ability to do something more than he is doing. to carry more responsibility. to bear up under more punish- ment or he will certainly never be capable of doing bigger things. Ambi- tion would never find anything to feed on if all men were content and not interested in getting ahead. When ambition becomes unrestrained. when any man thinks that he ought to be running the whole world. disappoint- ment is certain. What a person gets in this world depends on what he wants and the effort. he makes. One is reasonably sure to get what he desires if he has the ability and willingness to work and is willing to make the necessary sacrifices. The man who just wants to get along is not a very great factor among his fellows. it is the individual who is always on time and does his work the best that gets the promotion. Look at some of our great Americans of today. John D. Rockafeller was as desirous of a fortune as one could be. but it never occured to him that he could find one without work. He saw that there was gold all about him and that people would gladly give it to him for something they wanted, if he could supply it to them at a lower price than they had been pay ing. So he gave them Letter oil at a cheaper price. He has not only made his fortune but has built up an industry which has contributed to the real wealth of the world. Mr. Edison, who is still at his desk. through his determined effort to I..

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..-.1 V SALUTATORY IDEALS EDITH FRY Kind Friends: The Class of '23 extends to you a most cordial wel- come. We are glad to have you here on this occasion. Tonight. we have a feeling both of joy and sadness, joy because we have succeeded in doing our work well enough to entitle us to graduate: sadness because of the severing of long and intimate companionships in the class. The time is now at hand when it is necessary for us to part. In fu- ture years in both prosperity and disaster the ties of friendship formed in the class will be a source of pleasure and comfort to us. The associations Will go with us through life and form an important part in the individual experience of each of us. We have spent four important years of our lives in High School which have been a meager preparation for us. We have received the training which forms a large part of our equipment for life. Our graduation will usher us into the midst of that active life for which we have been prepar- ing. The responsibilities and opportunities of these four years have pass- ed by for ever: but the issue of the future rests in our own hands. The man with high aim and firm purpose, with unselfish ambition. and longing for the ideal knows no failure or defeat. Our earliest ideal is that of strength. We are inspired by ideals, and it is because we have within us the begining and possibility ofan ideal life. Let us then strive for high ideals and be of some use in God's kingdom. The best and noblest lives are those which are set toward high ideals. We never reach our ideals, either in mental or moral developmentsg but the thought of them shows us our deficiencies and spurs us on to higher and better things, A man's ideal, like his horizon, is constantly receding from him as he advances toward it. No man can begin to know what is in him until he has given himself to the undertaking of some great purpose. ln the future now opening if our highest. finest possibilities are to be realized. if we are to know the glory of achievement, there must be this lifting out of self. lf we are to advance. we must have definite aims for which to strive. A true faith looking up to something better. catching glimpses of adistant future perfection, prophesying to ourselves a greatness, gives energy of purpose and wings to the soul and this faith will continually grow and increase. 1 1. li