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

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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

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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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If we keep our standard of knowledge high. attempt great things. ex- pect great things. we will accomplish great things. We may aim at the sun hut we cannot reach it: yet, our arrow will fly far higher than if aimed at at an object on a level with ourselves. We are spurred on to higher things by the voice that sings: Build the more stately mansions. O My Soul, As the swift. seasons roll! Leave thy low vaulted past! Let each new temple. nobler than the last. Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast, - 'Till thou at length art free. Leaving thine out grown shell by life'S unresting sea. Joi-ces George Alfred Lynch--- I shot my dog this morning. Was he mad? Well he wasn't exactly pleased. I hear Nliss Doty is rather quar- relsomef' Yea In fact, she won't even cat anything that agrees with her. lirlna l ry tripped gaily up to a music counter and asked: Have you 'Kissed file ln The Moon- light'I ' New clerk. taking one glance at her--- lt must have been the other man. l've been hereonly a week. L . Mr. Lamb--. Why does a cow have two stomachsZV' Edward Bloemaker--- So when one aches she can use the other. A humble diner at Deitz' restau- rant. was heard to remark: l'll take my coffee without cream this morning, if you please. Waitress--- You'll have to take it without milk. sir, for We're all out of cream. Nlerritt Wattles--- How old is that lamp, mai' Ma--- Oh about three years. Merritt.--- 'I'urn it downg it's too young to smoke.