Oakville High School - Tillicum Yearbook (Oakville, WA)

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+ -f 1 AF ,f.Tr.:, J fsimleel e Iii Our lives are just opening before us, and we know that whatever the future may hold, each life will have its full measure of the blackg for such is the certain fate of all mankind, but we also know that if we welcome the spmber element, and recognizejche value of its developing force, it will prove to be one of life's greatest blessings, and blending with the gold of happiness and prosperity will make our lives fuller and happier than days of unalloyed glare and gleam could possibly be. Throughout our High School course, We have endeavored to keep always before us the meaning of our glorious colors, and let us not forget their true value as we stand tonight at the parting of the ways. Dear parents and friends, we cannot pass forever out of the quiet channel of High School life into the deeper waves beyond with out thanking you for the priyileges and advantages you have given us. We realize that without your careful guidance, our start on the voyage of life might have been saddened by many disasters, and so we want you to know how much we appreciate your loving thought- fulness before We, tonight, sail onward into the great ocean of life. Dear teachers, to you, also We must express our earnest thanks. Without your aid we would not have been properly prepared to have undertaken this journey, for you have given us both our chart and our compass. As our boat glides out of the waters where you have been its guide so long, and your eyes follow us along our course, as I know they must, may you ever see our black and gold as signals of promise and grateful resolution from the class of 1924, as we push out to perform our mission in the world. Classmates, tonight, as we linger at the bend of the stream the time has come for us to say, Farewe11. We have paddled together through the school waves behind us, but each must row forth alone into the deeper channels to come. Let us as the billows life force us apart, keep our black and gold ever flying at the mast-head, and so, face every duty of the unknown waters bravely and boldly, as we sail to the success no graduate of this school can ever fail to Win. Thus-- Onward, through deep channels, May we ever hold, Waving from all panels Our precious Black and Gold. May We keep them floating On each breeze so high True ideals denoting, As we say, Good-bye . -ISABEL ROSMOND, VALEDICTORIAN. gill -T, - 1--1:-1:-rl L Eight ildeeef, at .. Lg ,I ...-n r

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' . '-' jg , ,V jljlil Lt: 5 We comes, we may be ready. We will educate ourselves for this point towards which we are striving, fitting ourselves for it, to the best of our ability, and we will work towards our objective. After this preparation, success must surely come, sooner or later. But let us not misunderstand the real, true, meaning of the success we wish to attain. By success, we mean not only money, for from a worldly standard, success means money. Money is a good thing to have, but at the same time, it is the root of all evil. We do not judge a man's success in life entirely by the wealth he has amassed. The good men do lives after them . The wealth we want,-let it be not altogether material, worldly, possessions, money, land, houses, stocks, and bonds. Let us have those greater, worthier things which all the wealth in the World cannot buy, health and happiness, our honor unstained, the sincere love and respect of our friends. In judging a man's success in life we may ask, has he been honorable, faithful, generous, considerate of others, not living for himself alone, leading such a clean, wholesome, happy, life that others may look up to him and try to be like him? Or has his been a selfish, grasping, ruthless career, getting what he wanted without any regard for others, taking unfair advantages, riding rough shod over obstacles which might be in his path? Such is not the way we wish to attain our success. Lives of great men all remind us, We may make our lives sublime And departing leave behind us, Foot-prints on the sands of time. We would have power, not the power of a tyrant, ha.ted and feared by his associates, but the power of a true master, honored and respected by all who come in contact with him. We want power to convince others, to sway them in the way we Wish them to go, the power to command and be unhesitatingly obeyed. Let us aim for the highest point of attainment to which our ability will possibly take us, not satisfied until we know we are putting forth the best that is in us. In this glorious country of ours, one may rise as far as his natural ability will permit him. We are not hampered by any class distinction. One of the greatest men in all our history, Abraham Lincoln, was born a poor backwoods child yet he was one of the most honored and beloved Presidents thig country has every known at the time of his tragic death. i VV . . Y. ,........ Ii'- l , 1 . , - - 'I ui e 1 mei ri sail fp H I H limi ll ll: V LL, Z

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