Polk High School - Cub Yearbook (Polk, NE)

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extensi }.n our .ust be scenic oe but orhaps the one '-S well '.opend ,ef ore on agent. There are seme qualification that we must insist upon ruide First he must be authentic. Ho must be genuine, ho competent. We are told that the mines and other underground places have many guides. Some are authentic. Some pretera. If we were to emply their leadership we would oe in uanger, would not return to safety again. Whereas the authentic guide, that has been over route, the one that know the aanger poln s as the points of interest has a badge on his uniform. Wo can upon him. Jesus Christ, the friend of youth, has trod the way us He has concuered death, hell, and the grave and lives to Secondly, we need one that is interested in ua personally. It has oecn said that we have but a very limited number of frlenc anc. It is true for often those that we place the most confidence in leave U6 cold hen we need that friend the most. The one that said that a true friend .s one that knows all about us and loves us just the same was righ . Jonn, the Beloved, decalres that wc have an advocate with the rather, ven Jesus Christ, the righteous. Now an advocate is one tnat pleaas ceses, a lawyer, one that we can go to in the time of need. We have a crue friend in whom we can confide our greatest problems and sorrows. One that will plead our case amid adversity. One that will win for us. One that will love us all the while. Such is our Lord. We need a soiide to see success. Success is a normal aspiration. To determine whether or not one is a success in life we must know his , oal. One young man aspires to the position of manager of a de- partment atore. Another may seek the position of a good clerk, ihe first one finds himself in later lif behind a counter in a small coun- try store while the latter has attained his goal and more, ne is at the head of a department with several men under him and still climoliv . The first one failed, the latter has found- success. If you want suc- cess there are little things we ill can do. Smiling. Speaking Kind words. Showing respect for the aged. Lending always a helping nano. Telling the truth under all circumstances. Choosing only the good for dally companions. Reading books which instruct and inspire rather than excite. Forming the habit of close observation and careful study. Spending less than one makes so as to provide for emergencies. Accept- ing the Bible as the only true guide for this life. --Selected. In closing let us notice King George VI closing message to an anx- ious British Empire on Christmas morning 1939: And I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year, 'Give me a lif lit that I may tread safely into the unknown . And he replied, Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the hand of God, and that will oc to you oetter than light or better than a known way . And so young people, take this same advice. Put your hand in the .and of God and venture out on His premises and success will be yours. Rev. Bailey dismissed the audience with a prayer and benediction. The r.raduates then marched out, Miss Sandfort playing the recessional.

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• i) (XC (UxJoCLlo M Baccalaureate Services for the 1943 Polk High Students was held in the School Auditorium on Sunday evening May 16th with Rev. Dixon as the s leer. The auditorium was well filled, as all the churches had dis- missed their evening services. kiss Sandfort played the Processional, and the graduates and fac- ulty, led by the Juniors marched in single file, from both sides of the auditorium, taking their places in the center row of seats. Rev. Bates :avs the invocation, and led the audience in the song, Onward Chris- tian Soldiers . The Junior Class Octette then sang two numbers. The speaker, Rev. Dixon, then spoke on The Guides For Youth . His text, How can I except some man should guide me was taken from Acts 8:31 and Psalra3 1 and 121. If there is a group of people that need a guide it is youth. If there was ever an age when youth needed a guide it is today. Today we have problems such as no other age has known. We have problems that even mature minds are unable to solve. This is a serious age to be living in, perhaps more so than the most of us realize. Yet it is an age of gr?at possibilities if wc but grasp the opportunities as they come our way. I congratulate you seniors for the progress you have made. You have reached the goal of the past twelve years. You have been helped and encouraged by loving parents and sympathetic teachers. Most of the important decisions here-to-fore have been solved by some one else. Now life takes on new meaning for you. You are facing the unknown and you are the one that must solve it's problems. It has been said that life is a 3tore house in which we deposite in youth and draw out in old age. And this is true to a large degree. We are what we make ourselves. Perhaps some of you realize the impor- tance of the gift of life that you have, and already want some one to help you solve the present and future problems. The rest of you will come to the place where you too will want a guide. There are three great factors in the making of a man: heredity, environment, and choice. Heredity and environment are mighty, fashion- ing, fixing forces that meet us at the very threshhold of life. But that third factor, choice, is by far the greatest in the making or un- making of a man. A choice is a momentous thing for a choice results last a character; and a character results in a destiny. We either sink of soar according to our choices. To be successful we must learn to say no with full meaning. Learn to say no to sin and Satan. Say no to the one that would cause you to discount God and the church. Say no to the things that would destroy your character or that of others. Say no to the one that '•?ould rob you of moral purity. God has a plan, a first plan, for ovary life and the sooner we find that particular place for ourselves the more happy our years will be. The great purpose then is to find that first plan. In that great- est of all sermons ever preached Jesus said But seel: ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these (other) things shall be added unto you . The important steps in life call for a guide: the choosing of a life work, the choosing of a life companion, the choosing of our church relationship, the choosing of the Christian life. In all other phases of life we choose the best guide possible. If we are ill we soe a competent physician or specialist. In matters of law we seek the best attorney. Evc-n farmers se :k advice from their

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Processional ?'iss Lucile’Sandfort Invocation Vocal Solo A-dres3--A Life Invested Trombone Solo --Donna Sundberg Presentation ol Scnolarships — Presentation of Class- Presentation oi Diplomas -Wilber 7hi tacre Benediction Rev. Rates