Port Huron High School - Student Yearbook (Port Huron, MI)

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Program of Commencement Baccalaureate Sermon CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH RALPH MACLAY CRISSMAN, D. D. JUNE io, 1917 Class Day AUDITORIUM, 3:00 P. M. JUNE 13, 1917 Commencement AUDITORIUM, 8:00 P. M. JUNE 13, 1917 Class Banquet HARRINGTON HOTEL, 6:30 P. M. JUNE 14, 1917 Senior Hop AUDITORIUM JUNE 15, 1917

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Faculty H. A. Davis, Principal, Algebra — Olivet College, A. B. Helen F. Naumann, German, French — University of Michigan, Ph. B. Frances Brown, Latin — Ypsilanti; University of Michigan. A B. S. A. Crane, Geometry — University of Michigan. Marguerite Steglich, History — University of Michigan, A. B. Grace Northrup, English — University of Michigan, A. B. Elizabeth Hughes, English — University of Michigan, A. B. Allie B. Chapin, Algebra — Olivet, B. S. ; Graduate work at M. A. C. Lillian L. Hogan, Shorthand, Typewriting — University of Michigan, A. B. Theo Anderson, Commercial Branches — Dixon College; University of Minnesota, Sc. B. and M. Ac. Katherine Chamberlain, Algebra, Trigonometry — University of Michi- gan, A. B. ; Graduate Work at University of Michigan. Sena Potter, English, History — University of Michigan, A. B. Marguerite Stevens, English, German — University of Michiagn, A. B. Byron Corbin, Physics, Chemistry — Ypsilanti, A. B. ; M. A. C. also University of Michigan. Adele Westbrook, Debating, Public Speaking — Universitv of Michigan. A. B. Rilla Trathen, Biology — University of Michigan, A. B. Lester Miller, Commercial Geography, Physiography — University of Michigan, A. B. Kathleen Moore, Latin, History — Smith College, A. B. Frances Lakin, History — University of Michigan, A. B. ; Graduate work at University of Michigan ; University of Chicago. Margaret McRoberts, English — Oberlin, A. B. M. J. Myers, Manual Training — Kalamazoo Normal College.

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President s Message ELSIE PRESSPRICH, Vice-President, ’17 Every student’s problem at present is how to be efficient. Consciously or unconsciously we are asking ourselves “How can I make the most oi myself at this crucial time?” We should not wish to be great for the sake of our own personal gains, but for the sake of usefulness io our country and the world. If this war goes on and our men are called to the front, many of our schoolmates will be with them, not only as soldiers but also as nurses. Before they will be ready to go, there will be a great deal of training necessary. Training is very important but habit is more so. Shakespeare makes Hamlet say that “Habit is a second nature.” Albert Beveridge says, “Rules for good work fail without good habits. Habit is the most powerful influence in human life.” More men fail in their undertakings, more neglect of public duty re- sults, more bad work of any kind is produced by bad habits than by any othen cause. No man with bad habits can do much work of any kind, or any work of a good kind. It is our own fault if we are not at our best. Never blame anybody else for your own misfortunes. Occasionally there is such a thing as misfortune that seems to follow us, but, generally speaking, we are the architects of our own failures. In one of Maeterlinck’s wonderful stories lie tells of a powerful man of the middle ages who conceived great plans and executed them, but always with difficulty. Erequently he almost failed, and succeeded only by super- human effort. Finally he found that a secret enemy was always working against his most careful plans, neutralizing his most strenuous e xertions. As the years passed, he determined to find and destroy this enemy. Life was not worth living with this hidden foe forever encircling him with difficulties. One evening as he was out walking, he saw another man approaching him. By that strange instinct which warns us of danger, he knew that this man was his lifelong enemy, and he resolved to kill him. As he approached, he ob- served that this man wore a mask. But conscious that this was the antago- nist of his life, he said, as they met: “You are the man w r ho from my youth till now has been pursuing me. thwarting me, almost defeating me. I mean to kill you, but I will give you a chance for your life. Draw and defend your- self.” The stranger said, as he drew his sword ,“I am at your service, but first see who it is that you would fight.” He removed his mask, and the man stood before himself. This fable is true of every one of us. Where you think an enemy has injured you, look closely, and nine times out of. ten you will find yourself in some evil guise, but oftenest you will find yourself in the form of your habits. Just how efficient we have become the future alone can reveal. But may the class of 1917 continue unceasingly in their efficiency formation, so as not only to be able to acquire the good habits, but also to eliminate the bad ones or in the words of the poet to “know ourselves.” 9