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

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HIGH SCHOOL FACULTY MISS LAURA MOORE MISS NEIL MR. PAULSON MISS REID MISS ROSS MISS ROWE MISS SEIBERT MR. SPRINGER - MISS STEVENSON MR. STRAFFON MR. SWEET MR. TAYLOR MISS TURNER MISS B. WOODWARD MIS S J. WOODWARD MISS HILTON MISS WILSON - Domestic Science Study Hall Mechanical Drawing English Sewing Science English History Chemistry, German, Sewing Study Hall Commercial Mathematics Commercial English Study Hall Librarian Office Secretary

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: : 0 Wy Salutatory To Class of February, 1934 “Thou must be true thyself , thou the truth would 9 st teach; Thy soul must overflow , If thou another soul would 9 st reach ; It needs the overflowing heart , To give the life full speech. Think truly and thy thoughts Shall the world ' s famine feed ; Speak truly and thy word Shall be a fruilhful seed ; Live truly and thy life shall be A great and noble creed. — Ralph Waldo Emerson. The most encouraging truth that can be impressed on the mind of us, the youth of today, is this: “What man has done man may do.” Men of great achievements we must not reverence as exceptions to the average of humanity, but consider them as setting a standard of success for us. Their example shows what can be accomplished by the practice of the common virtues — diligence, patience, determination, perseverance, and earnestness. These men and women have shaped their futuer by making the most of small opportunities. Never before was the opportunity of the educated girl and boy so great as today. There is always a place for those who can do things well. The education that elevates, refines and enobles its recipient knows no bounds. Because we have just finished our compulsory education, we must not halt our learning. We must educate ourselves more fully to meet the problems of the changing but practical world. We must not let our ideals grow dim nor our high standards drop. The atmosphere of learning and beautiful promise that we are leaving for a practical materiality will be a test to our character. We, the educated children of today, are expected to look up, not down, to aspire, not grovel. Petty annoyances and bickerings should not influence us. We ought to be able to rise above these things and use all our brain power and energy for worthwhile work. During this present time of economic depression, we realize we shall have to fight to make our lives more successful. We can not remodel the world, but we can face it with hope, cour- age, and training. Our enthusiasm shall not be thwarted because of such discouraging times, nor shall we be misled by despondency, suspicions, and criticisms which are now so prevalent. We enter the game at a critical time, yet we shall look on these difficulties as a challenge and discipline ourselves to meet them. Success does not only mean doing something marvelous and outstanding. Success comes by living honestly and earnestly, by always ringing true in our friendships at school which we will always remember, by holding a helpful attitude to those about us, by being a good citizen. We must not miss the little successes in striving for a great and wonderful goal, a goal achieved through solid and stable ideals. Our aim is for security, time to enjoy our friends, and time for gaining wisdom to make happy, wholesome homes. The old assumption of youth was to work and get rich. Money seemed an ideal. A high standard of living meant to get as much as the next fellow. We, the youth of today, are straying away from that idea, and demand a sounder philosophy, a philosophy of living, not having; of happiness, not wealth. GLADYS CLARKE, Salutatorian. m [Page Eight]