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

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Salutatory “The wind and waves favor the ablest navigator.” We, the class of )une, 1935, in this, our graduation, resemble a tiny fleet of ships each bearing its cargo, its own individual contribution to the problems of life. We now put forth from the sheltered waters in which we have sailed so long, aided by the love and guidance of all those who have helped us so wonderfully in making the correct preparations for this long journey. It is the problem of each of us to guide our individual lives across the sea to that far harbor of deference and value to the community as a whole. The picture viewed from our present haven of safety presents an anything but reassuring aspect, for in the distance the dark clouds of radicalism, communism, and their kindred theories appear in the darkened sky. The course is filled with jagged reefs, annoying and dangerous riptides, and currents of unsound ideas and theories. Today as in the time of Columbus, Vespuccus and other early mariners, there is a lack of guiding lights — political, economic, and moral. In full view are the ships of former years, many sailing the true and steady course, but many drifting helplessly in the sea of depression unable to set their course on favorable winds. Still others have been wrecked upon the black, foreboding rocks, while many have disappeared beneath the huge waves of economic distress. Captains and navigators of the weather-beaten crafts of previous years can give us little aid or advice to help us conquer the problems which be- come visible. It might seem foolhardy to pit our youth and inexperience against all these adverse conditions which are in great prevalence. Also, it might seem a helpless task to set forth to solve the problems upon which older and more experienced navigators have wrecked their ships. Although the course appears perilous, we know that it is not unconquerable. Put forth we must, for such is the rule of life; and regardless of the pitfalls with which we meet, we must set our sails, confident of our own seahardiness and of our good fortune with which to find sufficiently fair winds to carry us through to the end. Slowly and surely through the years that we have made ready for this journey, we have builded our ship aided by the advice of those who have weathered previous storms. Their self-sacrifice and loving care have provided us with many of the instruments necessary that we, too, might gain that great end as have the great majority of those who have gone before us. First, we have been provided with the compass of an abiding faith in Cod, which, as a guide, unhesitatingly indicates the true north. It also is an assurance that no matter what may befall us, we shall always know the direction of our course. Second, we have been provided with health, that most necessary of all things so essential to the seaworthiness of our ship, that we may have the strength to resist the strains of wrenching waves and winds of long, arduous labor. Third, from the various studies we have pursued during our time here, we have gained many and varied sails of intelligence, which, together with others acquired to the same end, can be set properly to gain the best advantage of the winds we find to drive us along our course. We are not fearful of the outcome. Each generation has put forth on this same journey and always the great majority through honest, sincere attention to its life work has attained its goal successfully. Many, heedless of their obligations and unwilling to earn their ways through genuine effort have failed in seas of sunshine and fair wind. Some have sunk beneath the waves after valiant struggle. Some have had fair wind and easy passage. We are well -equipped ; so, regardless, of what may obstruct our course, we shall press on. All these rocks, waves, winds, currents, absence of guides, and other adverse conditions are only the problems of life which have been solved so successfully by previous captains. The proudest ships of all are those which, handicapped by ill health, ragged sails of inadequate preparation, lack of the many advantages with which we sail forth, have carried on to that far distant harbor for which we are all striving. We fully realize that each wave of distress with which we are able to cope and to overcome but adds to our strength to resist our next wave of oppositoin. We know that we will encounter many fair and foul winds, that we will have more sunny than cloudy days, that we will make many new and valued friendships, and that for each loss there will be a com- pensating gain. We have drifted in the sheltered waters long enough. We have faith in our ability and in our ship and we gladly sail forth though uncertain of the outcome. We, never- theless, know that we shall have our best to attain that coveted port. MARGARET CARRIGAN, June. Page Eleven

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Valedictory This is the last formal meeting of our class, and it would be well if each one of us could express his last minute thoughts to the remainder of the class, but it has been the custom to choose one member to deliver a valedictory. At last we have arrived at the day towards which we have striven. Behind us lie four years of work, of friendship, and of pleasure. These years are now a thing of the past, but the mem- ories and associations formed during them shall always endure — they know no valedictory, no farewell. We have achieved our goal — Commencement Day. Commencement — the beginning. The long awaited day is in reality only the beginning, the beginning of our real work in life. We know what lies behind us, but who knows what lies before us? No one knows; no one wishes to know. For that is life — finding this out for ourselves. “Behind him lay the gray Azores, Behind the Cates of Hercules; Before him not the ghost of shores, Before him only shoreless seas. The good mate said: “Now must we pray, For lo ! the very stars are gone. Speak, Admiral, speak, what shall I say?“ “Why say, ‘Sail on! sail on! and on’!” These words, “Sail on!” are symbolic of our future. Behind us lies a happy past; before us lies “not the ghost of shores,” but whether these “shoreless seas” contain happiness or sorrow, good fortune or adversity, we must at all times “Sail on!” To you, our Faculty, we say farewell. We say it with mingled emotions. For four long years we worked under your direction and supervision, four of the most formative years of our lives. We absorbed your thoughts, your ideas and your ideals. You have become a part of us. Now we are parting, to chart new seas, to reach for unknown shores. It is a moment of great joy in our lives, yet there is also a feeling of sadness. Classmates, we are being graduated — we are beginning! The Book of Life is in front of us. The introduction has been finished, and the first page is being unveiled. As a class we have accomplished many things, set many new precedents. But now all that remains of our class are memories. Only memories, but ones that we shall look back to with happiness and satisfaction. Let us strive onward, endeavoring to do in the future even better than we have done in the past. He gained a world! he gave that world Its grandest lesson: “On! sail on!” BERNARD ADINOFF. June. Page Ten

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Evelyn Hoskins Jan. Student Council; Presi- dent 12A; Valedictor- ian; Honor Society; Chorus; Student Staff; Girls’ League. Charlotte White June Dramatics Club; Chorus; junior Play; 12B Carnival; Modern Literature Club; Crea- tive Writing Club; Vice-President I 2B. 12A; Student Staff; Honor Society; Girls’ League; “Girl Shy. Ada Ati ins Jan. Secretary 1 1 B ; Treas- urer 1 1 A, 1 2A; Drama- tic Club; Editorial Board of Student; Salutatorian ; Chorus; Honor Society; Girls’ League. David Canham June Football; Treasurer 1 OA, 1 1 B ; Chorus; Carnival; Student Council 11 A, 12B, 1 2A; Student Staff; Tennis; “Girl Shy”; Interclass Baseball; Interclass Basketball. Jan. Alice Cutcher Student Council 12A; Editorial Board of Student; Dramatics Club; Library Club; Chorus; Girls’ League Dalton Orr President 1 1 B, 11 A; Manager Junior Class Play; Interclass Baseball; 12B Carnival; Business Manager of Student; Honor Society. Shirley Adams joe Schaeffer Honor Society; Vice- President 11 A; Inter- class Baseball; Pres ident 12B. 1 2 A ; 12B Carnival. Anita Martin Treasurer 1 1 B ; Vice- President; Secretary; Girls’ League. Stewart McClellan June 12B Carnival; Science Club; Baseball; Treas- urer 11 A. 12B. 12A; Athletic Association; Honor Society. Elaine Van Norman Jan. Student Council 10B, 1 OA, 1 1 B. 1 1 A, 12B. 12A; Student Staff; Chorus; Girls’ League. June Johnseh June Dramatics Club; Stu- dent Council 10A, 1 1 A, 1 2B, 1 2 A ; 12B Carnival; Chorus, Stu- dent Staff; Girls’ League. June Margaret Carrigan Dramatics Club ; Chorus; Carnival; Hi-Y; Honor Society; Editorial Board of Student; Girls’ League; Salutatorian. June Stephanie Parfet Hi-Y; Dramatics Club; Chorus; Girls’ League; Junior Play; Creative Writing Club; Student Staff; Honor Society; “Girl Shy.” Dramatics Club; Girls’ Hi-Y; Chorus; Junior Play; President Girls’ League 12B, 12A; 1 2B Carnival; Student Staff. Catherine Langdon Jan. Student Staff; Secre- tary 11 A; Treasurer 12B; Vice-President 12A; Dramatics Club; Chorus; Girls’ League. a tW Pnyllis Paige June 12B Carnival; Secretary 1 2B. 12A; Girls’ League. largaret Hoffmeier Jan. Vice-President 1 1 B ; Student Staff; Spanish Club; Student Council 12A; Chorus; Girls’ League. Jay Brooks Jan. Business Manager of Student; Creative Writing Club. Helen Slutsky June Dramatics Club; Honor Society; Junior Play; Girls’ League; 12B Carnival; Secretary Modern Literature Club; Creative Writing Club Secretary; Editor- ial Board of Student. Bernard Adinoff June DramaticsClub; German Club; Secretary 10B. 1 OA Class; Hi-Y; Chess Club Secretary; Secretary Cre ative Writing Club; Library Club; Modern Litera- ture Club; Honor Society. Society; Valedictorian. Page Twelve