Princeton High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Princeton, IN)

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-t 1. in xxork to build the condition of 'i given the largest lgti X,tN 1tllltlS. explained by the t- seeuied to pervade E bl Q lt v., it .K Xlay to respect the feel- -veu. monotonous peut many,many you enjoy your all pay the penance of keep this Senior class -y in ay truly learn the :is ot' Glory Lead but Q' , Qlififn Hirtnrivz Erniinda. Itentoul Clarke. N these days of toil and struggle, amid the many tempta- tions, and the iimneasurable power of money and its entangling forces, amid the graft and the greed throughout the length and breadth of the land, it is worth our while to pause upon life's 'threshold and consider, what are the Victories of Life? Shall we answer this according to the usual standard of the world, or shall we answer it in keeping with a higher and a broader standard, which has its foundation in righteousness and its purpose and end in the well-being of man here and here- after? Emerson has truly said: Every great institution is the lengthening shadow of one man. Hampden's refusal to pay a shillings tax because illegally levied, was the beginning of a revolution, that established Englandls liberty. The faithful- ness of Martin Luther to his own belief in what was right, pro- duced a reformation that established a new religion. The courage of George lVashington in helping to carry out his own views, even though there was great danger and opposition, founded a nation, which is now one of the first in the history of the world. Life stands before each as a. block of granite before a sculptor and we must be content to labor slowly, patiently and persistently, as does he, chiseling away day after day, for: Sculptors of Life are we as we stand, our lives uncarved before us, awaiting the time, when at God's command our life dream passes o'er us. If we are, in the end, victors in life's battle, that victory will be ours through many smaller victories, but if we suffer defeat, that defeat will be the culmination of many defeats, leading on to the final catastrophe. iVe are sometimes prone to think that with our limited capabilities and our meager opportunities, we can do nothing, but this is a mistake. God has a plan for each life and while we may not be called upon to do the great things, as the world rates greatness, there is set before us the opportunity of gain- ing a vietor,s cr0wn,,if we are willing to pay the price of the victory. It is not great wealth, great learning, great genius, or great power that makes one a victor, but it. is using to the very best advantage the gifts within us and the opportunities scattered all about us. ltlake it a life rule to give your best to whatever passes through your hands. Stamp it with your manhood, let superi- ority be your trademark, let it characterize everything you touch, for this is the standard that the world demands. It indicates the best kind of brain, it is the best substitute for genius, it is a better Capital than cash. Remember the saying, Hlvhatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well. Then let us do well today's work no matter how lowly it seems and perhaps the morrow will offer a greater work. High on the roll of honor will be the names of those who have faithfully performed the humble duties, the unknown workers of humanity, the heroic souls who have bravely 'taken their burdens and made the most of life. Success lies in an alert energetic, wisely directed, conse- crated self, not in surroundings. In Shakespearels 'Julius Caesar, Cassius says, It is not in our stars, but in ourselves, dear Brutus, that we are underlings.', lVe read of a poor, impoverished preacher being hooted and hounded and east into Bedford jail. The next we hear of him, he has given to the world, the immortal, Pilgrims Progress. In the early part of the nineteenth century we see a homely, awkward boy in one of the humblest homes in Illinois study-

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351151 Dlllnrtem Exintenrr nf Clllmm ,'13--5113115111195 i,iiZf Among these, Percy McClure was found first. It was the 1n- evitable fate of 'Percy to return 'to the primitive condition of' man. Ile had been turned into a monkey and from what the Sibyl said, he surely must have felt perfectly at home. Following this leaf was the one belonging to Kathryn West. lll-starred Kathryn was transformed into a goat and spent her leisure hours roaming around a button factory. . Then a startling prophecy! Levi Ritchie had assumed the form ol' a mouse and was continually frightening the ladies. Even the gentlemen upon the earth at this age were somewhat startled a.nd to give the Sibyl's own words-arrectaeque horrore eoniae, et vox faucibus haesit whenever Levi by his unexpect- ed pranks entered a room full of people. Laura lludelson was said to be always building a home. She was a spider, and as soon as one web was torn down by Y' 5' ,i l-- Z? some hard-hearted person she patiently went to work to build up another. F Then the last of the leaves presented the condition of Arvil Binhach.- Evidently Arvil had been given the largest form of any of the class, for he was a hippopotamus. - 'Asthe destiny of the last member was explained by the Sibyl, a dreadful air of loneliness and solitude seemed to pervade the cave. But the Sibyl was never known to respect the feel- ings of anyone, and now she began in an even, monotonous tone with theseiwords- May you yourself repent many,many times your misdeeds in High School. May you enjoy your existence here at this never-ending task and pay the penance of your laggardness. Let the Fates always keep this Senior class in these forms of lowly existence, that they may truly learn the lesson of being. great, and that The Paths of Glory Lead but to the Grave! . .EW ffef F 22 N 'these days of toil and struggle, am tions, and the immeasurable powe entangling forces, amid the graft and the length and breadth of the land, it is wor upon life's threshold and consider, what Life? Shall we answer this according to ' the world, or shall we answer it in keepiii broader standard, which has its foundz and its purpose and end in the well-being after? l Emerson has truly said: Every gi lengthening shadow of one manf, Hamp shillings tax because illegally levied, we revolution, that established England's 1 ness of hlartin Luther to his own belief ii duced a reformation that established courage of George Washington in helping Views, even though' there was great dz founded a nation, which is now one of thi the world. Life stands before each as a bloci sculptor and we must be content to labc persistently, as does he, chiseling away 'gSculptors of Life are we as we stand before us, awaiting the time, when at life dream passes ofer usf, If we are, in the end, victors in life will be ours through many smaller vict defeat, that defeat will be the culmina leading on to the final catastrophe.

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iq,-'1:,'l 55 at 1.1: nu. ,,' iv ...-, 'GAF' up ,mi .f . 1. .,:v'c'1 . filfil 5 1 .,-1' ju .gg .4 Wi. 11' .44 'TH ffafl -V1 1 . f -. :f N, .ML Jessie Lee Jones. Ida Marguerite Meyer. Ethel Clara Dunlap. Laura Hudelson. Mermaid Cliapter, 1910. Oxford Chapter. Mermaid Chapter. Nlermaid Chapter, 1910. English Club, 1913. Chairman, Program Com- Literary Society, 1910. Domestic Science Club. Local Editor, Princetonian Staff, 1911-1912. Editor-in-Cllief, Prince- tonian, 1912-1913. Class I-Iistorian-Senior An- nual, 1913. mittee, 1911 . Musical Director, German Club, 1913. Glee Club, 1910, '11, ,12, 113. Staff Senior Annual, 1913. M Joke Department. German Club, 1911. ' p , Domestic Science Club. ing by the uncertain light of a log fire. chance for l1in1 to gain renown, perhaps 1 in his mind, but l1e does the duty that li' his rails by day and studies his lessons by forming whatever task is given hi111. . O1 ready to lift the yoke of bondage from Wlho shall be chosen for this great task? of earth pass in review, and lo! the cl1oice f awkward boy. He who l1as been faithi chosen to be ruler over nlanyf' The confhct between right and wroi are still great problems to be solved. D sin of the twentieth centuryg the age is mc risk anything, do anything for mo11ey. 'l '6Do others or they will do you,', and being taught by example, if not by prec success. Then as we consider tl1e social, times, the unequal distribution of weaf attitude of the rich toward tl1e poor, tl' classes and the lack of reverence for sacrc pelled to look into the future a11d wonder by these conditions can be victory. Sh: over Jerusalem be fittingly applied to u generations follow the leadership of Lincc LaFollette, who have dared to stand for believed were true? Only the best material must be pi noblest thoughts and aspirations and the . N111 tl1e structure that we Time is with material ii .Our todayis 3.1111 yesterday' Are the blocks with whit