Princeton High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Princeton, IN)

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2 . Wifi Ziff 'i Sims! ...- , l uh is 1 ,, . -pa. z,,-fs:-T1 -tf',fn ' r :f7! jf I 4 G 45- p.f',,.,..a- ' ,. .. - ' ,- Hx. L v, L ' wi, .Lf .4 ng 1 gk. jf ,lv A 1, wa? ig... ,2g.3vg,x M. .1 A '.1,, M -ii ., 4 Ai.. Qlwn. 142: 'I . I iv.,-. , rl , ,.,, . ELI , -- 'XA' - vw. ' - ' - '.,J .'-.-v' -' .- . . - V vrga' Edna McAfee. lV1ermaicl Chapter, 1910. Latin Club, 1913. Senior Annual, 1913, Class 1Vill, 1913. Post. lX 'I0l'1.CIll, 1913 Erminda Rentoul Clarke. Mermaid Chapter, Literary Society, 1910. German Club, 1911. Domestic Science Club. ' Representative of ' High School in f'Big Six Ora- torical Contest at Lin- ton, as Reader, '11. g . Junior Editor on: Prince- tonian Staff, 1912. Member of Negative Trian- gular Debating Team, ,12. Class Poet, 1913. '- Class President, 1913. Editor-in-Chief of Annual 1913. ' g Elizabeth V. Agar. Secretary-Treasurer of Class 1910, ,11, ,12, '13. Member of Tabard Chapter g Literary Society. Class Editor of Princeton- ian, 1911. ' . . Senior Class 'Editor .of Princetonian, 1913. President of Latin Club, '13'- Class Prophet, 1913, Member? of Negative De- bating,Team, 1913. Senior Annual, 1913, 6'Class Prophecy. i P Ruth Phar. ' Mermaid Chapter, 1910. Girls, Glee Club, 1910-1913. 1 .Domestic Science Club. '13. 1 Elm CC U noble things, not dream tl1e1n al ' And so make life, death and tha grand sweet song. .In those lines Ch spoken truly, for he who has well considei once carry his convictions into action. O things in our lives that we can control. l the sum of our habits, but of our charactei ' VVhen the true man, bent on good, h he places but small value on the rewards or his own approving conscience, and the awaits him, is his best reward. hlen cannc as the mountains were in the early geologic They must be dealt with as units, for it is c of individuals that the elevation of the m ally secured. Teachers and preachers I from Without, but the main action comes viduals must exert themselves, otherwise effectually helped by others. It has been well said, 'fThat none ol and no man clietlz to himselff' yet man wa or glory or success, but for something higl the world can give. God hath given to ' Ta.ylor, a short time here on earth, and time eternity depends. Vile must. reme many enemies to conquer, many evils to p to meet, many difliculties to overcome, an 1- Man does not live for himself alonf goodof others, as well as of himself. Ev. to perform, the richest as well as the poo come pleasure, to others suffering. The

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-s Harold Ellison. laid Chapter, ry Society, 1910. e flub. 1913. Eiffa liirtnriva--Glnniinuvh gift or blessing that is being prepared for us, by our too eager haste. . Now to each of us comes the call to decide what our future life shall be. Wherever God puts us, that is our best place, whatever he calls us to do, that is our noblest duty. If We trust him he will show us plainly what his purpose is for us. The greatest manf' said Channing, 'CIS he who chooses right with invincible resolution, whose reliance on truth, on virtue, on God is most unfalteringf' The greatest command- er's command is, Forward-Marchln At the close of the Russo-Japanese War, Admiral Togo, looking into the faces of his comrades who had served with him during the war, said, as he bade them good-bye, The war is done and Peace is hovering over us, but Peace has its perils and duties as well as VVar, so victors tie your helmet strings tighter. This is a good motto for us to write upon our banners as we go forth into our life's work, for if there is one time in life more than another when we need to watch, lest. we enter into temptations, it is in the hour of success. One of the first elements determining a victorious life is perseverance. To learn lo work long and hard for what we get, to give up some pleasure in order that we may have time for our task, to stick to our Work until we win out, no matter how long it takes. If there are one hundred rounds inour ladder of success we must not stop on the ninety-ninth and conclude that our work is a failure. All those ninety-nine steps must prove failures unless the one hundredth is taken. The courage that wins is of the kind that never Wavers, that holds out in spite of the most adverse circumstances, for this world is not an Aladdin's palace where all things come without an effort, but life is always a fight, a fight and a victory. The tempter will Whisper that there is no need of our working so hard, other people about us do not and Why should we? VVe may shirk a little here and a little there and no one will be the wiser. Leave the smaller things undone, or at least until a more convenient season, it is really of small. consequence. The old violin maker in George Elliotis poem, who said if he did not make the best violin possible for him to make, God would miss the music, was living a victorious life. He who writes a better book, preaches a better sermon, or builds a better mouse-trap than his neighbor, though his home be in the wilderness, lhe world will make a beaten path- way to his door. ?'9:'b i ll fit' s X A fqlfx f ing ,I IQ si 'fi-ff ti s. N ,- ? .4 -. fir fra Tv I ' FN jg .-li Q U ft 1 W f-1+ 4 1 ,,' - u. In S .- C S xxfrd

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liuth Phar. 1010. .l t'hapter. - lcv tllub. 1910f1913 91' Science Vlub. 13 1' -I 4 Jnhiuihnal ltrnpnnnihiliigg Bessie, Agar, '13, CC O 11oble things, not dream them all day longg And so make life, death and that vast forever, one grand sweet song. In those lines Charles Kingsley haS spoken truly, for he who has well considered his duty, will at once carry his convictions into action. Our acts are the only things in our lives that we can control. They not only form the sum of our habits, but of our character. Wlhen the true man, bent on good, holds by his purpose, he places but small value on the rewards or praises of the world, his own approving conscience, and the well donei' which awaits him, is his best reward. hffen cannot be raised in masses as the mountains were in the early geological state of the world. They must be dealt with as units, for it is only by the elevation of individuals that the elevation of the masses can be effectu- ally secured. Teachers and preachers may influence them from without, but the main action comes from within. Indi- viduals must exert themselves, otherwise they can never be effectually helped by others. It has been well said, That none of us livctlr to himself and no man cliefh to himself, yet lnan was not made for fame or glory or success, but for something higher and greater than the world can give. God hath given to man, says Jeremiah Taylor, a short time here on earth, and yet upon this short time eternity depends. Wfe must remember that we have many enemies to conquer, many evils to prevent, much danger to meet, many difficulties to overcome, and much good to do. ltfan does not live for himself alone. He lives for the good of others, as well as of himself. Everyone has his duties to perform, the richest as well as the poorest. To some lives come pleasure: to others suffering. The best do not live for self enjoyment., or even for fa111e. Their strongest motive power is hopeful, useful work in every good cause. To do our duty in this world toward God and toward man, consistently and steadily requires the cultivation of all the faculties God has given us. It is tl1e higher Will that instructs and guides our will. It is the knowledge of what is right and wrong that makes us responsible to man here, and to God here- after. - The sphere of responsibility is infinite. It exists in every station. It begins with life and ends with death. The race of mankind,', says Sir VValter Scott, would perish, did t.l1cy cease to aid each otherf, All therefore that need aid have a right to ask it from their fellow-mortals. None of us who have the power of aid can refuse without guilt. The school of difficulty is the best school of moral disci- pline. Wfhen difficulties have to be encountered, they must be met with courage and eheerfulness. Did not Aristotle say, tllat happiness is not so much in our objects as in our energies? Grappling with difficulties is the surest way of overcoming them. The determination to realize an object is the moral conviction that we can and will accomplish it. Our wits are sharpened by our necessity, and the individual man stands forth to meet and overcome the difficulties which stand in the way. Very- few people can realize the fact that they are of no use in the world. The fact of their existence ilnplies the neces- sity for their existence. The world is before them. They have their choice of good and evil, of usefulness and idleness. VVhat have they done with their time and means? Have they shown the world that their existence has been of any use whatever? Have they made anyone the better because of their life? Has their career been a mere matter of idleness and selfishness, of laziness and indifference? Have they been seeking pleasure?