Red Oak High School - Pep Yearbook (Red Oak, IA)

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T H E PyEP lilruhcuce Sclyrenclx IEIUI - 151111 vpn A sweet young glrl Wlth sunny smlle and wlnnlng charm gentle and lovmg to all brllllanl m mmd of rare talent ln muslc a strong and beautlful personallty Prudence Schencl beloved member of the Class of l9l9 The Steinway Grand Plano m the I-hgh School audltorlum IS placed there ln her memory ,, , 4 ,Z eu A V QQ ' - ' 31, f , 0 fe, 4 to J frefitf . ! 5 I Y ,- 1-

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10 THE PEP CGIVIMENCEIVIENT Commencement time, we greet thee With many a hope sincere, Thy gladness wrought with promise, Brings to us boundless cheer. Somehow we fain would linger In the halls of dear old High, In the garden of our friendships, Of the four years just passed by. But like the tidal waters, That are never turned aside We are borne into the future, And drift on with the tide. Full many of us know not The land to which we go- The future lies before us In all its magic glow. So We greet thee, glad Commencement, More bright thy glory gleamsg The Class of 'l9 greets thee, Thou prelude to our dreams. With returning springtime and the joyousness and expectancy that pre- vades all outdoors, there is born Within our hearts a hope, a joy that puts us all in tune with the boundless gladness of nature, an aspiration or shall we say inspiration to carry on to some better end. Quite fitting does it seem that Commencement should have for it's setting the flowery and verdant months of May and June, for what other season of the year holds so much of promise. And, on the other hand, what period in life can hold so much of promise as Commencement time? The four years spent in the High School, affording one the association with a great student body, may truly be called a privilege. Our ideals are heightened, our social aspects are broadcast, our mental powers become more fully developed, here We find opportunity for the expression of the best that is in us, spiritually, mentally and physicallyg here we gain an insight into our better selves and discover those talents with which undoubtedly everyone is gifted. Indeed, this might wellibe called a great class room in which we are instructed and fitted out with adequate apparatus to go into the laboratory of social life and discover those experiments at which we are successful. Nor is it so void of unpleasantness as it seems, for there are manifold disappointments and discouragements, but it has been said, There is no excellence without great labor. The High School graduate emerging from these halls must not spell his departure in letters that form the word Finished, but with those letters which form the word, commenced, for truly has he just found the key to the great storehouse of truth and of knowledge. -L. M. 'I9.

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THE PEP 251111213 Nath The one member of our class to give his life on the battlefields of France.