Reese High School - Rocket Yearbook (Reese, MI)

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sr ALEDICTORY-Con t. gY (C who never first rne way when 3 Editor? •pni lows straight path but drifts and trier, another and never gets any- O f. ' 1 C • Ingenuity is two per cent inspiration and ninety-eight per cent perspiration. n Prain, heart, blood and brawn unite to declare that it pays to reach the top. No matter how much toil hardship ana even hunger and suffering it costs to climb thither, It pays. Once firmly fixed up?n the eminence, the world of difficulty and doubt beneatn the feet, and the grand panorama of success burs ting upon the view, there can be no c u 3 •?ti0n about th3 .reward For the first time in the history of the world, we have here in the United States the possibility of combining into a harmonious whole all the pre¬ requisites of the good life. The opportunity is earn, Pit it may not linger. Events abroad or selfishness at heme can wreck our dream of build¬ ing s Kingdom cl Heaven here on earth—unless we, every last one of us. look to our duties. As we of th 0 Hi ' s d i.n .V so hool f (i th e 1 a rx St to take ou r 7 ...cl s e S ze U. Li c I i ay nr r. VV vy C; ) 1 fa wi th the s e n -p yo V- ha vo bee n v in • v h u V ij ' or j s e nt at ou r c v r.T: We feel ir.d ee — w ha a rs 7 r ' . ' r Y ' i ' Ok ce.n on .• O X A u ar 0 lust V 0 Cf « O nni • -ft Am er icar. C 1 4- . e n n the world as desirable citi- “e come here tonight. We proud to have had you tin 1 . . in as 5.3 not a farewell, but .rue sense of the word. We wonderful life of a true

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ALUTATOTY ADDRE Members of the School Board, Teacher? Parent? and Friend? On behalf of Graduation Class of 1.G45 I v?e extend to you a most heartfelt welcome to the exJ ercisee which mark another Milestone in the lives oa the graduates. Many persons wonder why we call gradJ nation commencement when it is really the ending of I a course of study It is because it marks the begirj ning of the actual work of life. Prior to gradual tion- the student is only preparing for future work j and so wo can truthfully say that graduation is a beginning; not an ending 0 Bor twelve years, the student looks forward to I the end of hi?- course and feels that when he carrleaj aw ay his diploma a large share of his life work will be finished. When that day at last approaches, his ] mind has teen trained and broadened and he commenced to realize that the difficult period of life is justl approaching The lofcg years he ban spent in prepa-M ration have fitted him, to some extent, for future it sponsibilities tut when commencement exercises are over, the average student stands and faces the un¬ certainty of the future and asks himself, what next?] It. is the trying time of life. The association of year? are about to be broken and the life of the school-room and books is to be radically changed. No wonder the first few weeks in this new life are lonely as he looks about to see what course to persii next in order to make his life a success,.. Success is a difficult word to define and the brightest men in the world differ radidaliy in ooini one concerning it 0 Perhaps this is as good a dif- initial as any: ' ' Making the most of one ' s ooport- unity l! If ail men tried to achieve success along the same lines, the world would not oe as good as itJ is Every mar should try to achieve success along some line. Though possibilities vhicn seem to lie ahead of him might not seem worthwhile One of the ties iiirv of c ur economic system is that eec:i cnc reap? tbo reward of his own efforts! It is for this reason that we find the lazy in¬ dolent person so ufeen wants the a 1th of the world divided up anc each one secure or canal share of all r not reat cam This thought divide