Rensselaer High School - Crest and Shield Yearbook (Rensselaer, NY)

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THE ORACLE JUNE, NINETEEN TWENTY NINE DI OBIHII COLLEGE Many of us are not far distant from college. What glorious impres- sions that word immediately conveys to our minds! Some may be so unfortunate as not to be able to go to college immediately after they graduate from high school. They must work a year or two and then proceed to college. One day I chanced upon the biography of an insignificant man-so insignificant that I cannot tell you who he is. This man was ,graduated from high school immediately before the out- break of the Wo1'ld W31'Q he was drafted, and after he served several years, decided to stay in France and become better acquainted with it. Seven years after he had graduated from high school he entered col- lege-one of our leading universities. This man did it. Doubtless he had forgotten many things he had learned in high school that were essential in his college curriculum, but he was young and had developed his mind by himself so that it could readily grasp things. He had the will and ambition to go through col- lege, and he did. So do not pine if you cannot see your way clear to college. Authori- ties say that we receive more education, that is, we are capable of absorbing more between the ages of eighteen a11d thirty lllilll any other time of our lives. If one does not go to college immediately after leaving high school, he need not waste his time for he may come in contact with eminent people, he may read much and attend educational l5l

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GLIMPSES OF 1929 lt is my pleasant duty To introduce to you, The members of the Senior Class, As they come before your View- Some of us you 'Ve heard about, Some of ns you 'Ve seeng Others you will recognize ! When you see them on the screeng And if taken as a body You think we're mighty fine, Please don't forget to connect each one Witth the Class of '29. FRANK KRAUs: President of Senior Class: Honor Society four yearsg Subscription Manager, CYDRACLE, Senior year: Class Treasurer, Junior year: High School Orchestrag Glee Club. Senior year. All hail our noble president! He led our class so well. His guiding hand and steady work f V Has made our class excel. ' ISLIZABETH B1nnI,E: Vice-President Senior Class: Art Editor. ORACLE: Theta Sigma Nu: Glee Club, Freshman and Sopho- more yearsg squad leader, Junior yearg Honor So- ciety one yearg Archery Club. junior year: Class play. Spritely as a fairy, Flitting here and there: Never a frown nor wrinkle, i Never a worry nor care. l8l

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COLLE GE lectures. His mind will be sufficiently developedgto enable him to go to college after several years' absence from school without any serious loss. Now to those who intend to go to college next fall. We will be rather isolated during our freshman college days. We will be rather green, much as We were in our freshman days in high school. To you, I say, have confidence in yourself and trust your nerve. Nerve has pulled many people out of an uncomfortable position. I mean nerve that is honest and proceeds from deep convictions, not the kind of nerve which We.. associate' with loud boasting, daring and the like. Do not be content with just getting by g have high ideals. Make every day at college justify itself so that you will have sufficiently pro- vided for your after self and will say that your college days have 11ot only been glorious, but also truthfully educational as Well. A. G., ,29. ...nf if , Q --.. i l 'a1 v l6l