Saginaw High School - Aurora Yearbook (Saginaw, MI)

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more we might have received from school, had we put more into it; we feel how little we have taken advantage of our opportunities; we know how far we have fallen behind that high example of faithfulness and perseverance which only this year has been taken from our sight. But you, whom we leave behind, remember this, which you have so often heard from this same platform, and, no doubt, will continue to hear. School years are the flood tide of opportunity, which ever after ebbs. Seize your opportunities before the ebb sets in. If you follow this advice, the class of 1904 will have done one great service. May it continually do others, may it live long and prosperously, to the happiness of its members, the glory of its school, and the good of all. David W. Prall. 10

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PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS. Today there falls to the lot of our valedictorian the sad duty of saying farwell for the class of 1904. But, by long established custom, before he performs this duty, the class president has the priviledge of saying something other than farewell after these twelve long years of silence. First of all, we wish to thank our teachers for all their help and for all the pains they have taken with us. Our only way of expressing these thanks up to this time has been through our school work, and, if that has not been done at least earnestly and sincerely, only future acts can atone, not mere words. As a class, however, we are not ashamed of our record. Who does not know our glories, our place in athletics, our scholarship? If the state of civilization and society is shown by the place it accords woman, then are we the acme of modern civilization, surpassing all our predecessors and at least one of those who come after us. For in what class has the preponderance of the twentieth century woman over her less fortunate brother been as three to one? In what class have nine out of ten places on the “Junior Exhibition” been won by girls? We are proud of our feminine element; indeed, how else should we be proud of our class at all? But the day of our graduation is at hand; we are about to disband, probably for all time, and there is one most im- portant thing to be said before we go. We know how much 9

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CLASS HISTORY. “Praising what is past Makes the remembrance dear.” Once more June is almost upon us, June with its pleasant memories, its class festivities, and its many pleasant associa- tions for the Seniors. But the pleasures are not all to come. Since the bright September morning, 19c», when we entered the East Side High School as little Freshmen, we have had our round of pleasure and trouble. Our first important act was the organization of our class. W e drew up a constitution and elected our officers, choosing Jerome Weadock as president. Nothing else of importance was done during our first year and as the vacation passed, we returned as Sophomores. During this term, the embryo of that future greatness of our class began to manifest itself, although not in the social line. I his year, like our Freshman, glided swiftly by and after another summer we were surprised to find ourselves Juniors. 1 his was the first year that we took any active part in the social events of the school, and throughout the whole term, no matter what we undertook, the results were always very gratifying. Early in the year arrangements were made by the com- mittees in charge, for the Junior Musicale which was such a great success, especially financially, that we were able to pro- ceed with the preparations for the Annual Junior Hop. It took place in the latter part of November and never in the history of the school was there a more brilliant party. As the spring of 1903 drew upon us, the preparations were completed for the Junior Exhibition, an event, which not only the Juniors, but the whole school look forward to with great interest. Several days were spent in deciding just what sort of an entertainment should be given, but finally it was decided that a “Trip through Great Britain” should be 11