Sentinel High School - Bitterroot Yearbook (Missoula, MT)

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THE BITTER ROOT----- DEDICATION We, the class of ’22. are fortunate, indeed, in havin': the high honor of dedicating our year hook to Miss Mabel I. Rich. She has, as pilot of our last year in M. II. S.. won our most sincere admiration a ml appreciation by her keen interest in the welfare of our class. Message from Dedicatee AS your sponsor I have frequently counseled, often admired, sometimes chided, but always loved, you who have been under my espec ial care during the past year in M. II. S. We have had varied experiences in this year together. May there be some happy memories of Room 306. You have now come to a turn in the road and are eagerly looking forward to what lies beyond. My interest and love go with you. May God bless each and every member of my Class of 1922. Mabel I. Rich.

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THE BITTER ROOT- GREETINGS To tlio Hoys and Girls of (lu High School: High school students are suffering from the same unrest that is afflicting the country as a whole. To many of us, textbooks have never seemed so uninteresting and the daily routine so tiresome. If others keep on leaving ami you quit studying and keep on begging, your parents will probably give way and let you leave school. But remember, it is the whole long road you are choosing, through forty, fifty or sixty years, not the first few miles alone. Your choice now decides your destiny for life. If you leave school now it is almost certain that your high school work will never be resumed. That fact and others should he seriously pondered. You lose your chance of college training or of entering any of the great professions. You throw away your chance of gaining influence, prominence and leadership in the fierce competition of twentieth century American life which is too complex for the untrained to understand, far less to lead. In the mere matter of income alone a man’s earning power is so increased by every year in high school that for the average hoy a year represents ifstlOOO of invested capital. You will also serve your country best by training yourself for the great work of the next generation. In this era of ferment and reconstruction it needs trained men and trained women as it never needed them before. 1 shall hope to welcome back in the fall all of you who are not graduating. + PaKC.) — — —