Smithville High School - Fabrica Yearbook (Smithville, OH)

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MOSAIC ANNUAL JUNIOR CLASS Rowl Mr. Berkey, Herman, Stewart. Shisler, H.Miller. J. Zimmerman, Heiks. Row2 Keyser, Bergoon, Bird, Leitner, Deneke, Hoffman, Blough. Row3 Wirth, Kaufman, Hartzler, Lytle, Audet, Marthey, Hostetler. Row4 Wallace, Bechtel. Byler, Gresser, Matz, Luedemann. Row5 D. Zimmerman, Beck, C. Miller, Carmony. Smith, Franham, Petcrman. Row6 Rehm, Beck, Kahler, Lowe, Ramseyer, Murray, Brubaker, Roth. Shoup

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MOSAIC ANNUAL SALUTATGRY VA L U ES Value , we could say, is the hinge upon which hangs our failure or success in life. Each country has its different social cus- toms and habits and generally each country has set its own moral values. But here in America, the 'tmelting-pot of the nations , so many different countries and nationalities have contributed toward making up our population that there can be no set values to anything. Hence, what may seem to be wrong to one person may be considered all right by another person, and where one per- son might think of the possession of money as the most important thing in the world, another person would consider having friends far more important. The reason for this fluctuation in evaluation among different people is the fact that the modes and social customs of people are the main constituents in determining the values of the factors which go to make up our lives. The vast difference in the national- ities and customs of the populace of America. makes our social and economical life much more complex than that of other countries. We may conclude then that where there are great differences in nationality, there will be great differences in customs, and where there is great oscilliation or deviation in customs, there is great oscilliation in evaluations. For further thought along this line we might take the early American colonies for an example. As long as the separate colonies could govern themselves they made progress but when the colonies started to overlap each other, because of their greatly differing ideas in reference to government and because of t.heir conflicting social customs, their progress was retarded for a while till they learned to compromise. Because of the great difference in evaluations of the important elements of our lives we must learn to be able to measure the true values of life and also how to adjust ourselves to these values, else we cannot be happy nor can we find any amount of suc- cess or happiness in life. Now let us consider some of these important elements which have such a great influence on our lives, what they are, and their real values. The first, and most important influence in our lives, I think, is our character. The word character when it is applied to per- sons signifies the marks or qualities which distinguish one person from another. Do not confuse this with personality 5 personality is used to describe the effects which a person's traits produce on others. Abbott said, In truth, character is what a person is, reputation is what he is supposed to be. Newman has said that character is what a man is in his inmost thoughts. My character determines the course of my whole life, whether I am going to lead a clean honest life, or whether 1 am going to be a cheat and do everything for my own gain at the cost of someone else. As Newman said our character is what we are in our inmost thought, and these inmost thoughts are what determine our actions. ln Proverbs 23:7, we find this verse: As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he. N ow since we have learned what character really is, we must learn how to achieve those things which would prove most val- uable in making up character. We should try to acquire honesty for this can always be used as a stepping-stone to success and happiness, and without it we could not expect to attain character. Honesty, I think, is the foundation on which to build a good character. Some other qualities which would be of a distinct advantage in building a commendable character are: good judgment, kind- ness, loyalty, and courtesy. In order that we may be able to live a clean, honest life, we are given a sense of right and wrong and only through exercising this sense shall we ever be able to attain good judgment. Our decisions as to what we are going to do about incidents which un- ceasingly come into our lives either strengthen us or weaken us for the next decision we will have to make. We should certainly not overlook kindness in building our characters. If we live for kindness' sake instead of for the sake of personal gain we will in the end be recipients of a greater gain than we had ever thought to achieve. I'm sure we all value friendship above almost anything else that we have. Yet if we are unwilling to be loyal we will never realize the joy of having true friends. Of course, we will also have to sacrifice sometimes if we expect to have friends, but the very motive which lies behind this sacrifice is loyalty. Then we must develop courtesy, a consideration and respect for other people and their rights. If we do not learn to exercise this courtesy toward others we can expect only rudeness and hard knocks in return. We must also realize that environment has a great deal to do with the great deviation in senses of value. For instance, a per- son who comes from an extremely poor environment in regard to material things, learns to value the possession of these material things very highly. As a result such a person is liable to strive for material riches throughout his entire life and give little consid- eration to the other more important things in life which we have just considered. Then we could take for another example, the child who from babyhood to manhood or womanhood is continually being spoiled and shielded by its parents. He goes out into life expecting the same thing from the world and is completely thrown off balance by the harsh treatment which comes to him from those who have more consideration for themselves than for him. Ithink it would be utterly impossible to completely analyze this problem of values because of the great complexity of our social and economical life. However we should always try to value things at their true worth and to do that which we feel is right, regardless of the pain, hardship, or labor involved. -Elizabeth Kriner.

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MOSAIC ANNUAL JUNIOR CLASS HISTORY President . Howard Miller Vice President . . . John Stewart Secretary 85 Treasurer . . Mary Jane Shisler Sergeant at Arms . . . Marie Herman Student Council Representatives Jeannette Zim merman Robert Heiks Sponsor Mr. Berkey The Junior Class entered the year with an enrollment of 46 members. Under the direction of Mr. Berkey, our sponsor, we met and elected the odicers named above. Several members of the class last year moved away or decided not to attend. They are as follows: Roy Begert, Mary Ebersole, Harold Hahn, William Paul, Robert Wiles, Melvert Yates, and James Shultzman. Two new members joined the class-Agnes Marthey and Keith Smith. The Juniors received their class sweaters in the early part of December. The class colors had been changed from Blue and Red to Gray and Green. On January 25, the Juniors gave the assembly program. The special feature of the program consisted of several skits from the book, Gone With the Wind. An April Fool party was held in the High School Auditorium. Although the attendance was not ex- ceptionally large, every one present had a splendid time. Enter the Hero. a comedy in three acts, was successfully presented by the class on April 22, and 23, under the direction of Miss Dintamin. Due to -the great demand for tickets it was given the second night. The boys starred in many activities of the school. Robert Heiks, Floyd Luedemann, John Stewart, Donald Brubaker, Howard Miller, Wayne Murray, Keith Smith, and Lloyd Carmony represented the class in basketball, and Robert Heiks, Floyd Luedemann, John Stewart, Alvin Ramseyer, Jr., and Raymond Johnson, in baseball. Edward Haffly was Senior Manager of the basketball squad. Lloyd Carmony represented the class in debate. In honor of the Senior Class of '38 the Junior Class sponsored the J unior-Senior Banquet. This was considered one of the most important social events of the school year.