St Simon High School - Corolla Yearbook (Ludington, MI)

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REV. JOSEPH BROGGER REV. W. F. SIMON

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REV. D. E. MALONE

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SALUTATOR Y CPerseverantia Omnia V incitv Four short years ago our class entered upon high school life with light hearts and high ambitions. Of the number who entered, all but a few have now reached the goal to which we looked forward with such eagerness. W'hile striving to attain this end, many of our ambitions have been realized and, in their realizations, have given place to broader hopes and desires. In the name of the class of 1916, I have the pleasure and honor of ex- tending to all, through the pages of the Corolla, most hearty greetings- greetings to our pastor, parents, faculty, and friends. To our pastor, who by his loving care has been ever ready to aid us in achieving the highest points in both spiritual and temporal affairs. To- our parents, whom we thank for the opportunities which they have given us, because whatever success we may attain, is due chiefly to their love, care and sacrifice. ' To the faculty, whose earnest efforts we appreciate and who by their kindly advice and teachings have instilled in us true principles of knowledge. To our friends, who have in any Way been interested in our welfare since we have entered dear old St. Simon 's. Now that the closing days of our high school life are approaching, and we are soon to receive the reward of our efforts, it is but natural that we should think of the lives of many of the great men whom we have studied. Prominent among these, to my mind, is the great genius Michael Angelo. who spent seven long years in decorating the Sistine Chapel with his immortal 'fLast Judgment and The Story of the Creation, plodding away until the muscles and cords of his neck had become so rigid that he could not look down without bending his body. Think of this man, whom the world calls one of its greatest geniuses, with a block of marble, chisel and mallet ever ready to obey the call of a new thought. Yet I am learning, he said after he was seventy years old and had immortalized himself in sculpture, architecture and painting. What a lesson is his life for the youth who thinks his educa- tio11 finished when he receives his diploma at school. lt is not finished but it has just begun, the real education which we shall receive in life's school is now at hand, to be taught by the sterner teacher, Experience. The lessons which she teaches are difficult and trying, and many times the results of our work will be discouraging failures. But no education, no skill of any kind van be gained without a prolonged struggle to overcome obstacles. It is only by the discipline of tireless plodding, culture from perpetual drill that enables us to build up a grand symmetrical character. Witli firm and abiding faith in Him by whose strengthening power we can do all things, together with a strong will, a settled purpose, and invincible determination we can accomplish almost anything, for it is not always the quickest intellect that achieves the greatest results, for some one has said, and said wisely, that 'tSuceess is one per cent inspiration, a11d ninety-nine per cent perspiration. Circumstances have rarely favored great men: they fought their way over the road of difficulty a11d through all sorts of opposition. Even the man with small ability will often succeed if he has the quality of persistence, for, Genius, that power which dazzles mortal eyes, Is oft but perserverance in disguise. ELIZABETH NEHS.