Steele High School - Annual Yearbook (Dayton, OH)

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10 STEELE SPOTLIGHT S0 NOW YOU'VE GRADUATED So now you've graduated and what next? This is the question that is in the mind of every graduate. Right now this is the greatest prob- lem of our lives. All think how splendid it is to be graduated, but, on second thought, do they realize the problems with which they will be confronted? The sophomores and juniors say, Oh! how lucky you are to be graduated in Junef, They do not know that we seniors are K'racking our brains to think of what we are going to do after graduation in June. While going to school, we have had our days so occupied with studies that we have never had the chance to think how trying our days would be if we were idle. Some of us may not realize now how much our life in school will mean to us after it is over. Some of us who have no chance for further education will look back and say, HHOW I regret that I did not get more out of my school life. Those who are fortunate will continue their education, but most of us will enter the uni- versity of actual experiences where a routine is not laid out for us, where teachers will not guide us, where the current will engulf us with serious problems. How shall we solve these? Those of us who are physically and mentally strong will in time find a place, and those who are weak will probably fall along the way-side, but we do have one privilege, the hope that only youth can kindle. With that ever before us as a beacon light, we will go through this, what we term, life, as successes or failures. Each year brings greater problems of un- employment because of the social conditions. We are entering a world of turmoil out of a peaceful classroom. That is why it will be so difficult to adjust ourselves to the extreme change. Let us hope and pray that the future will hold for all of us, and those who will follow us, peace and contentment and the kind of suc- cess that we have set out to seek. Marion Margolis, '35, IN THE GARDEN I saw a row of hollyhocks Within a garden bright and small, Along a path of sun-warmed rocks And by an ivy-covered wall. They stood so tall, so stiff and prim, Such glorious hues and colors rare, Red, pink, and white, and ivory dim, Were mingled with the green leaves there And still, in memory, I retain A picture of that flowered train. Margaret Mikesell, '35, THREE YEARS! C A Toast Q Three years! Gone by as clouds that scurry far above, Three years! First doubt, next hope, then love. Three years! We've spent inside these ancient walls, Three years! We've walked these hallowed halls, And now we graduate! Three years! Are done of work and toil by day, Three years! That filled with study quickly pass away, Three years! A toast to you, old Steele, Three years! Need we explain just how we feel, Now that we graduate? James Stichter, '35. JUNE A murmuring river, crystal clear, Speckled trout playing near, Granite boulders draped in spray, Radiant June kneels down to pray. June, so beautiful and fair, Is wearing cherries in her hair. Mary Wirsching, '35,

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STEELE SPOTLIGHT 9 AFTER GRADUATION, WHAT? Yesterday it was education, today it is gradu- ation, tomorrow it is separation, then what? After graduation, we pass from the premier stage of manhood and womanhood to the ad- vanced period. The crucial stage of our lives stands before us, Our future depends upon it. Can we afford to waste it? The burdens of life will slowly be clamped upon our shoulders. Are we prepared to carry them? Many of us will be fortunate enough to be able to attend a school of higher learning and thus be better prepared to meet this situa- tion. However, the greater percentage will be compelled to rely on past education combined with forthcoming experience. From a common class in preparatory educa- tion, we shall be separated, some of us to meet again, others never. The vast fields of profes- sion, business, and domestic happiness will be traversed by us. Many will wander away, never again to see Steele or Dayton. Thus a Steele influence will be carried to business, to homes, and to different parts of the world through our children. Remember, the road to success is steep and full of difficulties. For some it will be an easy climb, for others rough and perhaps very difH- cult, unless-unless you, the fortunate ones, lend a helping and guiding hand. Student co- operation is fundamental at Steeleg cooperation among fellowmen is of invaluable aid in life. We are all Godls children, we were all created equal, therefore no man is better than his neighbor, regardless of race, color, creed, or financial conditions. This is the road that lies ahead. Its summit can be gained only by constant striving and efforts on our parts. Today, graduation, we first place foot on the path. Shall we be able to remain on this straight and narrow path? Shall we be successful? Shall we be happy? After graduation, what? Harry Green, '35. THE HORIZON WIDENS When we were admitted into high school, the one goal toward which we looked was gradua- tion. To us it meant something beautiful and something significant. To some it was the point where our formal education would cease and our life work would beging to others it merely marked the end of the fundamentals in education, and the place where higher learn- ing would begin. But whether we are fortu- nate enough to continue our education, or whether we seek employment, it pleases us to know that we have reached one goal in life. Now, with graduation at our very door- step, the outlook on life is wider. We look with eagerness for new goals to conquer and new fields of endeavor. We see before us a Vast horizon, much more immense than the one we saw when our years of secondary education be- gan. For those who prefer idleness, there are dark clouds aheadg for those who would work in earnestness at any task that may come their way, there is a life of beauty and comfort OH the horizon, and the happiness of a work well done. Our teachers have patiently taught us to live and to appreciate the beautiful things of life. They have instructed us to think cleanly and clearly and to judge wisely and intelligently. To them we owe a debt of gratitude for the unceasing endeavors that they have made f01' the express purpose of preparing us to choose a goal on the widened horizon of life. William Paul, '35. POETS WAVES Molten emeralds topped with pearls, Bubble diamonds, dancing, gay, Leaping, wild, in oceanis tub Bathing for a holiday. Margaret Sullenbarger, '35. t

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