Sterling High School - Alpha Yearbook (Sterling, OH)

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CLASS POEM OF 1918 Our school days are about to end 3 I And soon over other tasks we'1l bend, But now prepared to cross this untried sea, We trust the future to tell what we'll be. When first through this great course we pledged to go, We thought o'er paths of ease we'd flow, But found we'd have to struggle. Yes, alas! Work hard to feel sure that we would pass. But listen, friends, no apology here do we make, Although we stumbled we made no great mistake, And, if you think our career to be a mystery, Ask someone iwho knowsj how we sailed in General History Sometimes discouragement o'er our path hath strayed, But only by perseverance could the price be paid. 'Tis pleasure to us now, for we see no effort vain, Used in earnestly striving a little knowledge to gain. Our motto, All for America, are we not right? Our colors, the beauteous red and the bounteous white. With red and white our colors, we love the violet blue, We have our country's colors, and to it we'l1 be true. So a tribute to our teachers, now we wish to pay, For they patiently guided us day after day, Their kind thoughts and good deeds burned into the soul We ne'er shall forget, though, through long years may roll. An exception in this class is the difference in taste, Which must not be o'erlooked in my pretended haste, For like a great drama each has his part to play, So their characteristics l'll attempt to portray. First, here's fluent Dorothy, our great elocutionist, Once you truly know, she's the jolliest in our list. Classics is her standby, and what she gets lost in. We think she'll be a Carey or perhaps a Jane Austen. Mida Steele you'll always find trying to do her best, Her aim is, have grades range far above the rest. To teach is her ambition, and very good she'll be, But her champion thoughts go far across the sea. 12

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SALUTATORY Happy ?-yes, we are happy tonightg how could we as graduates be otherwise? And when we look into the kind faces of this audience of friends, relatives, and instructors, who have come to greet us on this graduation night, we can but think of them as helpers who have aided us in reaching this milestone in life's way. In past years of constant study and daily companionship with one another we hope and believe our lives have been such that our future will be honorable, as well as induential to others. We realize that the future of this nation depends to a great extent upon the character of each individual in the present generation. We know, too, that if we are to attain this great end, and if we are to sustain this responsibility in the coming years, it has been through the many kindnesses of these loving parents, teachers, and friends before us tonight. May we all take advantage of the many opportunities that are opened to us in order that we may progress, for tonight is our commencement and our success depends upon whether we are started in the right direction. There is always a right and a wrong side to every question in our lives and it is an unwise person who consciously chooses the wrong side. It has often been said that when we are in doubt about doing a thing, do not do it. So we see the necessity of having these noble associates in order that our lives may be influenced by them. We are now graduated from the high school 5 some of us to a higher institution of learning and some to the school of experience in active life. In either case, from the opportunities opened to every American boy or girl who is awake to these possibilities, may we adopt these resolutions: To heed the advice of our conscience, that it may ever be our guide. To guard our good reputation as the most sacred of attainments. To cause our word to be respected by others. To ever honor our stars and stripes as an emblem of liberty, frater- nity, and equality. To lead sweet lives of purest chastity. And while we most cordially invite your attention to the program for this evening, this Class of Nineteen-hundred-eighteen again extends their most sincere welcome to all who have gathered here to witness these exercises. Immortal muse, whose bounty doth impart The gift of song divine, the poets' art, Before thy shrine, oft sung in ancient lore, We bow. With reverenceg humbly we implore That thou, with magic touch, attune thy lyre ' Within our frail young breasts, our power inspire, That we in fitting words may celebrate The deeds of mighty heroes famed and great. To thee, kind hearers, bring we greetings now, Good cheer be thineg may pleasure gird thy brow. Expect not here deep hidden truths to find, Nor teachings dire, of hard and stoic kind. But in the storms of life may hither spring Fond memories that our dreams delight to bring, Of joys and youthful struggles that were thine In Sterling High School days of Auld Lang Syne. ETHEL CARNAHAN. 11

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Broad-shouldered, manly, a good soldier he'd make: Why, it's Oscar, who the Kaiser's neck will break. He the hero of our class expects to be, Of whom we'1l sing our nineteen eighteen jubilee. Herbert is another, whom we proudly claim as in our ranksg He never will forget the first who used the great phalynx. He is very quiet, but very active too, Things of which we know naught, to him are nothing new. Ne'er another as Minnie, will you e'er find so jollyg Though sometimes you'll think she's committing a folly, No, in fun she is funny, in business she is busy, She speeds up in Latin until we're all dizzy. Ethel, largest in size, is also great in mindg If searching her we're sure vast eiiiciency to find. Teaching is her calling, yes, maybe a missionary, When you wish to find her she'll be far across the prairie. You feel quite assured when Miss Wanda you meet, You'll ne'er find another you'd like more to greet. She spreads her bright sunshine wherever she goes- That you're sure to forget your troubles and woes. Oh, yesg here's Paul, our great mathematician, Who knows but what some day he'll be a magician. Of all things most charming for the lad now is ball, In the future though we look for him in the Senate Hall. There's Julius, called Percival, so manly and so brave: Although chivalry was born across the wave, We still have this lad and use him as an example, To show that such good things no one should ever trample. Pearls are precious jewels, yes, 'tis true, But I have nothing more to say to youg My time to stop is drawing nigh, So I will say to all, goodbye. And so to our classmates we now bid adieu, Whate'er their calling, may each prove true, New thoughts and lights may dazzle to decoy: But we'll think of our school days with the same thrill of joy. PEARL E. SCHEETZ 13