Stockbridge High School - Panther Yearbook (Stockbridge, MI)

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1 Not one beam of sunshine entershis heart to cheer those dreary hours. Nevertheless as he waits there. his time is not wasted for his noble mind is active, and in the galaxy of literary fame Bunyanis star shines with such brilliancy as to eclipse hundres of those geniuses who have not spent their ,life under such adverse circumstances. v . . . ,On the 12th of February, nearly a century ago, in an old log hut without a floor, and nearly destitute of furniture, a .baby boy was born. , , , , . D, . , It was a cold winter's day and the sleet and snow came driving in through the chinks between the logs at every gust of the wind. The child lived and grew. His mother taught him to read and write, and at the age of. seven' he entered the district school, his only book being a tattered spelling book. His, teacher- could -barely read and write. But nothing daunted he pushed forward gaining what little he could by hard work. t p . , As p he grew older hepwas taken from school and put to workpat home, helping his father clear away the forest and till the ground. ,His garments were made- from the skins and furs of animals. However he .did notgive up his edu- cation, but studied evenings with his motheris assistance, until he was obliged to go out into the world - for himself with nothing but his own brave heart, willing hands, and steadfast purpose to assist him., , H . His pathseemed full of obstaclesbut these only . seemed togincrease, his determination to work his own honest way. ,Thus he pushed onward and, upward, winning .many friends by his great truthfulness and t honesty.. . Defeat seemed- only to nerve him to greater energy in overcoming the ,many hindrances placed before him. Puttingghis hand to the plow he never looked behind him nor gave. . up: and having carried our country through one . ofthe darkest hours known in its history, giving even his life for his cause, his star shines in the constellation of statesman- ship, one of the brightest which the world has ever knownj

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seem to be placed in the heavens by the Creator, not alone to elevate our thoughts and expand our conceptions of the infinite and eternal, but to afford us, amid the constant fluctuations of our own earth, something unchangeable and abiding. Every object about us is constantly shifting, but over all shine the eternal stars, each with its place so accurately marked, that to the astronomer and the geog- rapher no deception is possible. To the mariner the heavens become a dial-plate, the figures on its face set with glittering stars along which the moon travels as a 'shining hand that marks of the hours with an accuracy no watch can ever rival. Thus by an evident plan of the Creator, even in the most common affairs of life, are we compelled to look for guid- ance from the shifting objects of earth to the heavens abovei' But it is not alone the celestial bodies to which I would refer, but to the stars which shine in the constell- ation of statesmenshipg to the galaxy of literary fame, to the brilliant and shining lights in music and scientiic de- velopments. In all of these cases the fact that Night Brings out the Stars is demonstrated by the stars of dazzling brightness Which they have formed in our nation's history. As we' think of the great number of those who have made their names immortal by some brave, noble work which they have accomplished, we find but very few who have not had their brightness brought out through some great darkness in their lives. I may mention our own Washington, Florence Nightingale, Frances E. Willard. Even Christ himself suffered the worst afiiictions, yet his name will shine as long as there is an existing planet. In scanning the pages of history, we see in a dark, cold cell, in one of the dreariest dungeons of the fair land of England, a man, desolate and alone. With no friend to share his almost unbearable lot, he sits there day after day

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Though his life was dark with discouragements and de- feats, and his pathway beset with obstacles, the Victory was Wong and in the height of our national glory, We see his name Written in letters of shining gold, Abraham Lincoln. ' The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not attained by sudden Bight But they. While their companions slept, Were toiliug upward in the night. R. GRACE HALL. - -, if 'F ' ' fa, ' . . ft ','-, fc- .5r'- - ' Ning -4 s . 5 is , ,- 4, Ng.. , .. .N h-,WZ 5:1 5 -. - Q-S f , - . , -7232434.-'g'fg.9?gfIEf'g,g -, . Y J T51 5.31 -ag - 5.25 7: ,1 Lit., 5 Q, -'WL' I - 3' ' fr- im 2.i1qg:'5 Z'fFAf1e f 5 f:l.lQ'f , ,,:.- ff-fig,-, V-, A .gg '54'.,5 -+:: .aELi3'?' Y , 5-.. - 11,1-lie ,UIQ ,A 733' :fig-if , . - :fv..E3gr -gs-Egg. ' k --.',:' ' -.--jgglig, Rig,-':'4,g,: ., , Q- a ' 1 913: ., 92.1. ff-2:5-ii? efmff 265,-M ' - - '- 5- 41' -. - ' ff. 'ye-zs?g f 'Ymfh '-i'we1Zf 1 .1-. F. .A Q,-2--J - 5s.:gf-A-,r1Bf,-g-.-, , ki' -7.::'.5'- p '- ir 'f- 2 '.1'.-2 -gl.: ,4 1,11-f h .: -' 4. .- xt Si- fE'D1w ' Qir.ff a-1'.- ef fflx 1 ' -,- 2-Inf - .' .-.f-. 2 V- 'wi 2- .i--.i-rf' -1. ' ' 1 ' ' .if-1.-2 5-,il-o I fi,A:S,Q XP:--A. H11 If -?'-'1,' ' Q-V-X- '-:lm L4' , .. lfsavf--c z-'-' 1' -A -:N '-N' - :V s ,-galsl-,irqifi Lg. .f v ,rv --QE - ity.,-',, I -'1.r .'v gf' -f iii: A g9 if'4- - Af-'Trim -'wi' fire W - ,- 5. as ' eb , .- 2:-he-V.. :Q ' ' .I I '3 ?-S AQ -2 L 5, Q T' u, ,Sie-:-w5:.f!iN Q flip .. .6 .1--' F. af .:-' :ag w . . Sie.. Y I - :f ,i V41 v ,V .Q g-'Avg' .gil r fl-L f, :A E752 1, gH'1 -4 - A ' 2 ' 13,54 L '-5 . ' '- , L:-if ,See -Q Y- , - - 5, -ff. ying . T, QL- ps H- 3. 1- , -Lia., -M-f 'f '77 . ' . 1- ' 12- -----.- . 'ff 1 . - ff' : ff '- H ggi gxefg i ' ' ' - . f'-, ,' , a , A ,qi MZ, if. L-Q'J,': 'Pg ' l 1 ' ' 2 'V J -- -' fifi- .l' T, ,lf 'QQ' ' l 'f-iffiiii ,,,g Eff, - - SP5 Ain? I' ff -i-fig?-,N ig, ' - - - - 55, pi. ,rg-1 i - 2 , L: Y -- '-vi ,uh -A -'- I., -v. ,wk 2,-5 H' Y - i3ii2 -3 2 ,iiii If - ' 4 i . ' '7-' fl. f.f.'v 'Il Y - --A ' 1 .ff 1 -1 . . 'V' yfiif I ,, - , .V - , f pf- Q-1,4-..-., Zvi, , M . . , -,.y 5' f i -- - f- 5 .' AH 'l'Pf'T M11 ' ,SI-'I 1 Y? ffl 'll ' - e ' -..-.-: 'Q--'dsl'-D-.fa5:fha. -- N132-J' - ll. - x. - 4? 4- , Lil if L'i 'ffiig-4. ' '27 E72 '7. 2-ff: T-.132 wx gg--w -qi, 'r of-. .+fj.9fav,e'ef 2-' Q0 - -1 5 ' ., - 1 'T 2 .E+ P5-cg-3'-.cg--,N .0 1'1 -. ,' 1 1-4, ,jf :Qs gk 9 , -,- 12 ' . ff. - , ea :.'4J::,s '- ?-.. g9- ' We -3- ' ff N11 U Fr, I ':. '40 fir, 'f -5..f1:'5'9-Z5E fizL2.1'f -f JZ iii 'if' gllif A -Tw .mv 4?,.2? lP,.'iv f .3332 Ai jg!-217,71 I 1 ' 2 1-,Lqr 1. 74, , aryl: if . Ulm 'e'i'Y,-U51 l-v , 1. 10,11 ' .1 I 1 1 K H lm ia Q ' H -1' List iff, ' fv , J 1 5 3' X, ' W ,. , fl gi, -0 4 -' I' -1 fuki- 'QP 'B Qi 1-E 45 A dxiyv 5, -1? Q ' W i'Qii x'1 A-ff Q . 1