Tekonsha High School - Indian Yearbook (Tekonsha, MI)

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Valedictory Tonight we meet for the last time as a class to bid farewell to our school life, and to the teachers and school friends with whom we have so long been associated. To our parents and friends who have helped us by their kind interest and encouragement we wish to express our gratitude with the hope that we may in some future years show that such assistance was not given in vain. We are now on the verge of a great battle which will test our courage to the utmost. It is the battle of life that we are facing, that great problem of making | ourselves worthy of our fellow being and of him who created us. | The class of ninteen hundred twenty-four will have unusual opportunities for l service. It is important that we, at the beginning have a right conception of what | this service is to be. The conditions at the present time demand our very best, j It would be a crime for young men and women to begin with the same equipment j of our forefathers. One problem is the conservation of our resources. All the resources of this world were placed here for use and to be used. If these are wasted it will be only a matter of time before mankind will be in need. It is an established fact that our minerals, timber, soil, and oil are being wasted. It is said that during our recent war the used and wasted materials were equal to the total value of the United States. Statesmen divide themselves as progressives and conservatives. There is no progress without conservation and no conservation without progress. Conservation does not mean inaction, neither does action mean progress. They cannot be separated for there is a law, “Unless a thing be used it will die.” The same truth applies to the future action of the class of ’24. There must be no waste of knowledge, physical strength, friendship, manhood and womanhood. From the hour our paths separate, our lives will follow on into channels unknown. We cannot foresee what each one may meet but along the highway will be rocks and barriers which seem unsurmountable but let us by means of patience and perseverance climb them though they be steep and rugged. Do not think because the good you hope for is not achieved immediately, that your efforts have been lost. No honest work is ever lost. Somehow it finds its place in the eternal scheme of the Almighty for a better, happier, and kindlier world. ! ! ! i ! ! I j ' ! IS ...

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 PQTTAWAMl 1 2 o 9 4 Earl Letts “Ickie’ One of the nearly extinct species of bashful beaux . Basketball ’24. Football ’23. Dick Martinson “Love me and Vm happy.' Baseball ’21, ’22, ’23, 24. Basketball ’24. Football ’22, ’23. Farmer Dick’ Verna Palmer “Slim' “She's short and stout and roundabout, and jolly as can be. Gladys Waffle “My glory is to subdue men. Basketball ’24. “Hap” Bernice Whitaker “I chatter, chatter as I go. Bee” 12

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The easy roads are crowded And the level roads are jammed; The pleasant little rivers With the drifting folks are crammed. But of yonder where it is rocky, Where you get a better view, You will find the ranks are thinning And the travelers are few. Where the going’s smooth and pleasant You will always find the throng, For the many, more’s the pity, Seem to like to drift along. Bur the steeps that call for courage, And the task that’s hard to do In the end results in glory For the never wavering few. Juxior Doolittle. li