Tekonsha High School - Indian Yearbook (Tekonsha, MI)

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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

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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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 — xm z rl 2 CO 94 Salutatory Parents, Teachers, anil Friends:—1, in behalf of the class of nineteen hundred twenty-four, bid you welcome here to-night. We appreciate your interest in us which prompts you to be present. I'o some we extend a special welcome, for it is to your guidance and help that we owe our success in completing our high school course and can now place the corner stone, which marks the first great epoch of our lives. It is due to your help that we were able to overcome the obstacles in our path. We have reached the summit of the foothills and another step may decide our destiny for failure or success. We are proud we can stand before you and say we arc graduates of the Tekonsha High School, for great efforts have been put forth to reach this top round on the ladder. Many times we were discouraged when we failed in some ot our struggles which made our school life seem but hard work without reward, but with a second thought we followed the old proverb, “Every cloud has a silver lining.” We have received rewards and will always find our education a benefit to us even though we go no farther. We take out of life only what we put into it. Some will take out more than others because of their ability to put more into their undertakings. Today we turn eager and expectant faces towards the future, and tomorrow we go forth to meet it. What that future may bring forth, who can tell? For some it means college for others the busy world; from this point our paths diverge. Perhaps we may never meet again. Time will have relentlessly robbed us of our youth. Old scenes will be changed; once familiar faces will bear traces of sunshine and shadow, sorrow and happiness, love and tears. Only in memory shall we find among half forgotten relics of the past, pictures which neither time nor circumstances can dim. We are glad we are able to take our places among the world workers, but along with this feeling of joy, is pain and regret at parting. For who can tell our future? It is a certainty our lives will not be as closely connected as they have been in the past. As we go forth we will take with us many happy remembrances of the hours spent together during our school life. Many friendships have been made which will last for life, not only among our classmates but among other classes and also among our teachers. In after years we can look back and say we gained what we set forth to gain, that we have not dropped out of the ranks of victory, and that we stand at last at the goal of final achievement. 15