University High School - Flickertail Yearbook (Grand Forks, ND)

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TO THOSE WHO HAVE ENTERED THE SERVICE BEFORE US While reviewing the history of this year, we should not forget you who were the life of the school in the days of its earlier history. This institution would not be what it is except for you. For your need it was founded, enlarged, and equipped. By our efforts and loyalty it has prospered. It is you that we should thank in large measure for the privileges which we enjoy. You have come and gone. Your work lies elsewhere, but your spirit still remains. No portion of Woodworth Hall, but gives mute evidence of its former occupants. Wander thru the recitation rooms, turn the cards of the registration record, there are your names as you traced them. Your hands have since become bolderg they show more of the confidence that comes only from striving and winning, they swerve less, your names fill less space and the symbols that make them are finer 5 but these old marks are yours and they are, at the same time, milestones that mark your progress, and bonds that bind you to us thru common association and interest. The worn matting at the main entrance pays its tribute to your impatient feet. The memor- ials in the building commemorate your efforts, even as they speak of your loyalty and love for your Alma Mater. And even the grass worn back campus suggests visions of quondam devotees. We have drained a beaker to gratitude and memory. But there is another thing that binds us to you. It is the fellowship of kindred hearts. Tho outward conditions are unlike, the desires, purposes, and spirit of our endeavors have been the same. It has been good to feel the hearty grasp of the hand and note the depth of expression in the Glad to be back so cordially spoken when you have come back to old associations. The student body is transient, the faculty personnel changes, methods and jokes may be different, but the school spirit is ever the same. It is with this spirit that we rally around the Blue and White of our dear U. H. S. and cheer till the echoes fill the air. Much as we desire to welcome each of you personally to the familiar haunts, wishes can only echo the hope of future fulfillment. Tho others may have the opportunity we covet, over the pledge of faith thus re- newed will hover the spirit of fellowship of those who send this annual greeting and best wishes for future success. -Alumni Editor.