University of Wisconsin Stevens Point - Horizon / Iris Yearbook (Stevens Point, WI)

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»•»»© £o the Mentors of 1919 TRIUMPHANT America faces the issues of peace with hope and confidence. The lessons of the war have been studied and mastered. Democracy must now solve the new issues, for the world is changed and will never again be the same. These changed conditions challenge the energy, the skill, the character, and the patriotism of the Senior Class of 1919. Whatever its limitations, the American system of education develops individual initiative,—the power to see things that ought to be done, and the indomitable determination to do them without being told. Intelligence is tested by one's behavior in the presence of new problems, and never before were problems so numerous, so complicated, and so momentous. Your Normal School education prepares you for combat. Approach the conflict in the same true American spirit revealed by the Marines in France, who. when receiving the message to fall in behind the French soldiers and retreat, sent back the immortal word, even though the enemy was rapidly advancing. Let the Germans do the retreating, we are going on. Beyond the school is the field of actual life, the field of difficulties to overcome, and obstacles to surmount. Be glad, for every difficulty is a test of your powers, and every difficulty overcome gives you increased power to face other and more complicated difficulties. Our boys at the front welcomed them as opportunities to draw forth all of their best power.—as challenges to go over the top, and “go over the top they did. Young women and young men of the Senior Class, carry on' in this spirit and you will become as men and women all that your parents, your school, and your country pray that you may become. John F. Sims. Pane r

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» »© Boarfc of iSegents CHARLES P. CARY . . W. K. COFFIN .... CHARLES S. VAN AUKEN FRED W. ROGERS . . EDWARD J. DEMPSEY . duncan mcgregor . P. W. RAMER .... GEORGE B. NELSON . CLOUGH GATES . . . H. O. HAMILTON . . . CLARA T. RUNGE . . . State Superintendent Eau Claire La Crosse Milwaukee Oshkosh Platteville River Falls Stevens Point Superior Whitewater Baraboo SDfficer0 GEORGE B. NELSON................................President WILLIAM KITTLE..................................Secretary HENRY JOHNSON...................................Treasurer Page 9