Upper Arlington High School - Norwester Yearbook (Upper Arlington, OH)

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UPPER ARLINGTON ANNUAL 17 SALUTATORY Friends of the Class of '25, we welcome you to our program this afternoon. To be sure, you have demonstrated your interest in us by your presence, and we trust that you will be indulgent as you listen to our efforts. This day marks an event in our lives which is a step into the future. As we look back over the days when we were with you in school as well as on the playground, we have a feeling of joy in the fact that we have been with you and that we have been a part of this wonderful school,—this school where we have been as brothers and sisters, and our teachers have been as friends. Again, I welcome you to a program in which we as members of the class of 1025 are vitally interested, and may you, as you listen to each one, have that feeling that you are the ones who are inspiring us in our efforts. —ELISABETH BEN BOW

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1C, U P P E R ARLINGTO N A N N U A L VALEDICTORY We who stand this afternoon at the meeting between a happy past and an unknown future, have not reached the end but the commencement ol our lives. And what those lives are to be, depends in a large measure upon the foundations we have been building in our high school years. We, the class of 1925, have now come to the time when we must leave dear old Arlington School, some perhaps to go on into college and others to enter the business side of life. However, we will take with us sweet memories of the fellowships that have been ours in school. We not only congratulate ourselves on the advantages that have been ours, but ask ourselves where and how we are going to put them to use. There are still too many who enter the world of action with only a meager knowledge of what will confront them who are unaware and unacquainted with the obstacles in their pathway. Dear friends, we, who are passing out of high school life into more active citizenship today, feel that we have a place in the life of the nation. We feel that each one of us has a work to do in serving our country. We are overflowing with class patriotism this afternoon and we are stepping forth realizing our responsibility. Members of the faculty: if today we go out from this school tilled with the lofty conceptions of the world’s needs and our duty to assist in supplying them, the credit belongs to you. You not only have taught us the proper attitude toward life, but have at the same time inspired and encouraged us. Wherever our lots may be cast, or wherever we may be called to toil for man’s uplift and betterment we shall be mindful of your vast influence on our lives. It is with profound reverence and gratitude that we bid you farewell. Class mates: let us make loyalty our controlling spirit for in being loyal to ourselves, to our class, and to our school, we shall be loyal to every larger claim that the American nation can demand of us in any hour of her need. Let us show the world as we step out into its fields of endeavor that we are the stuff, the best citizens are made of. The hour has struck. Now the time for parting has come. Though we must separate, let us not separate in spirit. Let us often think of our high school days, and as we go out into the world let us face our duties with hope and courage. To you all nn beloved friends the class of 1925 bids a last farewell and with our sincere regret that our high school days have gone forever. —CATHERINE R. GIBSON

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IK UPPER ARLINGTON ANNUAL SENIOR CLASS HISTORY Through twelve years of struggle, the members of the class of 1925 have looked forward to this occasion as an intangible height, inaccessible and difficult of approach, and this seemingly intangible height has finally come within our reach, and has become a reality. We are about to launch our frail barks into the broader sea of life, thirteen of us; 13 “brave” souls, I say. But. who’s afraid of 13? Not this class of ’25. This class, speaking from the girls’ viewpoint, has been unfortunate in not having more boys. Pity the boys we have had ! The score at the end of the first year was six girls to one boy. and the final score is eleven to two in favor of the girls. However, the boys have made up in quality what they lacked in quantity. The charter members of our class were Catherine Gibson and Evelyn Fenton. They were here when the Arlington School was first started; they had formerly attended the Grandview School. Elisabeth Benbow came in 1920 from Roosevelt Junior High School. In 1921 as green little freshies Josephine Hughes came from Crestview and Dorothy Francisco from Upper Darby High. Pennsylvania. But in the course of time they have gained their dignity by putting their hair up and acting sedate. 1922 brought Frances Sayers from Big Stone Gap High School, Virginia. She has “stepped out” some since then too. The following members joined the class in 1923: Wilametta Morris from North High, Mary Lou Kirkpatrick from East High, Evelyn Bode from Grandview School, and Stanton Wilson from Mt. Tamalpais Military Academy. After attending large high schools it was hard for these to become accustomed to such small classes, but before long they felt that they would hate to leave. To finish up the thirteen, Dorothy Sibbald came from East High. Cincinnati. and Ivan Creager from Central High. Columbus, in 1924. As Sophomores, though inexperienced, we were the first organized class. We have been able to do our share, a large one too, in the school activities—giving parties, making two Annuals successful and winning letters in basketball, besides taking an active part in dramatics and setting a standard for future classes. Now, more than ever, as our time grows shorter, we realize the kindness. consideration, patience and friendliness the faculty has shown us. We can best show our appreciation to them and to our schoolmates for their co-operation by our example of loyalty and school spirit. DOROTHY FRANCISCO