Upper Columbia Academy - Echo Log Yearbook (Spangle, WA)

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YAKIMA VALLEY ACADEMY Ending, But Beginning We seniors have finished our years of academic work. We have endeavored to be faithful to our friends and to our work as we have toiled to reach this point in the road. Now our days at Yakima Valley Academy are ended. But we are not as the poor Indian at The End of the Trail. Although we are tired, we think fondly of the way we have come, and look forward courageously, for before us there is no dark, dangerous chasm. There is opened to our vision a brighter path than we have traveled, a higher goal than was before us. This new way we are now beginning. It may not all appear clear before our eyes, but we have been preparing for it, and we know that as we press forward, our Divine guide will be at our side, leading us in the path to our goal. The way which we will travel is one of deeper study and wider experience. We will continue our preparation for work in the cause of God, and our efforts to avail ourselves of every opportunity to be of service to our associates. We are determined that we will not become discouraged. Remembering the days that have meant so much to us but are now ended, and keeping our eyes ever forward, we shall find that the wider road we are now beginning leads to true success. Class prophecy lConIinunl from page 121 While I was still in Portland, I received a message telling me to sail at once for Germany. I have been in Cologne since then. Last week I saw both Janet Miller and Kathleen Keen. Janet is here studying music during the summer months, but during the winter months she has been teaching music at Newbold Missionary College in Eng- land. Kathleen is still traveling in the interests of the Seventh-day Adventist Educa- tional Work for the European Division. I regret that I could not see you as I had planned. I will be in the States again about the last of August and will see you then. I hope you are enjoying your work as Social Welfare Worker in your town, for this position surely gives you an opportunity to do a real missionary work. Write soon as I will be here only a few weeks longer. Your loving brother, John I3

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THE PITCANOOK CIQSS PTOPLCCY Cologne, Germany June 4, 1949 Dear Sister Helen, I was very glad to receive your letter, and I should have answered it sooner. I have not told you of my advancement yet, but I am now traveling for the International Bureau of Chemists. As I have not written you for some time, I will tell you about my travels for the last year. I left New York City May 19, 1948, on the Leviathan, bound for Scotland. We had been on our way only a few hours when a terrible catastrophe befell me. It was nothing else than that dreadful plague they call sea-sickness. When the long-waited-for doctor arrived, I beheld none other than our class president, Dr. Ralph Burnett. He has been with the Leviathan for several years. He told me that not long ago Lilly Lay had sailed for Persia as a missionary nurse to assist Elder Harold Jenks and his wife in their evangelistic work. Ralph also told me that Harland is practicing as a dentist in Glasgow, Scotland. I arrived there Friday, and on Sabbath I saw him at the Glasgow church, where he was leader of the choir. After the service, I went home with him and his wife to dinner. He told me that Adna Meeker had been serving him as office nurse for the past year, but I did not get to see her. My next trip took me to the Science Laboratories in Paris. While there, I visited the show rooms of the Commercial Designing Company and here I saw Rizpah Bishop, who is manager of the Paris division. During the dinner hour we went to see her cousin, George Walker, who is a master artist at one of Paris's most exclusive art insti- tutes. They are both assisting in a tabernacle effort, Rizpah with her musical talent, and George in giving Bible studies. My stay in Paris was very short, however, as I received a call to come back to the States. I arrived in New York on September 19, and left at once for Loma Linda, Cali- fornia, to assist the School of Medical Evangelists in making some 'chemical surveys. Here I learned that Richard Smith has finished his medical course and is on the surgical staff at White Memorial Hospital. Los Angeles. His cousin, Charlotte Smith, is his head nurse. On my way to Portland, I spent one night at Pacific Union College. While there I enjoyed the wholesome meals which were prepared by Georgia Madson, who is in charge of the culinary department. I was also reminded of some of my experiences which I had in the academy as I talked to Enid Rasmussen-Lind, who is head of the English department there. While in Portland, I stayed one night at the Portland Sanitarium. I was informed that Jean Smick, R. N., was head nurse there, but I did not get to see her as she was on her vacation at her home in Washington. IConlinued on page 131 I2

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