Watsonville High School - Manzanita Yearbook (Watsonville, CA)

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SHELDUN PECKHA M, President Sink or swim, live or die, sur- vive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote. RUBY WAITE, Vice-President The joy of youth and health her eyes display'd, And ease of heart her every look conveyed. RUTH ROSE, Secretary A Rose is sweeter in the lbudde than full blowne. FLO RENCE RODGERS, Treasurer Maybe she is interested, maybe not, Maybe she is a student, maybe not, We can't figure it ouvt.

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THE M A NZANITA Wealth and Men LAHS BENNETT '16 LL Cll1'1StCI1d0ll1 rlanns to God, but 111 truth she un eonstiously worships 111- 1111n1erable others. Throughout the ages in which man has inhabited tl1is earth, false deities, eonstrueted with unclean hands. have been eon- tinually worshipped Hlltl exalted. This ean be tr11tl1fully said Hll01li7 D U I worship but one Supreme '. ll 11 'W ' - ll ll . I lj . - both l'hristendom and Heathendom. Human nature is sueh that ill what- ever man finds l1is greatest joys, no matter how good or had these things may really be, tl1erei11 dwell tlltx powers that govern both his n1ind and l1is body. One of the greatest and most i11- fluential of these man-constructed gods is Wealth. Tl1is magnetie monareh, enthroned i11 l1is earthly abode, is drawing millions unto llllll- self through his illusive splendors. The world, with small exeeption, la11ds l1is ostensihle powers. 'tHe is my god: he is lord of lords, is tl1e ery of exaltation. lloth the rieh tlllll the poor are running an endless raee after the winged dollar. In their selfish am- bition to gain, they lose sight of lIeaven's laws, they trample under foot till' rights of one another, they heed 11otl1ing but their fleeting idol. The raee is hard tlllll long, while tl1e eonrse is all but smooth. The eon- testants must asund tl1e steepest eliffs and descend tl1e deepest Vean- yonsg they must labor eonstantly through sand and mire. Some sue- eeed ill finishinghbut alas! in wl1at a plight-hun1a11 wreckage, worse tllilll worthless dross. The majority fall by tl1e wayside, exhausted, wretched, mired. Tl1e greed for material wealth and the pleasures wealth can purchase have produced more haughty sim- pletons than h11n1ble wise-men, more turmoil and strife than order and peaeeg more things to cause retro- gression and 11tter failure then ad- vaneementg more sorrow and an- guish than joy Hlld happinessg and more unrighteousness, with all its damnable consequences tllall right- eousness, witl1 its blessed eompensa- tio11s. Then why do men persist in following i11 the wake of this hid- eous monster that eonsumes all goodness Hlld produees nothing but wicked ness l Oh! mankind, tl1y temptations are, i11deed, very great. Why do you not stop, listen, mediate, Hllfl aet as tl1e wise who profit greatly by their wisdom? Al!2l1ll01l tl1e raee for the material dollar and labor' for wealth that Wisdom freely gives to the i11dustrio11s. Her wealth is greater tl1a11 the greatest, her ways are ways of joy and happiness.

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Hl l'H HAYS Dark ll.l'9 hm' eyes as tho hc-lrry that E1-nws Ivy the wayside, lT1ll'li, yet how softly they gleam lie-health the brown shade nt' her tm-sses. l lil'IlllCllll' T. Sl-lll'l' Sonw are llurn L2'I'F'llt, smhe 11- whivvv gn-zltnvss, und smue have ,:I'v:1tl19ss thrust 1111011 'PHL K.X'I'HlClllNlC llAlJl'l,ll l4' To sew her is two love her, .Xllll lnve lvut hm' lvlll'0'V9l'I IN-1' Ntlfllfl' mmle hm' what she is, .Xml IIPYPI' mmlfe zlnitherf XVI l.l,l AM G lllll. He hath ZL mint of phmsefs in his luruin.