West Side High School - Legenda Yearbook (Saginaw, MI)

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Our Tribute To know, to esteem, to love, and then to part, Makes up life ' s tale to many a feeling heart. The time is drawing near when we must inevitably part and assume our various tasks in the world of today. Before we become separated, and while we are yet united as a class, we think it is appropriate for us to make some outward signs of our gratitude and devotion to those teachers who have so zealously guided and assisted us in our variou.s enterprises throughout our high school career. We may honestly say that to them we owe our ideals and ambitions with which we are about to enter society. It is due to their earnest efforts and sympathetic understanding of our faults and caprices, and their patient endeavors in striving to cor- rect them that we are not going out into the world as self-centered young people, but are able to take our places in this vast republic as useful and intelligent citizens. In their task and responsibility of enlightening the minds of youth, we see the evidences of a sympathetic interest in humanity and of un- selfish lives from which we have learned that the greatest happiness in life is derived from living for others. They have, moreover, caused us to realize what a vast world of opportunity lies before us, and because of their cheerful influence upon us, we are able to enter that world with an optimistic view of life. We may also say that the faith and hope which they have placed in us instills a desire to become successful men and women, to realize our responsibilities, and to assume them in such a manner that they shall be proud of their students. LESLIE EYNON, IRENE GELINAS.