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VOL. XXXIII.
SALINE, WASHTENAW GO., MICH., THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1913.
NUMBER 39
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COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
On Thursday evening, June 19, occurred the commencement exercises of
the Class of 1913. The night was an
ideal one with the exception of threatening weather outside. The opera
house was crowded to its utmost capacity with relatives and-friends of
the fourteen young people who were
on that night embarking on life's
ocean.
■ The stage was beautifully decorated
with the class colors, green and yellow, with boughs of-green festooning
the background. Over the front of
the stage was the class motto, "Rowing, Not Drifting."
At the hour of eight o'clock the
members of the class marched from
the rear of the hall to the strains of
"In June Days" by Miss Esther Fair-
bank, and after invocation by Rev.
H. W. Mack, of the Baptist church,
the following program was given:
Salutatory—William B. .Lutz.
President's address—Carl Miller.    '
Piano solo—Louise Woelper.
Class Prophecy—Ruth Rose.
Valedictory—Leonora Wittbracht.
Song, "Only a Dream of Summer,"
—Class of 1913.
Address—Dr. R. Clyde Ford.
Supt. Walling, in a few well chosen
words, presented the hard earned diplomas, followed by the class song.
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ALUMNI REUNION
Friday eveniny, June 20, at the
school hall occurred the annual Alumni banquet. The members of the association and their friends gathered
in the high school room to renew old
acquaintances and to talk over the
events of their school days. The president,. Ernest Skinner, called the
members together for a short business
session and the following officers were
elected for the coming year:
President—Arthur Lutz.
Vice President—Miss Helen Finch.
Secretary—George Miller.
Treasurer—Carl Miller.
The company then marched to the
banquet room where an elaborate supper was served by the ladies of the
Baptist church.
Mrs. J. N. Lewis of Detroit was previously chosen toastmistress of the
evening, but was unable to reach here
owing to a severe storm in that city,
arid Miss Kittie Sears .substituted,
which she did with credit to herself
and to the association. The following
program was then given:
Piano solo, "Poet and Peasant"—
Miss Bernice Davenport.
President's address—Ernest Skinner
Vocal solo—Miss Eda Clark.
Toast, "A Freshman's View"—Miss
Ruth Bond.
Vocal solo—Edward Henne.   .
Reading—Miss Zoa Nichols.
Violin solo—Miss Ethel Tripp.       *"
Toast, "Warum"—Miss Esther Fairr
bank.
Toast, "Folks"—Arthur Lutz.
Toast—Miss Olga Schroen.
Toast—W. L. Walling.
Welcome to Class of 1913—Mrs. G.
H. Miller.
Response to Welcome—Frank Gilman.
Piano solo—Miss, Vivian Tripp.
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SALUTATORY   .
To you who have gathered/ here this
commencement night, the class of 1913
extend a most cordial welcome. Parents, teachers, .friends, schoolmates
and everyone interested in the school,
we thank you for the inspiration your
presence brings, and we sincerely hope
that you will enjoy to the fullest extent
the exercises of this evening, and that
they may increase your interest and
loyalty toward the school.
Tonight marks the attainment of a
goal toward which^we have worked so
earnestly these past Jour years. At
times the way has been hard and difficult but by the ever present aid of our
teachers, together with our own determination to succeed all these obstacles
have heen overcome and this graduation made possible.
During these past four years we have
been constantly working toward a definite end. With this end in view we
made it our aim to attain it as soon as
possible. All the time, we'have-had a
definite idea of the work to he done.
In fact our work in high 'school- could
be summed up in those three words
j which we have taken for .our motto,.
"Rowing, not drifting."
Short it is but full of meaning. It
distinguishes the truly successful lives
from the unsuccessful. It marks the
difference between those who do for
themselves and those who depend on
others. Everywhere in the world today the men and women who are successful in the truest sense are not
those who drift but those who row.
The greatest men in history, those who
have written their names upon its pages
for all time, were rowers and not> drifters.
Everywhere we see examples of these
two classes of people. . They are to be
found in school and outside of it. The
one with a definite idea of what he has
to do; the other with a vague conception of what he might do. One finds
school work a pleasure and does it as
well as he is able, knowing that he is
laying the foundation for that which is
to follow school days; the other is careless, finds his tasks a drudgery and regards school as something, which cannot possibly benefit him. ' He will leave
school as soon as he is permitted, and
drift along, bound for no certain harbor.
The rower has exact knowledge of
what he intends to do and exerts his
whole energy to accomplish it. He has
a purpose in life. He has a mission
which he is trying to fulfill. The rower
expects to work, knowing that anything worth while cannot be obtained
without effort. Ever rowing he. constantly approaches the goal and in the
end succeeds. His work is something
for him to overcome, not something to.
overcome him.
The others, those content to drift
along carried in the direction of the"
strongest current, may in time drift to
some shore, they know not where.
They have no definite purpose, perhaps
a hazy idea of what they would like to
be if they only could. However, they
are content to conclude that they cannot and drift along, envying those who
by Continual effort have gained their
reward. If 4hey try once and fail, they
are willing to count themselves failures.
Success will never be theirs. It will
not seek them, they will not seek it.
Sooner or later their boat will reach
rough water where hard work and
quick thinking will be necessary. They
are not prepared for either and will go
on' the rocks, derelicts upon life's sea.
After considering the two courses
open before us it is not hard to choose
the right one. It is easy to decide upon
the one which in the end gives abundant reward for all the work and toil.
The hard part will be in clinging to
our. determination—in keeping to the
course we have chosen. Often we will
be tempted to slight some seemingly unimportant task and drift for awhile.
But remembering the lesson we have
learned in school, that what we get out
of anything depends directly upon the
amount of work we put into it, we will
try to put the most into our work* in
order to attain the fullest measure of
success. Although the way of the
drifter, may look easier, we must remember that it is only drifting. Only
by hard, conscientious work can we expect to reach the goal.
The path to success will not be an
easy one. We will make many mistakes but we could hardly expect to do
otherwise. The "final success of the
greatest men and women was obtained
only after disheartened failures. A
failure, if "rightly interpreted, may
teach a good lesson. It may pave the
way to a triumph over a similar obstacle.
One eminent American writer says,
"The demand placed upon us is not
that we succeed but that we try; and to
try manfully all day long and every day
is to attain in the end a supreme success." =.
The truest success, we believe, can
be obtained, by taking in life as in
school this for our motto, "Rowing,
not drifting."
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CLASS PROPHECY.
One late' summer's afternoon I
wandered musingly in my old-fashioned garden. The air was laden with
the scent of many blossoms. All varieties of flowers grew there, an fragrant profusion "and I softly, 'caressed
their upturned faces as> I strolled
along.      *.'. "r'r"   •     • .
I wasnqfc thinking"' of the garden but
of-the class of 1913-which soon, must
pari.;   Every member of the ela,ss is
filled with high ambitions and golden-
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