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Valedlctory From the f1rst graduatmg exerc1ses of the f1rst school whenever and wherever they may have taken place down to the present t1me and the class of 1953, the most unsahsfactory and thankless part of the program has been the speech of farewell the valed1ctory Unsat1s factory because regrets no matter how smcere are no guarantee of eloquence thankless because there 1S so very l1ttle chance of or1g1nal1ty You have no opportumty to d1st1ngu1sh yourself Everythmg has been sa1d ove1 and over aga1n s1nce that f1rst far off graduat1on day Boards of Educat1on Supenntendents Pr1nc1pals and Teachers have been thanked ardently and at great length May after May In a few cases they have been as glad to get r1d of the class as the class has been to go but usually as now both class and faculty have honestly felt sad at the partmg So lt 1sn what IS Sald that's wrong 1t's the way we say lt Suppose I Just use pla1n everyday language and say exactly what I mean regardless of a well turned phrase or poetxc CXPTCSSIOH I'm sure you won't m1nd F1rst to the members of the Board of Educat1on You have glven us a f1ne bu1ld1ng and good teachers wh1ch was most k1nd of you We feel there were several t1mes dur1ng the past years when our hol1days were unnecessar1ly shortened but we merely rr-ent1on that 1n passlng We shall not reproach you You're a grand old Board of Educat1on and we thank you for all past favors Second to the Supermtendent Pr1nc1pal and Teachers We are very proud of you You lost a s1ngle one of us That's a record worthy of beautlful words You taught us that honesty fa1r play amb1t1on and perseverance are qual1t1es to be des1red, and you always pract1ced what you preached That seems to be Just about the best th1ng that can be Sald of anyone Thxrd to the undergraduates who w1ll some day stand proudly where we are now, endeavor 1ng to bear our wlsdom l1ghtly Please remember lt 1S your 1mperat1ve and sacred duty to uphold the honor of the school and to endeavor so far as 1n you l1es to keep to the standards of ach1evement set by us Now 1f you do these th1ngs don't become concelted, and above all don't make a show of your learn1ng Last but far from least to you, the graduat1ng class, my comp11ments We've done well, and we're proud of ourselves True there have been a few occurrences dur1ng our scholast1c career that are noth1ng to brag about Our class average 1n mathema.t1cs 1S mentxoned only 1n wh1spers and our athlet1c prowess leaves the sports world cold On the other hand our dramat1c ab1l1ty 1S unquest1oned We may have no gen1uses 1n our m1dst On the other hand we have no morons at least none off1c1ally branded as such e've endured all of our school l1fe l1ke most of 1t, and found some of lt del1ght1ul We know that all we d1dn't l1ke was good for us, so we're perfectly sat1sf1ed Ve feel that 1f the future deals w1th us as k1ndly as the past has done l1fe w1ll be very good mdeed We go to meet It gladly, carrylng 1n our hearts only k1nd thoughts of our school 1ts teachers and 1ts pup1ls And we do hc me we haven't d1sappo1pted them too much Good bye and thank you C7443-4-u-:J I . . . . , v , . . ' , l H 5 . .. . - . - . I . , . I I 7 I ! , I . . . . . It . . ! 1 . , . 1 . . . . . . I . I , . , . . , Z . brought this class through four years of good hard work and merciless exams, and never , . , . . ' . . . . , . - I . I I . . I . . I . Y O , . . - I 1 - . . . , . . Y U- . . . W . , . , . . , . X , . . . , . . I . . . . . . S I O ' O Z
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Senior Glas s Hzlstory Our class originated as Freshmen in September 1949 with Mr Frye and Mrs Klitzing as instructors The class consisted of five members Robert Jamison Mabel Ferguson and Carol Ferguson from Cherry County and Arthur Dubs and Mary Sormenfelt from Grant County Mary attended school for two weeks then the family moved to Alliance Our class officers were elected as follows Arthur Dubs President Carol Ferguson Vice President and Mabel Ferguson Secretary We survived the 1n1t1at1on bestowed on us by the Seniors and part1c1pated in all of the ac1tv1t1es sponsored by the school The follow1ng year as Sophomores Bob Art Mabel and Carol carried through the year with no casua1t1es We were participants at County Day in Hyannis and took part in the High School plays Our school organized a softball team and we played games with Hyannis Whitman and Bingham Our teachers for the year Adams who left after the first semester During our Junior year our class increased from four to six members, when Prudy Paige of Oshkosh and Glenn Kerrigan of Chehalis Washington Joined the class We welcomed them into our school and continued the year with lots of fun I might add that our teachers Mrs Klitzing and Mr Taylor also survived the year We are now the Senior Class of 1953 Our graduating class in May will consist of Robert Jamison Arthur Dubs Prudy Palge ani Mabel and Carol Ferguson Glenn received his diploma and left us at the end of the first semester Our teachers are Mrs Klitzing and Mr Bishop We hope that they have Joyed teaching our school as much as we have enjoyed them as in tructors The main events of the year are Freshman Initiation, Our three act and one act plays Basketball and Softball games, Commencement Baccalaureate and Sneak Trip Let us conclude by dedicatmg the history of our class to Ashby High School, so that the class of '53 will never be forgotten Carol Ferguson 26 O I . - I p y I s . . . 1 . . . . : . y 1 L I I 1 I . ! Y I l I I . ! I I I I . . , . , . . were Mr. Adams and Mrs. Klitzing, with Mr. Taylor finishing the term for Mr. S 0 . . ' . . . I . . 1 . , . . . . , . . . 7 I I I . y 1 I 1 ' s . ' ' . ' . en- ! D I
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