Kensington High School - Compass Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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. 70 Me .Qmo-U Four years of directed study will come to a ciose on Com- mencement Day. You have enjoyed the hiessing which a benevo- ient state has bestowed upon you-a free and liberal education. The end of your formal study marks the beginning of those experi- ences which will put to the test the principles you have learned. Upon your adherence to the sound principles of your school days wiii rest your happiness and success in life. Just ioeyond the threshold iies a larger and fuiier iifeg one, I hope, teeming with happiness. Your intelligence, your ambition and your Imowiedge of how to woric will start you on the road to the successful and happy iife. Honesty of purpose, tolerance and regard for your neighbor, civic pride in your community and due regard for the rights and principles of justice, will iiiumine the pathway that leads to honest and upright lives. May your hopes and dreams he fully realized, and may the future unfold for you an unlimited ahundance of happiness and success. HGive to the worid the best that you have and the best will come back to youf' Sincerely,

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Wfeadcfo-2 ITH emotions of joy, not mingled with sorrow, we, the graduating class of 1939, stand tonight on the threshold of life. Looking into the future and trying to see what lies ahead, we are happy. yet fearful of the great adventure which awaits us. ,Tis the thought of what we must ieave behind us that saddens this occasion. All too short have been the two years which we have spent in Ken- sington. would that we might have had the privilege of spending all of our high school years here. In every tongue, there is one word which draws the curtain upon the happiest scenes of life. We are assembled here tonight to say that sad, sweet word, Hfareweiif' We breathe it reverentiy, we breathe it sincerely, for it bears with it a blessing and a prayer. ' V To you, Mr. McDonnell, we express our sincere gratitude for your kind solici- tude and your guidance. Ever since you extended your warm weicome to us on that memorable September morning when we first assembled here, each of us has feit that you were an understanding friend and an unseiiish adviser, whose interest in every one of us was deep and vitai. We aiso thank you, Mr. Chassin, for your fatheriy interest in our undertakings. Now we bid you both, farewell. Saying goodbye to the senior teachers and to the other members of the faculty, who have labored so industriousiy for us, teachers whose patience we have tried, friends who have helped us through our many difficulties, is not an easy task. Through your untiring efforts you have prepared us both inteiiectuaiiy and moraiiy for the game of life. in each heart and mind, you have planted the germ of knowledge. For four years we have relied on your wisdom and your guidance, but now-goodbye. Nve do not feel that tonight is the end, but rather it is the beginning of the broader life which will be ours in the future. We are about to enter a world which for the last decade has not been very kind to the youth of America. This, however, should only make us the more eager to succeed. Our youth and enthusi- asm are important factors in our favor. Perhaps success is more difficult to achieve than formerly, but it is not an unattainable goal for those who have the wiii. Kensington has endowed us with true ideals, high aims, and firm purposes. We should not doubt, for we have had instiiied in us the other essentials for success- honesty, initiative, ambition, and perseverance. He who possesses these traits knows no defeat. Be not discouraged, fellow graduates, for it is still true that The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden Hight, But they while their companions siept Were toiiing upward in the night. Fellow graduates, as we leave here tonight, either to begin our coiiege careers or to enter the business world, we shall not forget the friends we have made nor the happy moments of companionship we have enjoyed here. The friendships we have formed have taught us good sportsmanship. We have gained invaluable experience in making sociai contacts, and need have no fear of being out of piace in our new lives. May we always remember with gratitude the school which has so thoroughly prepared us to go forth into the world. MARYALICE SEAGRAVE. Page 17