Plainfield High School - Milestone Yearbook (Plainfield, NJ)

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8 THE ORACLE Salutatory Abdregs Araminta Elizabeth Ayers We welcome you all to the commencement exercises of the Class of 1913. We want to share our brightest and happiest moments with our friends. Therefore we are es- pecially glad to have with us tonight, the members of the Board of Education who strive to make our schools the best in the land; Dr. Maxson, who has watched our progress ever since we were little tots in the kindergarten; Mr. Best who has been the father of our High School life; The Speaker of the evening, whose message will sound a call to that life which is yet hazy and mysterious to us; the teachers who are not only teachers but our friends; and all the citizens of Plainfield who have made possible our High School with its advantages.

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THE ORACLE Class Porm ’Twas a day so clear and bright, When this field we first did sight, Shining in the morning light. Merry were we then, and glad, Noisy, mischievous, and bad, Laughing always, never sad. Rich the soil and bright the day Beckoned us to leave our play, Whispering of the harvest day. Then with eager, hopeful heart Entered we to do our part, To plow and sow with all our heart. Soon we planted all the seeds, Carefully we pulled the weeds, Looking on to nobler deeds. Then the little plants appeared; Tenderly they all were reared, As the harvest day we neared. Now the reaping time has come, And our work is almost done; Just reward we all have won. Hot the sun has often burned, For the shade we all have yearned, And our rest we now have earned. But the friendships we’ve made here Will last through many a year, Till our journey’s end draws near. In life’s larger field may we Always true and faithful be, ’Til the glorious goal we see. 1845, dele 1%:

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TUE ORACEE ‘ 9 Waledbictory Abdress Willard Stuart McKay Classmates: This is the last night of our High School career and though it means that we must say farewell, we are glad to have been together for four years of happy good- fellowship. For every ad- vantage we have enjoyed dur- ing our High School course we have assumed a responsi- bility to make a fitting return. Now, rejoicing in the confi- dence of youth, all things seem easy. Later, if troubles and difficulties arise, let us meet them as we have met our rivals on the athletic field, face to face, and may we be better able to meet them for having been members of the Class of 1913. May we have learned, that though victory is sweet, it is possible to meet defeat without dishonor, and that deserved success comes only through hard work. Tonight we part, each one abundantly well equipped to fill his place ‘n the world. The future is now in our own keeping. Let us be true to the best that is in us. How, then, can we fail?