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6 | THE ORACLE Salutatory Address DorotHy M. By Les Perhaps never since we have held | our exercises in this new building have we had a Commencement of greater interest and significance than this June of 1920. The class of this year is welcoming tonight not only all of its usual guests (the Board of Education, our beloved superintend- ent, our principal, the speaker who will address us, and the citizens of Plainfield), but, in commemorating the fiftieth ARES of the Plain- field High School, we are extending especially cordial greetings to all who have shared its life and contributed in any way to its progress. To one and all, a hearty welcome.
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THE ORACLE Class Poem We toddled as Freshmen through these classic halls, We wondered with open-eyed glee To think that a place of such stairs and such walls Should have place for us,—so “‘petit’’! We stumbled as Soph’mores; ambition ran high, For we visioned our far distant goal; While knowledge and courage we gained bye and bye, “Till our Freshman fears far away stole. By friendship and service we always were bound; As Juniors, we climbed and aspired, And ’neath twenty’s proud colors we all could be found. Each by her spirit was fired. Then in this last year we gathered once more | To pull for the glorious end. : We tried to be faithful, true ‘“‘sports to the core Our honor and name to defend. ) ; Our errors were many, our faults were more yet, As through this school we have passed ; But we hope that our fair deeds will cancel the debt When in the last records we’re classed. O Future that stretches through infinite space And holds for us all a new day, Soon grant that our there we shall find the right place To continue a far better way! May you, for old twenty, keep close in your store What we strive and hope for—no less; Then, as the old world can give us no more, Crown each one with lasting success. M. A. GREENE.
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THE ORACLE 7 Valedictory Address JEAN MACNAB Fellow-classmates of 1920, tonight we have had a glimpse of the school of the past, we have seen what is being done at present, and have laid our hopes for the future. We feel a sense of deep gratitude toward the past for building up the school in which we have spent four of the hap- piest years of our lives. We also feel a great responsibility for the future for our success or failure, whether in business or college, will reflect on our school. Let us, therefore, as we go forth to a broader field of work, try to be successful, not only for our own b High School. enefit, but to bring glory to the Plainfield
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