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5F5'fu IEP ff!!! I .II I zIuf947SX T' Ii I II xx I 'l f Q I VALEDI CTOR I AN SPEECH I BY VIRGINIA MILLER PARENTS, TEACHERS, RELATIVES, AND FRIENDS TONIGHT IT IS MY HONOR TO BE VALEDICTORIAN OF THE GRADUATING CLASS OF 1951 OUR CLASS MOTTO THIS YEAR IS 'OUT OF SCHOOL LIFE INTO LIFE'S SCHOOL,' TONIGHT WE ARE COMPLETING TWELVE LONG YEARS OF SCHOOL LIFE,EIGHT YEARS OF ELEMENTARY AND FOUR YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOL, PERHAPS SOME OF US WILL CONTINUE OUR SCHOOL LIFE BY GOING TO COLLEGE BUT A GREAT MANY OF US WILL BE ENTERING 'LIFES SCHOOL, MOST OF PROUD OF OURSELVES, WE KNOW THAT WHAT WE DIDN'T LIKE WAS VERY GOOD FOR US, SO WE'RE PERFECTLY SATISFIED, WE'VE ENDURED ALL OF OUR SCHOOL LIFE AND FOUND IT DELIGHTFUL WE'VE DONE WELL, AND WE ARE OUR SCHOOL LIFE WAS GUIDED BY OUR PARENTS, TEACHERS, AND FRIENDS OUR LIFE S SCHOOL WILL BE OF OUR OWN SCHOOL' WE WILL SOON FIND HOW WELL WE HAVE LEARNED PAT 'T IENCE, FORGIVENESS, OVERLOOKING FAULTS, AND PRACTICING THE GOLDEN RULE OUR DAYS TOGETHER HAVE NOT BEEN EN TIRELY PEACEFUL OR ALWAYS FILLED WITH LOVING FRIENDSHIQ HOWEVER ALL DISPUTES HAVE BEEN SETTLED WITHOUT BLOODSH D, TONIGHT WE ARE GRADUATING AS FRIENDS BYGONES WILL DUST BE BYGONES AND FIRMLY UNITED WE'LL INSIST TO GETHER UPON THE SUPERIORITY OF OUR CLASS OVER ANY OVER, PAST, PRESENT, OR YET TO COME OUR SUCCESS IN REACHING THE GOAL WE EACH HAVE SETFUR OUR LIFE'S SCHOOL WILL BE DETERMINED BY OUR SKILL AND COURAGE TO DO THAT TASK THERE IS A DARK CLOUD HANGING OVER OUR WORLD TODAY, IT IS UP TO US IN OUR 'LIFES SCHOOLU TO BRIGHTEN THIS CLOUD, IN HIS GETTYSBURG ADDRESS, LINCOLN SAID WIT IS RATHER FOR US TO BE HERE DEDICATED TO THE GREAT TASK REMAINING BEFORE US' WE TOO FEEL A DEEP RESPONSIBIL ITY TO DO OUR PAR IN MAKING A LASTING PEACE TO GUARAN TEE OUR FOUR FREEDOMS TO THE FUTURE GENERATIONS, jar' I 55: L C Sf. f I I I IIIIHII22IfI H lIfIf,IIrIIIIII IIIIIWI IIJII F X A 5 Q T , X, x- IIFI':IIl'U I I I' X X , if 1' fx' I ' f ' I IMI--IHIIIII' IIII'I,:I'I,,, III5II..II I .1 I III IH,uI'g,. I VI if NQXLS ,157 MMWMMWFQA JMMMWIMH A II 5 I I I y I I IIIIIIII II'I I'IIIIII-I'IIII'I V N 1 nw II'.III1'IIIIIII III' I QW,f1:gI'T1ggig1I I IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII3 -II' f 'I II, I IIIIII-I fig I15IIII.fp V 2 I'-3 I EIQQH IIEII' I ? II I Is I IT I'II!I5II III in IIIIII: , 6, f:!f3II!iIaII .. I,II2,m . IIIIIII T Dfw, wWImwWVWwmwA , II,I I ,III:IeI,,IIIWI,II I ,. ,Q -I ,Q ILM: I ,eEIImIIIIIIIIIIIIEIIY . I ' - IfflIIIlI3gI',ulIIIIIIS' MAKING AND we so TO MEET IT GLADLY. IN oun 'Lsrzvs 1 JI lf' 'I - ,MMI I I I WIlIIIL,'II'I,If:II I 'I II-WIIIIIIW, I I IMI ' ' 'IIWWWWWMNI MMHWII 'II .IIII WIMMHWMW JMWWMW E I NWMIWIM E . I QT -Illwf Iwwwwff ' - ' 4 'I I' 1 -1 I L, C xr, I I IT TFT' Iwi U I 53 EI by . 7 'Hx' I5 , D I I X 5 1 4 ! I 1 RX 5 o 9 g T I Nj' Z T I C' I1 IIIIITII' if IIQwMIW I 'III lIIfIfIIIII'III II f ,F 'WIIIQIIIII 'MII' III' 'r.'3 . ,IIQIII IWWIWMI 13 fs ,MMWWWMWMH VmmW.IT I IIIIIIII IIIII,,I?IIIII7f' I IIYIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIfIII?IIf5gII I IIYIIIIIIIIIII' IWMHMMMWWMWWMMW f' 'IWWMMWMQW ,QV
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'SUI , iglyfI5I f 1 .J is llqxxx XXYIQL VALEDICTORIAN SPEECH fCON'TD SO AS WE ENTER OUR 'LIFEUS SCHOOL' WE SAY 'THANK VOU TO OUR TEACHERS WHO ALL THROUGH THE YEARS HAVE GUIDE D US WITH THEIR INTEREST, WISDOM AND INSPIRATION, TO OUR PARENTS WHO HAVE GIVEN US HELP AND ENCOURAGEMENT, TO THE SCHOO' BOARD UPON WHICH HAS AIN THE RESPONSIBILITf OF BACKING THE SCHOOL, AND TO OUR SCHOOLMATES WHO MADE OUR NSCHOOL LIFE' SO ENJOYABIE, SA'UTATORIAN ADDRESS BY ARLENE MCNEIL PARENTS, TEACHERS, ANO FRIENDS I AM VERY HONORED TO BE CHOSEN AS THE SALUTATORIAN OF THE GRADUATING CLASS OF 1951 IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT I WELCOME YOU TONIGHT OUR GRADUATING EXERCISES wOUIO BE INCOMPIETE WITHOUT YOUR PRESENCE AND PARTING FROM SCHOOL wOULO BE SAD WITHOUT YOUR GOOD WISHES MY CLASSMATES AND I FEEL THAT ANOTHER GUEST IS AT'OF ASSEMBLY TONIGHT HE WAS NOT FORMALLY INVITED BUT HIS PRESENCE HAS BEEN EAGERLY AWAITED BY ALL OF US OUR EARS HAVE BEEN LISTENING FOR HIS KNOCK AND OUR EYES HAVE BEEN GAZING AT EVERY STRANGER, LEST HE SHOULD PASS US BY SEEN OR UNHEEDED WHO IS THIS UNSEEN GUEST FOR WHOM WE SO ANXIOUSLY AWAIT AND UPON WHOM SO MUCH DEPENDS9 THIS NOTED GUEST IS NOPPORTUNITYW WITH HIM OUR FUTURE LIES, W TRACIC IT WOULD BE IF WE FAI'ED TO RECOGNIZE H S VOICE WHEN HE SAYS 'HELIOM WE S NPERE Y HOPE THAT WE SHALL BE AT HOME WHEN OPP ORTUNITY KNOCKS ON OUR DOOR, CALLS U ON THE TELEPHONE OR OTHERWISE SHOWS HIS INTEREST IN US MAY WE RECOG NIZE HIM RECEIVE HIM WARM'Y, AND MAKE THE BEST POSSI BLE USE OF HIS PRESENCE, AND MAY WE NEVER NEVER NEGLE HIM, ONCE MORE 'ET ME SAY 'WELCOME' .O YOU, OUR GOES , J THIS OUR LAST APPEARENCE AS IHE SENIORS OE SHEOD HIGH SCHOOL, TONIGHT WE TRUST IHAT OUR HOSPITALITY MAY BE AS GRACIOUS ANO AS P EAS'NG TO YOU AS WE WOULD HAVE II MAY YOU GAIN AS MUCH SATISFACTION ANO DELIGHT rROM S E ING HERE TONIGHT AS WE HAVE IN ENIERTAINING YOU ON OUR LAST APPEARANCE AS THE SENIORS OF 1931 THANK YOU fn' X 1' J XJ I f ,I I,, ,IIIIIIIII X ,-. I IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII' I If' I 'IIWII IIII I 'V U v f Y P1I TI TI I' T II IHHMPIMMQWMIAN HHUMI - 5'L A A WI IIN'T.f3I'I'IIIWIIQIII5 I ' A QT If I iff, IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII fx IIIIII:IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIi'IIII'I'I I I TK I If z I I I I IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII X I IIIII 'III.I,5IIII,IIIIIIIl,IIIIIIII III I KX QI X SU 4G f .III,QIII:IIIIIIII'FIIIIi 'ICIIIFI If IIIl,jIIIII iIIIIII,I ,,IIIIIII'I'i II- I, QL H X I M IIIIIII'IIIIL'-:IIIIIIEIII A I I I III'IIII1IIgIIIIIIIIII1I fw MUNI! . I n 1 Lwwwmmmmm X QIIIIIIIIII I I gulf I ' S47 I ' H IVWIIIIII, I A IQ: 'r I:I, MIP: I L E L . . I QQ :M I III A 'W I IAA ' ' 'I IIIIII IIIIII I - . If IIIIIIII:I, YI I - I RMWI II ' J IMWI I I - : ITV I4 I IIIiII'1lII!II,,I ' , II IIIIIIIIII I'-IEIIIIIIEI 'I III I IIIIII I ' I 4 ?' . h Q 1 M MMWWMMIHNM 5 .. . W ! 4 IIUIIIWIIZIII ' ' I IIII'IIII1II I!'I II IIIIIIIII IIII ' I IIIIIIIIII I IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEIf - I 'IEIIIII'II1 fI I I I ' I I I I I I M II HIWUNML ' UNE I QWWWLAAV fy I'I'II - H VIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII:fE'IIII I I I IIIIIIIIII I - ' A - II ' I I IIIIIIII, - I - I I Ng' I If YIIIIIIIIIIIIII-I H0 - I ' H I ' 'I' I 55 C II'I I' I, II HIIIII. . I .I VUWWIHLI T ' I3 t I , , IQ 97 I ' 1 I ' '. T I Q 'Z' 'ILISE rd . I., . . I L N E 1 Ii, I IS- I - ' - P H L 1531 :IL p I - - I C' I X I T I II 'f 2 ii XX 5 I A In ,, B A L --.. .I .T I -T' CN f XXV 5 . I I T 7 . I. .' cf ' 'IX f A I - - L I . - - -. Z ' ' - ' ' I T I IQ I II I J Nl WWQI jf AL LIQNIMNMI,' LI X tI,'I?I IIl4'II.IIII5II'I f 9 IIIIIIIIWIIIIPIIIII IIIIIIIIIIII.IIIII I ,I -I A I' I IIIII' :III I 'III II I. VIII,I-IIIIIIIIIIIII I IIIIIIIIQ ' 'IIf:II,.IIfI IIIIIII IA.IIIIfIlIIvII g
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