St Margarets School - Salmagundi Yearbook (Waterbury, CT)

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ACCEPTANCE SPEECH FROM our very first days at St. Margaret's, we recognized the sanctity of certain spots, a sanctity that we as Freshmen would never understand. A few of us were unwary enough to show our independ- ence but most of us sensed the danger of trespassing. And though we pretended, perhaps, to be indifferent, yet we knew that we could never be really content until the day when these treasured possessions should be ours. So for three years! And now, almost unbelievably, we are standing on the Senior Steps. Now more than ever, each one of us realizes the necessity of following the splendid example of your class and of every other senior class before you. Those moments when we carry out St. Margaret's traditions, and especially on Class Day, have always seemed the most beautiful of the school year. These traditions stand for the intangible things that cause graduates to return on Class Day and to send their daughters back to St. Margaret's. Now for the first time that we take part in this ceremony, we fully understand why it is that these steps mean so much to every senior class. In accepting these symbols of seniorhood -'the Senior Steps, the Senior House, and the Senior Room -, we have taken on a new responsibility and we promise you that we will strive to be worthy of the honor given us. JUNIOR SONG 1 CSong of Dawn by Offenbachl When as eager freshmen first we made our start, Even then true loyalty grew in every heart. Each day brought new pleasure more than we could measure. Here we found new comradeship and Miss Edell, too. And now that we are older we've set new goals to gain. High ideals we've learned to hold and these will remain. Knowledge ever increasing, loyalty never ceasing, All our hopes have been fullfilled. Too soon we leave St. Margaret's for what the world may give, But armed with courage, knowledge, too, we're not afraid to live. Forward gaily singing, St. Margaret's praises ringing, Onward then let come what may, we'll welcome each day. Refrain Come sing, oh sing, St. Margaret's dear! Come sing, oh sing of memories here. With loud acclaim, we'll praise her name And sing of om' St. Margaret's dear.

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PRESENTATION SPEECH THE words ceremony and tradition frequently suggest each other, for one often goes with the other. Class Day at St. Margaret's is a ceremony which marks the completed achievements in the school career of one class and its individual members, yet each Class Day is unique because it is characterized by the personalities of the graduating seniors. But one of its most important moments is the traditional ceremony at the end in which the reluctantly departing class turns over to its immediate followers the symbols of seniorhood. Unbelievably for us, juniors, that climax in our school life and milestone in yours has come, and it is our turn to be the well-wishing donors. It is our class, nineteen thirty-eight, which actually gives yours, nineteen thirty-nine, the Senior Steps, the Senior Room, and the Senior House. But all the accumulated love for and pride in these possessions and all they stand for is entrusted to you, not by us alone but by every senior class before you. iIt is not in the nature of undue pride, but of knowing promise, that we assure you of this fact: an underclassman recognizes the concrete, outward meaning of these three possessions, but only a Senior can know that they are but tangible Cand therefore, very preciousj aspects of all the inward significance of senior- hood. What that vital significance is, juniors, is now yours to discover. We can but give you the possessions which you now have earned, and we do so gladly and confidently. isiiziniioia solute fBright Summer by Charles Vincentl With ready hearts and willing hands Thirty-eight started on its way. As knights of old, we pledged our vows To live the best each day. With faith in Miss Edell, our guide, Our banners blue, flying wide, We seek to be worthy of life's high aim And bring fame to our dear St. Margaret's name. Our class, thirty-eight, is riding on Like knights of the yesteryear, Our heads bravely raised to meet what comes, Proud hearts never yielding to fear. Our life crusade has just begun: May our goals be ever one! Let us seek to be worthy of life's high aim And bring fame to our dear St. Margaret's name.

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