Wilmington High School - Hourglass Yearbook (Wilmington, MA)

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If We get the right kind of education it will undoubtedly help us Q,velop high ideals, and many of us will strive to realize them. We may have to start from the bottom and climb upward. Sur climb may be hard and steep, but the higher we climb the broader our View, and the nearer we are to our hopes of success and happi- ness. And new the time approaches when the class of l956 must bid the Wilmington High School farewell. We must leave the school which contains memories of joy and sorrow, and must part with the teachers who taught us wisely. The class is new on the hilltop of vision of what lies ahead, and are to go forth to meet the challenge of the future, trusting that the life which follows school, will be gen- erously worth while. Florence Balkus Valedietorian '56

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WHAT GRADUATION MEANS Dedicated to the Junior Class , 1 Parents, Friends, and Classmates: I have the honor of representing the Senior Class in Saluting' you. We extend to you, our most cordial welcome and hope that you, as well as ourselves, will be participants in this feeling of joy and sorrow, which we experience tonight. I say joy because we feel happy that we-are taking our places in the world and sorrow because we are leaving the one institution in which most of our happy days were spent. . f There are several meanings of ugraduationn,'therefore, I shall enumerate some of them: 11 Technically speaking, graduation may be defined as the completion of the high school term: the mere ac- ceptance of a diploma which certifies that you have accomplished your assigned work. 21 To some, Ugraduationn may be defined as the .dividing line between the past and the future. 51 To others, the word may instantly draw an imaginative picture of the future. This picture may be that of achieving their goal in the business world, or it may be that of furthering their education in order to widen their range of knowledge so that they may become more competent. 41 Besides the future, it also reminds us of the past. The time has come when we can look back and analyze our character. Did we make worthy use of our leisure time? Did we use mental effort to our full capacity? Did we accomplish everything we hoped to? Did we make good preparation for our new life? I believe when we have reached this stage in life, that we are fully able to answer these questions. 51 The word ugraduationn could also be interpreted as, Uresolutionn, that is, we resolve to make our future lives successful. 61 We might compare graduation with a lamp: the lamp of our new approaching life whose radiance predominates the darkness of'the past. 71 It may also be com- pared with a magnet, that is, it is drawing our future nearer to use Volumes could be written on this subject but I believe I have given you, the Junior class, enough examples to make you realize how really important this event is. . 1 Our motto is, nThe higher we climb, the broader our viewu and ngraduationu is the first step in preparation for the climb. BY Lillian Babineau