Alvo High School - Oriole Yearbook (Alvo, NE)

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THE DA'.VN OP A MEW DAY Parents, Faculty, members of the Board of Education, classmates and friends. It is my privilege and pleasure to welcome you to the graduation exercises of the Seniors of 1950. I have chosen for my subject The Dawn of a New Day , For twelve years we have been looking forward to this night. It is our graduation and commencement. Tonight we say good-bye to the happy carefree times of Alvo Higih. Tomorrow we go forth to take our places in the world of grown-ups where we will have to make our own decisions and solve our own problems. We have chosen for our class colors Rose and Gray The Rose is a symbol of the dawn of a new day, a day of peace, a day the whole world is waiting for. I would like to think of the gray as a symbol of the past. We have gone through a fighting war and are still taking part in a cold war. To many of the intelligent people the world situation still looks dark and gray. The world is divided into two hostile camps. One group is fighting to take freedom away from the people and the other group is figjhting to preserve it. People all over the world are looking toward the United States in this struggle for freedom. As a nation we have been doing a great deal to food, clothe, and strengthen the weaker nations of the world so that they will not be trampled down by dictator nations who desire to conquer them. Tonight’s seniors may have to stand braced against such aggressors. We will have to work hard to preserve peace and good-will. We will have to labor for un- selfish standards in business,in politics, and in socie- ty. ” We will have to learn patience and practice tolerance in dealing with people of different faiths and ideals from our own. If all Christians everywhere wore willing to work as hard and sacrifice a3 much in thepro-serving of peace as they do in the preparing for war, the world might not have long to wait for the dawn of a new day, A day of Peace, Norma Jean Elliott Saluatorian