Antioch High School - Torch Yearbook (Hartsville, SC)

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VALEDICTORY The more difficult part of any graduation program is to say good-bye and, in doing so, to express the appreciation and affection of the stu- dents leaving for those from whom they part. This is my privilege and my duty, on behalf of n?y classmates, now to do. Although for four years we have eagerly anticipated this oceasion, upon its arrival we feel an unexpected sadness, a genuine regret that the t-ies of friendship binding us so closely in our work and in our recrea- tion must now bo broken, as our little band separates and its members take their respective ways to fame and fortune. To you, the patient and perserving teachers who have aided us thus far on our way, we owe more of gratitude than can be expressed in mere words. You have guided our intellectual growth and fitted us for the duties of our vocations and the activities of citizenship. You have hand- ed us the torch of inspiration. Kay we keep it ever alight 1 And now, fellow members of the graduating class, we too, must part. This is our last appearance as a class. After to-night we shall go our separate ways, but though time and space may divide us, we shall always be joined in heart and spirit, and the memories of our days in ANTIOCH HIGH will always be cherished. Kay good fortune attend us, and may we remember that the training we have received is but the preparation in our youth for the sequel of our lives. Let us still find time to learn some- thing good, since study is the task of youth, the business of maturity, and the pleasure of old age. Siftce we are soon to set forth on new ways there must be a parting from the old. . arewell to the school we have known so long, .nd good-bye to teachers and schoolmates left behind. ;a are departing from your midst leaving behind scratchcdup desks, dirty floors, torn books, and a school- house tottering on its foundation. You must read between the lines to get the full significance of the depth of our emotions. But since you know us so well, since tnere has been such intimacy of neighborhood and community everyone of you knows the fullest moaning of my final, concluding word . Farewell. ’ MARY ETHEL JOHNSON