Arlington High School - Excelsior Yearbook (Arlington, OH)

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'P SAnU1AToRY Lucia Grieser To parents, teachers, friends and schoolmates: I express the deep pleasure which your presence here tonight affords the graduating class of 1959. We ex- tend to you a hearty welcome and promise you the best of our endeavors in pre- senting our Com encement Exercises. l You have come here tonight to witness the climax of our school career. It is true that some of us are looking forward to higher education and, in fact, we are hoping never to stop learning, whether in school or out. But nevertheless, we have reached a definite station at this moment and one that is deemed worthy of celebration. This has been made possible by you, the citizens of this community. Although our Constitution provides for some form of education, it is through the laws of this state that we have our elementary and high schools. Throughout the years, they have depended upon and received your loyal support, both tangible and intangible. You have provided means by which every child, whether rich or poor, whether living in town or far out in the country has the privilege to get this education, and we all know that life without an education is not complete. So this is indeed an occasion for which we are thankful and for which we cannot ex- press our deep appreciation and gratitude. Your presence proves to us that our accomplishment has been worth while, that our labor and work have their reward not only in the diplomas which we shall receive, but also in the satisfaction and respect of our parents, neighbors and schoolmates. Looking back into the past, our memories hold a series of pictures in a pic- ture book, wherein we see ourselves in the-various stages of our growth and de- velopment. First, the beginner, eager, yet frightened and helpless, starting his school career and thinking of the endless years ahead. But primer days passed all too quickly and soon more serious duties rested on our shoulders. Not only were the studies more complicated but there were extra activities that drew our interest and attention: clubs, athletics, programs, social affairs and so on. Our school life grew to be one round of bustle and work and play. Harder and harder we worked, faster and faster flew the wheels of time. And at last we found ourselves hurled into the gaicties of graduation week. Then there were the last festivities to be given, the last parties, the farewell meetings, all very merry, but also tinged with regret that the end had come. Now our ways will go in different directions. Our paths will branch out from this community where we were born and reared. And now, starting out on life's journey, let us take a warning from a few lines of Longfellow's poem, NThe Buildersn. nFor the structure that we raise, Time is with materials filled, Our todays and yesterdays Are the blocks with which we build. Build today then, strong and sure, With a firm and ample base, And ascending and secure Shall tomorrow find its place. Q Wo know your interest and friendship are tw o factors that we shall always have with us ------ just as you have come here to our Commencement program. And as we thank you now, so we shall always thank you. V fe

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'VLLEDICTCRY Q summary J Miriam Ruth Glick Parents, Friends, Teachers, and Classmates: we say that people attend school to receive an education. What do we mean by education? The Board of Inquiry of New York defined education as the preparation for living. It is true that the home and church must also play a part in the process of education. But, are our schools doing their part? From 1915 to 1957 the enrollment of high school students has increased boo percent. All of these students come from a variety of family backgrounds: rich and poor, native born and foreign parontage, farmers and salesmen, skilled and unskilled workers. The schools are not prepared to meet the varied needs of these pupils. The high school curriculum was planned for those who go to college, but, since only one-fifth of the students go to college, the schools fail to meet the needs of the other four-fifths. If education is to meet the needs of all its students, it must deal with the problem of individ- ual training and responsibility. In other words, the school today must help the student discover his own possibility for making a living in this rapid changing world and to see the importance of his own responsibility in a demo- cratic society. In preparing youth for self support, the school must recognize two fac- tors: flj the general pattern and needs of the economic system and C21 the skill of the individual. A great change in the proportion of vocational ac- tivities has taken place in this country. The school must be aware of this change for an adequate education would provide the student with adaptable equipment rather than a limited skill in one area, which may become obsolete in this rapid changing world. In order that the schools may provide a more adequate education, a new program is being planned. Let us hope that this plan will be successful and that in the future, our schools will be able to do their part in preparing youth for living. And now the time has cone for us to face the fact that we are going on, leaving for all time these familiar halls, those teachers, whom we have learned to love, and our classmates with whom we shall never again be associ- ated in just the same way. For some of us there is more education, a continuation of the days we have known in the past. For others there is a change that must be made from the preparatory phase of life. And each one of us has been thinking and think- ing. What is best for us? In which course lies happiness, success, and well being? Wherever our lots may be cast, whether in pleasant places or among the thorns and briars of 1ife's pathway, we shall often think of our school days at Arlington High School. They will be like seeds which will grow and come into gorgeous and fruitful maturity in the years to come. And in bidding you farewell, we, the graduating class of 1959, wishes to thank you for all you have done for us. we shall be students as long as we live and shall, in the years to come, look back upon what you have made pos- sible by your zeal and leadership, for to educate is to lead out--to guide from the known forward into the greater unknown. Now we shall say WFarewellW with the realization that our ambitions are now enshrined in your hearts and in ours. .iff lv .H ', I

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