Athens High School - Athenian Yearbook (Athens, MI)

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Valedictory ONE STEP AT A TIME, BUT ALWAYS FORWARD Yes, this 1S it' This is the night to Wh1Ch we have long looked forward, our graduation This 1S the night when we shall meet for the last time as the class of fifty seven, the night when we must stop thinking of our School Days and start th1nk1ng of our Future Days Those days should be happy ones that w1ll lead us closer and closer to our goal which we can reach only through time and education We believe that when we receive our high school d1plomas, we have completed our f1rst step in education But aside from getting our diplomas, we have also accomplished something else We have learned how to get along with other people and we have made fr1ends These are accomplishments that w1ll hold a pos1t1on of importance throughout our entire l ives This first goal has been a big step, and we have all enjoyed taking it as a class But once this phase is f1RlShed we must push lt from our most immediate thoughts and turn to future goals The steps cult to take, others may be small and easy It all depends upon us as individuals Even though it is only one step at a time, we must take them forward, and make the most of them For if we are to reach the highest goal that we have set for ourselves, we must work hard, study hard, and do our best in everything Today, the greatest goal for each and every one of us 1S to reach for a free world We must str1ke out communism and its deadly ways We must strike out the dictatorships, and people who want to destroy our free world We must do these Ch1HgS if we are to keep our much loved freedom We will have to fight for freedom for the rest of our l1ves if we wish to keep it The people of today, including myself, think of freedom as something that has always been but we are all mistaken' A lot of our boys have died for our country, fighting for the freedom they all loved But these won't be the last Many more will sacri fice their lives before we will have a completely free world We must learn in order to be brave, we must learn 1n order to be strong, and last, but not least, we must learn how to 1mPIOVe our world We must make it a better place 1n which to live, for the generation of today, and for the up coming one of tomorrow So that we can make it a better world, we must fight against communism and agression Yesterday, today, or tomorrow, to Wh1ChEVeI t1me we turn our thoughts, the tomorrows are always the br1ghtest hopes So, 1f we take one step at a time, but always forward, the brightest hopes of tomorrow will continue to be bright, and we will surely succeed Jean Wise Valed1ctor1an f , . . . ll H - ' ' I1 ll that we have yet to take are many. Some may be very large and diffi-

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Salutatory A THOUSAND NEW FRONTIERS The wo d FlOHC19l has oeen used many years When our great great granof thers used the word, Lt was usually appl1ed to the unsettled part Ol ou1 then very new country However the word flontler may mean any une plo ed 11eld of clence, educat on, LHVQUKLOD, or way of llfe The e new fleld are llways a soc1ateo Wlth a challenoe wh1ch we must meet and overcome as our ance tors met and conquered the1r 1ront1ers n we were 1U Grad cnool, QTHOUHUIOH seemed l1rc a D15 chal cn lOnvQhE, we cross hat fnrst rront1er, we reallze that we have onlf 11, ed one o tl lJgLSt th1ngs we have to worl for now Jo c peace e 1C det rmrned to worl extra ha d for th1s peace LOL N ll b lre e n the ana LHl1Q that Lecps our country strong, far u 5 edt sLr1d h1ve oven ta en ln the f1e1d of med1clne and C1LUCC, l ke the d coJery of th Salk lol1o VaCL1HG nd the greater under t HdlHg O1 heart o1s e out the1e are st1ll many th1ngs to be done Atomlc eneloy ws an m ortant f1eld We have learned a great deal anout the UGSL1UCC1V9 power of tomlc energy, now we must con cent tc on USLDO lt for teaccrul ou Loses Then there are the many n1nds of worn that recelve l1ttle pra1se These are the everyday Jobs that the most of us w1ll 1111 Though can t see lt now, these pOS1tlOHb are as essent1al as any of those con nected w1th fame Where would our country be today 1f lt were not for the OfflCG glfl, the factory worler, the store clerk the farmer, and the many other people who f1ll the everyday Jobs that bu1ld our countryf These people have an 1mportant role 1H bu1ld1ng Amerrca, and lt w1ll be on the1r shoulders that the fate of our country lles Our parents and teachers have helped us all they can and now lt lS up to us Some members of th1s class W111 go to college for further educatlon, out many of us w1ll go to work 1n bUS1HSSS or lHdUSCfy W1th1H a few weeks No matter what f1eld we enter we must remember tHqt lt 1S not what an lHd1VLdU3l does, but how he does lt Our n1che 1S as lmportant as the neyt persons, and we can f1ll lt wlth credlt There are many doors open to Lh1S graduat1ng class of nlneteen hundred f1fLy seven, and w must do our best w1th the educatlon we have We all want to male our parents proud of us, and I am sure we shall succeed Now, as we have conquered one Frontler, we w1ll SCf1Ve to conquer the many new ones that l1e ahead Darlene Martln Salutatorlan X -.1 1- ' 1 ' . L . - - - ,la , . D -., L 1 C ' .1 , ' . , ' M 5. . , . b . 1 . If .L S ' L ' 1 . . , . H . s- s tr a el 'ss H - - , '. 1 .- ' E ' 1 , , 3 . . ' 1 ' 'i' J ' ' I - Xhme fa 1 'fa If e s l F 1 ' . . .. . :- f A ' 1 - - ' . - ' la ge. T LU as t .. ' A .. . 2 . ,C M -' , ' r - .3 3,t,L, , r le are a fc - is V rl! 1' B. W a'Q ' Le' ' - ' 1 sf ' , 5 r fe am e.f v i T 1.2 f1F ' ffl ' ' 1 . . J . - , H- ' ' '7 or Freedom. There are other lmyO1LJHt frontlers whlch OlfEI a challenoe . 1 1, - ' 1 ' J ': 3 , 'Z 2, ' ' QS t 3 an f- ' 1 1 -Q ' J 5 -fo M . -rv :fl If 'J - ' ' ' Q ' D ' .,.1. 4.53 N-- C V . ' rs a ' ' I cas g ' t ' ' ' . t ' 'fer L i'P 'L' . ' ' ' , 4 3 . ,, - ' ., . . - 'v r , .- g ,, , 'u LL - - - A 1: , .... J ff J - - L, 11, . .. . . . . , , , . . . C. . we , , . . . q . f - . . . 1 . Y :I , . . . P . . . . . . . . . , . . , c . . . . . x I , . , . . H- D . c . Q ' . . ,

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