Bagley HigH School - Cardinal Yearbook (Tahlequah, OK)

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THE OPEN DOOR Frxends and Schoolmates Truly, in this hour of commencement we are not closmg a door upon what ll now past but rather we are opemng a door that w1ll lead us xnto new areas of l1fe And xt IS xn these new areas of hvlng that we anticxpate practxcmg the very prm c1ples wh1ch we have been 1earn1ng the past four years Now are we ready to buxld the house of character for wh1ch so long we have been lay1ng four-dat1ons The success whxch we seek and the success wh1ch we shall ach1eve w1ll be due largely to our recogmtxon of the mherent values of the truths wh1ch we have learned mn these years of our preparat1on for world cxtxzenshxp Ours 15 the task 1n the world of tomorrow to brmg to fulfmll ment all of the dreams and ambxtlons wh1ch we have held m our mmds and wh1ch we belxeve to be essent1a1 xn enablxng men to l1ve 1n an ordered and peaceful world We concezve of our educat1on as a prwxlege afforded us to become the competent servants of a world 1n wh1ch we feel that we have not only a place but also a destmy to fulfxll As a class of world servants we wzll cons1der no task as ever bexng beneath our d1gn1ty and we w1ll dare to belxeve that every task merxts our absolute s1ncer1ty and challenges our personal competencmes to ach1eve It We w1ll not shxrk respons1b1l1ty but rather we w1ll seek xt we w11l not turn from labor but we w1ll pursue xt Whatever may be the nature of the responsxbllltxes wh1ch come to us we are now ready to assume them and to dxscharge them to the very best of our ab1l1t1es To do less than th1s would be to break faxth w1th th1s our Alma Mater and brmg d1sgrace upon our ldeals of serv1ce To th1s end we pledge ourselves mmdful of the world of wxsdom wh1ch declare that whosoever heareth these saymgs and doeth them w1ll be lxkened unto a w1se man who buxlt h1s house upon a rock and the ram descended and the floods came and the wmds blew and beat upon that house and It fell not for It was founded upon a rock To you, our parents who have made poss1ble th1s our educat1on we thank you to you our lnstructors who have d1l1gently apphed yourselves to the task of teach1ng us we thank you and to all who have made th1s educat1onal pr1v1lege our possess1on we salute you w1th gratltude Lena Panter Salutatorlan ' 1 1 ' ' ' 1 1 1 u 1 . . - 1 1 1 . 1 u - , ' 1 1 . . . . . . 1 p 1 1 . 1 1 I! . , 1 g 1 1 u . . . . 1 1 1 1 1 , .