Bedford High School - Talisman Yearbook (Temperance, MI)

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faefofrj Parents Faculty Fnends and Fellow Classmates Tontght rt IS my pr1v1lege to welcome you to the srxth annual classntght program of Bedford Htgh School As we approach the trme whrch 1S draw1ng the curtatns on our hrgh school days we reahze how s1gn1f1cant and rmportant IS the name of Senror whlch syrnbohzes the hlghest potnt of our hrgh school educatlon We have spent many hours of loy and sorrow and of duty and pleasure w1th our classmates as we torled along together for twelve years constantly str1v1ng to achreve the knowl edge understand1ng and porse whtch the youth of today must brrng to the world of tomorrow We reahze that the great men and women of the future are the rndustnous boys and gtrls of today As we step out of School Ltfe tnto Lrfe s School we must forget the d1gn1ty accredrted to us by the underclassmen Our superrorrty wtll dtsappear as darkness gtves way to dawn and we wtll once agaln become groptng helpless freshmen 1n a school larger than anyone can tmagtne However let us not be dtsmayed or dlscouraged as ahead of us hes a new and broader l1fe Exactly what th1s hfe wtll be IS uncertam But 1t IS th1s very uncertamty that makes hfe worth l1v1ng lf we knew what lay ahead of us l1fe would be monotonous unbearable and strangely lacklng rn adventure No matter what pos1t1ons we may f1ll rn the future or what honors may fall to us there w1ll always be respons1b1l1ty for each of us to assume Through the constant guldance of our parents teachers and frrends we have learned to accept th1s responslbthty w1th d1gn1ty courage and farth The future greets us wtth golden promrses of success but as we look back over the experlences of the past years whtch have flowed by so swtftly ana hrelessly we reahze all too well the many treasures from whlch we are about to part Although we are leavmg we wtll never forget the deep attachments tormed here at Bedford I-hgh School ln becomtng the leaders of tomorrow let us never forget the prrceless lessons we have leamed here the value of frrend slup the need for cooperatron and the confldence rn our own abthty to do T tese lessons w1ll serve us well rn Lue s School for hfe IS the best and most exactrng teacher of all Soon tonrght wlll b but a cherrshed memory so As we leave school hfe at Bedford Hlgh A l1fe that s been work and fun We fully reahze the task ahead Ere we can say to ourselves well done u We are standrng tontght on the h1ll of farth Ready to enter tte sc tool of hfe Beady to do our part tn a world Where beauty and chaos are rue Vrrgtnta Smlth CU xx4,f V 1 , 1 1 1 1 1 I - 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 . , . 1 1 , 1 1 - 1 . . 1 1 1 - V . 1 I I ' , . , . w , , Q ,, , r c ., , 1 1 1 1 1 , , 1 1 t . ,A ,

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OVMLJM Parents teachers classmates and friends We trre graauatrng class of 1932 are deeply grateful to you for the ard comfort and protection you nave g ven us tnrougnout our school days It rs true tnat we have not always seemea appreciative rn fact we have often been resentful and reluctant as we have followed your rules regulations and requests However now rn retrospect we realrze now fortunate we have been rn having guidance of such worth Today we follow tomorrow we lead rs our class motto Wrth thrs motto rn mrnd we have trred to grasp all that we could from the leadership you have given as We realized we would be the leaders of tomorrow As freshmen rn hrgh school we felt we had ample trme Graduation seemed far away But the trme has passed swrftly and we are now at the door of graduation It is trme for us to stop following and begrn leadrng Are we ready? ln order to answer thrs all enveloping question let us dwell for a few mo ments on the qualities of a good leader I am sure we wrll find these qualities practically the same whether one plans to go on for higher education enter the armed forces work rn an office or become a day laborer Why do these varrous walks of lrfe require the same qualities of leadership? Because we are all crtrzens of the greatest democracy on thrs earth the United States of America One could list many qualrtres of fine leadership but rn my opinion loyalty sard and l quote rn part to the support of the Constitution let every American pledge hrs life hrs property and hrs sacred honor Let every man remember that to vrolate the law rs to trample on the blood of hrs fathers and to tear the Charter of hrs own and hrs children s lrberty let reverence for the Constrtutron be the political relrgron of the Nation and let the old and the young the rrch and the poor t re grave and the gay of all sexes and tongues and colors and condrtrons sacrrfrce unceasrngly upon rts altars tUnquoteJ May we rn our leadership always and ever follow these precepts It rs then and then only that we can have our small share rn makrng the World truly safe for democracy We must make those who follow us realrze the worth rn the words of Abraham Lincoln We must lead them down the straight path We will probably make mistakes but wrth the gurdrng hand of God upon us we can hope they wrll not be ones that can take the heart from Democracy We strll have much to learn but we are wrllrnq As our followrng must end so our leadrng must begrn We go wrth our heads hrgh and our hearts staunch fn conclusron parents teachers and friends you have done your part well now the resoonsrbrlrty lres wrthrn us It was yesterday We went into the dark tunnel groprng For knowledge as we followed those leadrng Now rt rs today And we emerge our goal there frndrng We turn back soon thrs trme to be leadrng Thank you Mary DuBry Orator 0 1 1 A -I F r -f V lf , ' 1 r ' l 1 . ' , w . F I I , A . , , I r V I to the Constitution of our Country embodies all of them. Abraham Lincoln once , . I I I , I L . I V V 1 I A 4 I I ' I 1 ' ' ' . I I I V l I I ,

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Mew Parents Faculty Classmates and Frrends For us the members of the graduatrng class of 1952 th1s1s an evenrng whrch has been symbolrc of the years of apprentlceshlp whrch are now raptdly draw 1ng to a close They have been for us a tlme of Joy and hope tempered wrtn work an occaslonal sorrow and somet1mes almost complete despatr But through them all has run the deep current of love and affectron w1th whlch our parents and teachers have never farled to strengthen us Now at th1s moment as never before we have come to real1ze that the trme IS approaching when we rnust take our place 1U the world of men and serve as the wellsprtng of 1nsp1rat1on and courage for those who Wlll follow ln our paths Perhaps the words of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow rn all the1r slmple elo quence can crystalllze for us here tonlght the thoughts and feellngs whlch are str1v1ng for consclous real1zat1on In hts st1rr1ng poem the Psalm of Llfe he counsels us tn th1s manner Lrves of great men all rernrnd us We can make our lrves subl1me When departrng leave behrnd us Pootprlnts 1n the sands of trme Let us then be up and dolng W1th a heart for any fate Sttll ach1ev1ng sttll pursutng Learn to labor and to wart What a challenge these words brtng to us tonrghtl Down the long and torturous paths of htstory have walked many men who have rndeed set an ex ample for us As th1s challenge IS before us we must ask ourselves what per sonal qualttles these men possessed that enabled them to leave the1r footprtnts rn the sands of tzrne The tralts that constttute a person of true Worth have been embodred rn one of our greatest Amerrcans Abraham Ltncoln He possessed above all a srncere humrllty that endeared hlm to the hearts of the mtghty and made h1m a champron of the weak Th1s story of the great man has been gtven to us by One nrght he dreamed that he was rn a crowd when someone recognrzed hun as the Presldent and exclarrned rn surprtse He IS a very common lookrng man Whereupon Llncoln answered Frrend the Lord prefers common lookmg people That 15 the reason he makes so many of them Although we are sornetlmes 1ncl1ned to thlnk of Lrncoln as a man of great sertousness one who carrled the heavy werght of personal sorrow as well as that of hrs less fortunate brothers he drd tn real1ty have a most dellghttul sense of humor as necessary 1n those troubled days as rn our tlme And who IS there that can auestlon the honesty lntegrtty and tolerant attrtude that he prac trced rn hrs affa1rs'? Wlth these qualttles set before us we shall be better able to face the sertous ness of world condltlons However merely meetlng the world as rt ts IS not enough Constant and purposeful strtdes must be made toward a better tomorrow Our prtmary goal must be a world rn whrch there exrsts a Just and perma nent peace Our whole generatlon was concerved and reared durlng a ttme when war seemed to be the rule rather than the exceptlon Shall our entrre ltves be spent tn the shadow of fear of even greater and more terrible v1olence'? No NG must strrve to develop an attttude of tolerance and mutual respect and above all a f1rm belref rn the d1gn1ty of the 1nd1v1dual man Wtth our srghts set on such a course great advances can be made 1n the scrences arts and humanrtres for all down to the most humble among us For 1f there IS even one among us who rs 1n need can we rest sat1sf1ed Wlth our labors? Such a far stghted person as Frankhn Delano Roosevelt would have answered as thus The test of our progress rs not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much rt 1S whether we provrde enough for those who have ltttle Thank you and farewell Lots lean Howard Valedrctorlan f , f , , I . , . , , . , ' , . Iames Morgan. I' V I 1 I . , Q , , I . I . . , - , 5 V I I I ' I ' - , . .