Brady High School - Bulldog / Spotlight Yearbook (Brady, MT)

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8] Tub Snitlii: ii t .. ..................................................................IIMIII ....................11 Ml M111II • ltt l H1111111111 It 11 It i «11II111II11II11111!. Hard, persist ent effort alone will conquer in the many battles we must fight, and the discouragements that all of ns are bound to meet. We hope to profit by other people’s experiences, and follow the example set before its by so many of onr friends, who have already met and compiered life’s problems. Our attainments in the last few years have been many. We’ve earned some of them by diligent study, but we are also deeply indebted to those whose in- fluences have helped ns. Oentlemeu of the Hoard of Trustees, we realize that your influence has done much to enable ns to stand here tonight, ready to take our place in a national life. We see that it is our duty to get something out of that life and make our- selves worthy citizens of your community. Von have a right to ask ns what we intend to get from a world of such wonderful promises; and we shall answer readily, that it will be all that we put into it. Nothing more can la expected and we feel confident that if we do our best, all of yon and all of ns will t e jierfecth satisfied with the results. Let ns not forget our instructors. We Iiojh that the teachers we’ve had will feel the same assurance that we appreciate their efforts. We know they’ve been discouraged at times, and many would have given up in despair at the seem- ingly hqpeless tasks before them. However, by their diligent work and js»r- severanee, they’ve helped ns to the gateway of an unknown future, much better than many could have done. We linjie to partly rew ard their efforts by emerging from the field—not vanquished, but victorious. We sincerely hojie that all of these people, the trustees, our friends, .Miss l lake, Mr. IVterson, and Mr. Hawley, w id accept our humble thanks now, and though our words cannot possibly convey tin full strength of our feeling ot gratitude, that feeling is there. To our friends of the lower chisses we leave these few parting words. We hope that you will profit by onr experiences. If we've done well, may you also do well. If we’ve taken the wrong path, then it will Ik much nastier for yon to take the right one. Now. we shall enter onr work knowing what is expected of ns, and know ing also that we are aide to meet those requirements. The world summons ns to aelinn. Lei as answer the call with a hearty “We'ii read ! IV»rewell. .M .xkv Kokk. -b.

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V ALE DICTORI AN'S ADDRESS l ndies, lentlenien, and Fellow Schoolmates : Tonight, to nil a pjiea ranees, we shall close the doors of Hrady High School belli ml ns. We have f inn II y come to the parting of the ways. Which way each of ns takes, shall only lie learned in tIn future. Since so many of our friends here tonight have put a great deal of faith in us, we trust that the years to come will demonstrate to their satisfaction, as well as to our own, that the material we are made of is the kind of which they’ll he proud. We hope to leave our school with high ideals—ideals that will forever re- mind ns of our duty to our community, our state, and above all, our country. We will have a lofty conception as to what our country should l e, and use all our influence to bring her as close to that ideal as possible. Ky using our influence, we wish to have and hold the respect that you folks think is worthy of I rady citizens. In turn, we shall always uphold Bendy, the community where we've been given a wonderful opportunity. Now, since we cannot retreat liehiud the doors of the school we dread to leave liehiml us, we feel that we must enter the school of life with the same cheerfulness and willingness that we entered Hrady High. What we put into life depends upon us, as individuals, ho we expect to lie an asset or a liability ? Shall we do something worthy of the help of our fellow citizens, or shall We forever In a burden on society? Our hopes and ambitious are high. We do not expect to get everything for nothing, because by this time we’ve learned that we, ourselves, must accomplish many services worth while Indore we shall become an asset. First, we must know what it takes to lie a good American citizen. If we wish to lie established on an occupational level worthy of American citizenship, it is our duty to learn how to heroine such a member of our nation. We’ve learned that duty, to some extent at school and at home. We have been cooperative in the activities carried on there, and now, in such a school as that of life, it is certainly necessary that we are co-operative in citizen- ship, too. (Vo|K rution is essential Indore we even consider success. As Kinerson said: All are needed by each one. Nothing is good, when done alone.” so when we begin the road to success, and enter tin working world as citizens, we shall remember that it is to In built upon the effective «service of others. We shall travel at a moderate rate of spt»ed, with the determination that it will lead to success and not destruction.

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T II K s I O T L 1 U II T [9 PRESIDENT'S F ARE W E L L ADDRESS Ladies, (Sentlemen, and Fellow’ Schoolmates. My classmates elected me President of I he Senior class last September, and iliis is the first means I've had to thank them for the help they've given me throughout the year. I wish to say “thank pm now, and though my words may not 1m adequately expressive, I hope each of them will feel as though I'm saying what I think they'd say under the same cirenuistances. Most of us have Ween together four years. We've worked hard and played hard together. We know each other's faults and virtues, and though all of us have been extremely critical of our classmates and schoolmates, let us hope that when we enter that “other school, we will realize those faults in ourselves and try to correct them. Our last four years have ln en glorious ones, brimful of happiness and joy- ous anticipation. I say anticipation because every one of ns was always anx- iously waiting for what “would come next, and since so much of our time was spent in anticipation, we had almost reached our first real goal without a thought of the future. However, we realized before it was too late, that there are so many big things in life, that we cannot rush madly on to this first goal, wit In ni t thinking what we will do after we reach it. Therefore, these last few mouths, our minds were filled with troubled Iliwlights—wondering what we will do when we are not tied to our mother's apron strings, when we will not have our teachers to I.. us over the rocks in our way, when we will not have the support of our loyal friends, and the citizens of Hrady. We wisli to express our gratitude now. to our teachers and friends, who have helped ns so much. We cam look into the past at numerous victories and achievements. 'There have I MX ii many of them, but there have also been many failures. It may have been natural to become discouraged llien, but it doesn't seem possible that we will ever lie discouraged again, as we know that the future holds yet mfue wonderful promises of great and glorious tilings to come. Of course, we know that this world contains its joys and sorrows, and that only sunshine and no darkness would quickly lead to perdition. Part of our sorrows were suffered in silence and part of our joys were realized in silence, but on the whole, we invited tlie public to share them both. After all, if we use discretion, we can bear those pains and realize our joys much easier if some one shares them. W hen we entered High School, a glowing horizon was painted before ns, and our supreme ambition was to finish the Senior studies offered. We’ve fin- ished them—how well only the future can tell us, but we hope to justify the faitli our friends and parents have in us by taking an advantageous position