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 - Class of 1954

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PRE lllll 'l' ADDRESS To many of us what IS about to take place IS an entirely new experience and to others a familiar one Quite naturally this w1ll always be a memorable day for us the graduates of the Class of 1954 It IS one of the most important days of our lives Why IS th1s so? There are many reasons Graduation lS not merely receiving a diploma which to many 1S nothing but a piece of paper with signatures Gradu ation lS a great step forward a step be1ng taken by thousands of other graduating classes of both high schools and colleges ln a sense we are st1ll immature as up until now we have been guided and led by the hand Indeed while self reliance has been encouraged 1t has not been insisted upon A few of us may find 1t quite d1fl1CUll to adiust ourselves to new ways of life Now IS the time now IS our opportunity to prove that we have what 1t takes to go out on our own and l1ve up to our high standards which we have chosen Shall we l1ve up to our great expectations and those of our par FLAVIANO Dl FALCO ents? Time and time alone w1ll tell' Together with time there Wlll b many obstacles which Wlll confront us lvfany of us invariably agree that the present status of world affairs will be a predominating factor The young graduates of today particularly boys those aspiring to institutions of higher learning are the ones who suffer most from th1s adverse condition The thought of many a boy IS Should I go to college and take my chances that I ll be able to finish before bemg called 1nto the service? We shall have two outstandlng tasks to perform namely preparing ourselves for later life and Joining with others in an effort to make this a better world It can not be said that one lS more important than the other They are on an equal basis The first IS an attempt to make ourselves f1t to l1ve with others and the second lS an attempt to make all peoples of the world friends approached them from many angles No one knows how near or how far away the satisfactory solution may be we can only hope for a successful settlement If we should look back as far as l776 when our forefathers such great men as Washington Iefferson Hamilton and the like brought forth the Declaration of Independence and later still The Constitu t1on the Supreme Law of the Land we should immediately realize the great aebt that all citizens of the United States owe to their forefathers These great men too had many difficult problems to solve Economic development also has played and IS playing a manor part in the lives of all our citizens lust stop to consider the progress made s1nce 1775 In travel we have gone from the Conestoga wagon to the present day automobiles trams and airplanes 1n illumination we have gone from candlelight to the fluorescent lamps of today in communications we have gone from the Post in the days of the poet Cowper to the telegraph the telephone and the wireless There are many other things which could be taken into consideration to illustrate how many conven IGHCGS and luxuries we have today Yet are we satisfied? There are other discoveries and develop ments the A bomb and the H bomb for example Science 1S producing such overwhelming power that the men and nations of today face an uncertain future Recent wars have cost many l1ves Is 1t a crazed mind plagued by bell1cose thoughts that drives some of the inhabitants of our world of today to bring about these trag1c cond1t1ons or lS it simply a morbid propensity to world domination and power that has resulted 1n this present state of affairs? Both of these are possible answers but there may be others We as 1I'ldlVldUCIlS are not possessed with such great 1ntell1gence or ability or power that we may simply raise our hands and say to these maladnusted personalities Cease and let the world be peaceful lt would truly be wonderful if you or I could do so but unquestionably we can not for anything that we desire strongly or crave more than any other thlng does not come merely by wishing' fContmuPd on Page 96j 21 I 4 I Il I - ' 1 Men from all walks of life are constantly discussing world conditions and problems and have I I . , , I I L . - I

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