Chittenango Central School - Palladium Yearbook (Chittenango, NY)

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To the Clot» of 1972. Congrotu lotions to you ond your fomilies on your achievement upon completing high school I hope you will continue to ochieve ond gam even more totitfoction m your future endeovort. Chittenongo groduotes hove always been known to ossume responsibilities at the earliest possible oge upon leaving high school Mony go on to further schooling, others go immediately to work, quite o few prefer to ossume the responsibility of fulfilling their militory obligation, ond a number enter mornoge All of the above are challenges that you should opproach os odults and not |ust as another form of corefree student life is onother responsibility you will face that shoufd be undertaken with sincerity and infer- os c ghth groders you 'ookpo-t in the school's first political convention No you ore ihof will en|Oy the right to vote even before many of you leave higtj iool I speak of your right to »ot« m elections in your community, stote, ana noiior. low may hove heord odults criticize this mvohement for the young. Youth hos often replied with the ottitude that things couldn't be any worse This rhetoric is not important. The reol significance is your interest in the issues that are followed by your ballot of the polls. In a democracy such as oi-s ♦ » Wovor of the post will be chonged somewhat by the ideals of the future That future is your voting m the earliest possible •lections .n which you or eligible. We of school hope »hot you hove been prepared to meet this new challenge ond responsibility that hos been thrust upon you I would We to borrow o thought expressed by Kathy Sams -vo speech at Eight» Grade Gradua on in June 1 968: '’Education prepares us to face this hjturr - latever it may turn out to be. In hmei know how to rely WelveTln cose o'M we will occept it prward to Succeed at our next chance. On flye other bond when we reoch a no crina us to a point of failure.' .... .V, -. - ■s all about. Through our right to vote opportunity to help our government overt through the ng -! to »ote, we car •omo»»- • «■r '-om office who desire such a position for c a n reeds Tt.s, se portiopa o- i -portant It ho» been a pleasure to be with the Cos» of I 972 ou hove odded o greot amount of enthusi- osrn to ChiMenongo Central School Please ca'r A.»h , 5 wherever you moy go Sincerely, WARREN E JEROME rhool Principal Ooss of 1972: Groduotion from h»gh school is an achievement which is worthy of eo- ' ervdotion. 1 congratulate you, the Ooss of 1972, fc- having accomplished this primory goal. It e my fur- ther wish that each of you os individuals will not allow this to become your hnol gool Bother moy commencement be a stort- ag pomi from which you seek to attain further successes, not only toward self -.provement but also toward the improve ment of ooi s xiety os a whole I CHARLES F Assistant P or V $ L School