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Page 24 text:
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VALEDICTORY ADDRES: Mme. Chairman, Headmistress, Staff, Students and friends of Elmwood. The mystique that we frequently attach to long awaited events result not only from the excitement of the event itself but from a slight inability to believe that it is actually taking place. Graduation is one such event, and even to those of us who have expected, even ardently wished it for a long time, it comes tonight as something of a shock. If you look very carefully at us you will notice that our faces show mixed emotions, as we are drawn irresistably toward reflection on the years we have spent at Elmwood. Each year carries with it it ' s own special memories. Elmwood is a learning in- stitution, and it is here, over a number of years, that we have grown and learned. Many of our memories have little to do with the academic side of life at Elmwood. Instead they are connected with the times we have spent as a class or with other students and staff on the school trips, sport teams, committees, plays, choirs, or simply just sitting around together. Our final year stands distinctly apart from those which preceded it. It has been a difficult year, and a time for much sober reflection. It has caused us to make decisions about our future which in many cases force us to adjust our goals to suit our abilities, and not the opposite. Our common anxieties and difficulties ultimately drew us closer together as we became better acquainted with each other. Grade 13 of next year, you have a hard year ahead of you, but it will not be long before you assume our places here on the stage. Among you are the student leaders of the school, whose job it will be to serve and represent the interests of all Elmwood students. To you, Martha, the house prefects and the other prefects, I owe a great debt of gratitude. To you Rose, it is my wish that you be blessed with as conscientious and caring a group of prefects as I have been. To the other grade thirteens and the grade twelves who helped us this year, you lightened the load, and we are grateful to you. This has been something of a banner year in the way of change, yet these changes have not, and will not diminish Elmwood ' s greatest strength: its people, staff and students alike. Our sincere thanks to all of you who have helped to make our years here special, including our parents. I think that the graduating class share in my hope that the friendships we have made here will endure in the years to come. To those of you who will be returning in the fall, enjoy your time here, because it will pass very quickly. The valedictory is a speech of farewell, because though many of us will be back at some time or another, a part of us will be left here; a part which can never be regained. Tonight we take the necessary step of leaving that protected environment that is high school, and go our seperate ways. As it is said in THE PROPHET: The noontide is upon us and our half-waking has turned to fuller day, and we must part. Goodbye and thank you
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PREFECTS Left to Right: Lisa Stillborn, Jennifer Bindman, Rachel Gray, Martha Gall, Jennifer Leslie, Danielle Thompson, Judi Steiner, Anne Tessier, Darya Farha. 2)
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