Flemington High School - Memories Yearbook (Flemington, WV)

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THE CLIMAX 9 This occasion is the climax of our youth. Through patient perseverance and conscientious work we have com- pleted our school course. Now we are preparing to rise higher on the ladder of life. Prom the very second that one is born, his destiny is contemplated by a cornucopia of people, therefore we, as graduating seniors, must diligently strive to become spokes in the great wheel of progress. There are two plans of life. One leads to eternal happiness; the other ends in a disrupted, sorry soul. These highways of life are not chosen for you. You, through your own discretion, select the course you will follow. It is the philosophy of such wonderful men as Father Flanagan that No one is really born bad. In this principle I also believe. One s character is moulded in childhood. If he has always known grief and infinite woe, he will undoubtedly feel that his life has been one of utter sacrifice and want to get revenge, but if he has had impartial parents and teachers who have invested him with comprehension, he will feel the world to be a sanctuary instead of a wicked dungeon. Let us now visualize the future of the present day teen-ager. Will his words and actions be immortal or will they be quickly obliterated? Graduation is a beginning and an end for all of us here. It terminates the time during which we were under the supervision of and dependent upon others. It is the beginning of a new life of independence. We are no longer students with childish views and conceptions, but we are adults with the world facing us. If we are simply an idle braggart, complete failure will be our compensation. On the other hand, if we are industrious and kind, great joy and tranquillity will remain with us. Wherever v e may be cast, whether it be in pleasant places or among the thorns and briar3 of life's pathways, we shall often think of our classrooms, just how each student looked, remember some pleasant incident, and think how short those hapny school days were. We shall then know how to say, Our school days were the happiest days of our life. Though we are saying farewell, our friendship and sympathy will never cease.

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10 The Climax (cont.) You to the left and I to the right, for the ways Of men must sever, And it well may be for a day and a night. And it well may be forever. But whether we bleed or whether we smile IN the leagues that lie before us. The wars of life are many a mile and the dark OF fate is o’er us. Hero’s luck and cheer in the dark before us. Teachors and school companions, one and all, with a last lingering look at the setting sun of our high-school days shining with a tender radiance, clothing all the scene with glorious beauty, we turn and i ix our gase upon the day just dawning. Anna Milinovich, Valedictorian