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We Dedicaie . . . . . . the 1959 FORESTER to a tangible symbol of the three years that have shaped our lives. Often welcome, sometimes resented, it has shared our moods, our emotions, and our days. Now, as our days shorten, it rings not so shrilly to our filling hearts as we pen this tribute to the Forest Park Bell. Our bell has no crack, yet, it is a liberty bell, a bell that represents fulfillment through the liberty of the human mind. Our bell tolls no knell, but it does stand for spirit, our collective spirit, and, more important, our individual spirits-strong, free, and humble. A Q. x 1' ,'. r 1 X f l Q 1 1 aczwl U is if-1- QC 1 ',a. . Q ,q11f.'1.Q,,' . 1l', ,'-4'T H .A,' .li . Symbol of the red schoolhouse of days long past, the bell is education, wholly American, it is a striving toward ideals. Today our bell is electric, dynamic, resounding, truly representative of our time and our future. long after we have answered its final summons, the school bell shall continue to serve, not only our youth, but our lunborn generations. As long as men's hearts thirst for truth, its ring shall be the call intoythe light. J.,-,YS 'V 'fgifff ' Q. .fi .. ' , I 'fp'
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