Friends Central School - Record Yearbook (Overbrook, PA)

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talces and shortcomIngs of yesterday and use our experIence and traInIng IN burldrng lor tomorrow l-lere at l:rIends Central we have receIved excellent traInIng and guIdance through out our school lIle, and for thIs we oller our srncere apprecIatIon to Dr Jones and the faculty We are also sIncerely grateful to our parents for SIVIHQ us the opportunity of comIng here Today we dISbdUd as a class, henceforth we shall be lcnown as IndIvIduals Many of us wIll enter other InstItutIons of learnlng Qthers of us wIll hnd posItIons In the busIness world and wIll turn to the tasl4 of earnIng a lIvIng But wherever we are, whatever we do, we are now IndIvIduals recognrzed lor our own merrts and accomplIsh ments Never have we had greater need of character of VISION of courage and lauth In ourselves Qur country IS young and It, lrlce ourselves, IS startlng on a new era ID whlch It hnds Itself compelled to change many of ItS customs and Instrtutrons It has a future of lf1l:l nrtely greater possIbIlItIes than those of whlch any past age has ever dreamed lts prob VISION to bulld a natIon free from the defects of the past Every one of us has a character, and each character IS dIFlerent from all others Part of our character IS born In us, the rest IS developed through traInIng and experIence as we pass through llle Qur character IS deep wIthIn us and IS the controlllng force of our IVCS lt dICtdtZS every Important decIsIon we malce and on It depends our success or laIlure, our happrness or unhapprness l-lere at Frrendsl Central, ID the classrooms, In our socIal actIvItIes, through contacts wIth the faculty and our lrrends, and on the athletrc lIelds, our characters have been carefully molded Into what they are today As we go on through lIle our characters wIll contrnue to grow, and now we alone are responsIble lor theIr development ID a manner whIch wIll malce us more desIrable men and women We are sorry to leave l:rIends Central and ItS CDVIVODS It has been a most Important lactor ID the shaprng ol our lIves, and happy memorIes of the school wIll remaIn wIth us always We hope that the Splflt ol our class wIll contrnue to lIve, and that as tIme goes on we shall come baclc here as dlUmUI But now we must peer Into the future wIth fervent expectatIon and awart wIth eagerness what lIle has to otler Edwrn Marlcel ' I I I . . lems are a challenge to us. Qur country needs men and women with character and with

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SALUTATORY E ol the Sensor class extend a cordlal welcome to the mothers and fathers, to our teachers and schoolmates vvho have come to help us enjoy thas our Class GY Together vve have vvorlced and played lor quite a tevv years There rs no need to elaborate on the happiness We have earned and the lmovvledge vve have obtarned here at Frrends Central As we loolc baclc on the many happy hours spent together, we are glad that we have at last reached thus one ol our most rmportant red letter days Qur gratrtude for the happy years and for vvhat vve have learned go hrst of all to our parents They have made all ol thus possrble vvlth thelr constant help and therr loving care Unselhshly they have made many sacrrhces to gave us this great opportunrty They alone can understand the true srgnrhcance that thus day has lor us We lmovv that they vvlll contnnue therr larth an us as they have done unlarlnngly rn the past May vve next thanlc Dr Jones, our prrnclpal, and the members ol the faculty Through therr guidance and teaching we are novv prepared to look lute rn the lace and to step lorvvard unalrard May vve lulhll the hopes ol our lrrends by becomlng successful and rendering service an the drlterent helds vve have chosen and may we remember that vvhatever we may achieve we ovve to our training at home and at school And novv we vvant all of you to join In the laughter and garety ol thus Class Day and help us forget for a levv hours that thus as our last Fling of lun as hugh school students that tomorrovv we vvrll be alumna of Frnends Central School pOllYdl'1I'1d Young VALEDICTGRY ODAV vve talce an Important step on the pathway of lute The past cannot be re -lrcaptured, the future must be made We leave behind us that period of youth rn vvhnch vve have been led and guided by our parents and teachers, and vve gaze lor vvard unto the future vvhlch vve must burld for ourselves We should proht by our mrs

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