Girard College - Corinthian Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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Dear Mr. Girard, Your college has been our home and our school for the past t en years, and now, with our school work completed, we shall graduate to another level of life. To separate from our friends and to leave behind all that has given meaning to our lives is the reality of our second commencement. With your help we have been growing and learning and preparing for this beginning. Looking back through the years, we can see ourselves entering the Main Gate for the first time, timid Newbies” gazing in awe at Founder’s Hall, where you now rest. We remember vividly the fears and the wondering of that first day. Today we have reached our first goal, and we face a new beginning. Now that we are looking forward to our colleges, our jobs, our new responsibilities, and our larger independence in this turbu¬ lent world, we feel proud of our training, proud of our heritage, proud of being Girardians. Blended with this pride there is a sadness as we leave, for we are parting from friends, both adults and class¬ mates. We arc leaving the playing fields, the halls, and the class¬ rooms which have been a part of our growing and learning. We must go, however, because we must begin a new life. We, the class of 1957, want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts, Mr. Girard, for the opportunities we have received and the education we have been given through your generosity and the fulfillment of your dreams. You have helped thousands of boys and we arc of them. In our lives hereafter, we shall try to emulate your life, and to make our creed of living your words, My deeds must be my life. When I am dead, my actions must speak for me.” We shall never forget your unselfishness and benevolence towards us, Mr. Girard, and we will always remain loyal to you and your school. The Class of 19 57

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OFFICE OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT To the Graduates of 1957: May you be brave and cheerful as you start out today into a world that desperately needs you and eagerly awaits your performance. Wherever you go, in any part of our great nation, you will face the persistent and recurring problems of economic self sufficiency, loyal citizenship and the good life for which every generation of graduates must search out its own answers. Opportunities have never been greater, rewards never higher, nor pitfalls ever deeper. As the complexity of life increases, the period of preparation becomes never ending and, consequently, you must strive to remain the learner even as you become the doer or the server. An open mind, a cooperative attitude and a willing spirit will be the chief components in your efforts to make a contribution to mankind. To this end your Girard education can serve you well. The long years you have spent in this great school and the lessons you have learned here have, we hope, laid the foundation for a well informed and thinking mind, controlled emotions, a deep faith in God and your fellowman. May you build upon that foundation a structure which, like the Biblical house built upon the rock, will stand firm against all the adversities of life. Men of ' 57, you have earned our affection and respect during your years at Girard. Find a spot in your minds and hearts to place our deep desire that you may live long, fruitful, happy years, and our hope that the challenges of life will always bring out your best. Sincerely yours, - far ■ rtywedmann Vice-President

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ACTIVITIES If activities are wholesome, youths themselves become wholesome, and they will grow up into well conducted and virtuous citizens. - Plato