Haverling Central High School - Haverlinguist Yearbook (Bath, NY)

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20 THE HAVERLINGUIST grave, old Seniors of tomorrow. May I add that it will not unlock the doors of the Presbyterian church, nor will it Ht the hearts of stalwart young men, nor can it be used to Hatter the vanities of feminine charm. VVe cannot tarry farther with frivolities--we must refrain from the ridiculous. Seniors of tomorrow, we hope that you will accept this key iii the spirit with which it is intrusted to you. XV e beg of you, fellow-students of Haverling, to use this key wisely and guard it carefully because it must be passed along to classes that are to follow you. g Now it remains for us to bid farewell to Haverling. Finally, Haverling, with our surren- der of you to the Class of '27 goes our hearty blessing. May the new Senior Class love and honor you as we have done and always shall. U zmior esponse Gladys Polmanteer Miss President. the Junior Class wishes to thank you for this key which unlocks the door of knowledge. Wfe hope that we may have no more nicks in it, when we give it to the Class-ot '28, These nicks, it has been said, not referring to you Seniors, of course, were made by using the key for a hannner to place knowledge for the convenience of the old and experienced Seniors. NVe Juniors wish also to give you a present to show our deep gratitude for the two very fine lanterns you gave to us and to the school. So at this time I will present you with this lan- tern. whose radiant beams, we hope, will lead you along the straight and narrow path, hereatter. In saying, Farewell to you we wish to say, God give thee speed ! ,A,,,,A,.-4,44 4 f, .fs .

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THE HAVERLINGUIST 19 alutatory Josephine McCall FRIENDS, TEACHERS. CL.xssn,xTEs: We the Class of 1926. bid welcome to you and feel greatly honored by the presence of each and everyone who has come to witness this our last effort, in the name of I-laverling's Class Day. As we allow our thoughts to slip back over the past four years. we are almost overcome with awe mingled with joy and tinged with sorrow. upon the realization that now our life at Haver- ling is finished. Vtie have worked and played. we have striven ceaselessly for our one goal. graduation. and now that we have attained that ambition. we will go out into the world to seek greater fields. Wie owe much to Haverling and to the untiring eiliorts of our instructors. who. day in and day out, have helped us in every way and tried to make us realize the value of an educa- tion. 'We take this opportunity to extend to them our sincere thanks and especially to those two. who have been with us through our whole four years of high school. Miss Sedgwick and Miss Thomas. XV hen in later years we turn our thoughts back to our school days. I am sure we shall all recall with grateful appreciation the inspiration they have been to us. Now our real work in life is just commencing. Wlhat we' make of our future lies wholly within ourselves. XVe will not always End sympathy for the chance mistakes we make and the obstacles we stumble against, but criticism and blame. ' However. we must not permit ourselves to become downhearted this afternoon with serious thoughts of the future. but rather look forward with courage and determination to what we hope will be a successful and useful life. Again. I greet you. dear classmates. teachers and friends of Haverling. at this. the last in- formal gathering of the Class of '26, ' ey mfion Ellen Lee NIOTHERS AND FATHERS, Sclsioommrss AND FRIENDS: VVe, the Class of Nineteen Twenty-six. have reached the zenith of our scholastic journey in Haverling. f e XN7ith the close of this graduation week we of the Senior Class must separate and begin a new journey which will lead us on into diverse paths throughout the highways and byways of life. But as the years elapse our thoughts will always turn to you. Oh! Haverling of Bath! Miss PREs1DENT: On behalf of the Class of 1926, I take great pleasure in presenting to you this famous key of knowledge. It was intrusted to us by the Class of '25 and we have used it wisely. Wie found it to be a guide to our High School success. And now we give this key to you along with a bit of advice, which we think will prove valuable to you gay. young juniors of today. who will be the

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THE I-IAVERLINGUIST 21 Valedictory Marjorie Harris CLASSMATES, 'TEACHERS AND FRIENDS or 1926: As we gather here this afternoon our feelings are not wholly of joy nor of regret, for are we not about to put into practice those precepts which we have assimilated during our sojourn at Haverling? Q Classmates, let the key-word of our lives be service. To some of us Haverling is but a step- ping-stone to a higher education, while others of us will immediately engage in our life work. XV e may play only the smallest part in the world's work, our task may seein trivial as compared to the great things that have been done, but all work can be ennobled by being well done. All great work is dependent upon those deeds which are seemingly of small importance. In every walk of life there is an opportunity of brightening the lives of our fellow men. Let us, there- fore, apply ourselves thoroughly to that place in life which the future holds in store for us. TEACHERS : - If we have seemed in the past years thoughtless and inconsiderate it was but due to the care- lessness of youth. VVe owe to you a debt of gratitude. for you are giving your lives, that we, the young and inexperienced, might have the advantage of your mature experience and wisdom. You have been patient with us and have brought home to us the ideals of Haverling. Wlierever we may be in the years to come, we will never forget your lives of service. Most of the best things of life are not fully appreciated until we are about to lose them. So it is with us as we are about to say bood-bye to Haverling, where we have spent four of the most important years of our lives. As we grow older and feel more keenly the responsibilities of life we shall look hack upon these years and realize to the full just what Haverling has meant to us. It is with regret that we now say farewell to the teachers. to our classmates and to our Haverling. b