Laingsburg High School - Looking Glass Yearbook (Laingsburg, MI)

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V-1-an-C0M Ti1?-l Valedictory Doris Ferguson Parents, Members of the School Board, Teachers, Classmates and Friends. As Mary Wert and I had the same number of honor points we drew cuts to see which one should give the Valedictory and which one the Salutatory. I drew the Valedictory and that is the reason I am giv- ing it instead of Mary. Had I been more lucky or unlucky I might have drawn the Salutatory. Now we have come to the first parting of the ways in our young lives, and it is to us a sad moment. Tonight we are gathered here to say good-bye, and yet we call it Commencement. Why, I wonder? I think it is-because we are on the threshold of life. The door is open and opportunity is waiting for us. Our parents have sacrificed for us, our teachers have given us the best they have in the way of learning and the school board has kept before us high standards and now it is up to us try do our best to repay them all by being a success in life. Our home in- fluences should teach us how to make good friends and to be good ones ourselves. Our school training should prepare us for our journey on the road of life and if we have done our part in our school work it will. We know not where our pathway lies on this new journey, but we do know that if we are to meet success at the end of our journey we must now be prepared to overcome all obstacles that we will meet. We can not know, what these obstacles will be or when they will come. Therefore we must be on the lookout all the time and be ready to do that which must be done. And the right thing too. Sometimes it is hard to tell just what is the right thing to do at a cerain time. But we must be like the Chris- tian in Pilgrim's Progress, always ready and watching for the pitfalls our journey may lead us to. We must also learn to use good judgment in these small matters. It is very important because it isn't necessarily the largethings that count in life, but it is the small things which, when they are put together, make up the large ones. Tonight I wish to tell some of the things that I think are duties of a high school graduate-duties not only to our parents but to our teachers, to the School Board and our duty to each other, or to ourselves.: First-the duty to our parents. Second-the duty to our teachers. Third-the duty to the school board. Fourth-the duty to ourselves. Our parents have given up many comforts and in some cases neces- sities that we might come here to high school and get an education. It is up to us to show them that we appreciate all they have done for us and the best way we can do this is to do the very best we can with the knowledge that we have. Parents we know that we cannot fully thank you now but we trust that you will understand if we simply say, Thank You. Teachers, we will always remember you for the great help you have given us when we needed it the most. We wish to thank you, too. Members of the School Board, you have kept our ideals high by showing us the best in the school. To you we are very grateful too. Classmates, we must uphold the standards which have been given to us and help to carry them on to others. Now we must part for we know not where our pathway lies. We say good-bye, it shall not be farewell. We hope again to meet, but happy hours are very short and days of youth are fleet. And may each one of us remember, Give to the world the best you ha-ve, And the best will come back to you. ' Q! Twenty-six FD