Marshall High School - Marshallite Yearbook (Marshall, VA)

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Valediofory FA RlilWlCl,l, is not an easy word to say, but we. the Seniors of '44, have reached that mile post in our careers where it becomes necessary to bid farewell to the faculty. to the school. and to the classmates with whom we have been associated for many years. The path to our goal has not been an easy one, and in more recent years the temptation to leave the task, unfinished has been great. Ind nstry and commerce have offered to us glittering rewards, but we have deemed it worthwhile to strive onward for the realiza- tion of our aim. Our motto To the stars through difficultiesf' exem- plifies this struggle. However, we shall not be content to have reached our goal for the present. Varied opportunities present themselves to a class that has learned to overcome difficulties in the past. and the Seniors of '44 are intent upon following their ideals until the stars are reached. Stars of fame and glory, of riches and power 3 No. for most of us the answer will be in the negative. but there are stars of service and loyalty, of honesty and fair play, of friendship and good will for all peoples toward which we shall continue to strive. We who graduate today must furnish the ideals for the re- construction period -- always a time of difficulty and decided adjust- ment to a new way of life. It is our generation that is being severely tested in the crucible of fire, but we are confident that we shall be refined into citizens, Who, having had to make untold sacrifices, will be able to judge the true values in life and stand firm for those ideals that we have had to defend.

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Senior Poem 'AC To the Senior Class of Marshall High, Has come the sad moment of saying good-bye To our dear school and the friends we know. NVe shall not forget them as outward we go. And now, as we think of our teachers so dear, VVe regret that our closing days are here. But though school days are over at last, We shall still hold to ties of the 'past- The ties of friendship, and loyalty, too, The bonds of the old. the love of the new. For the experiences we have each day. Dear God. make us equal to them we pray. And our Senior boys who have gone far away To fight for freedom for many a day, May these brave lads of our class of '44 Come back to us safely when this war is o'er. And when at last the struggle shall cease, May we be wise in keeping the peace, And do our part in every way To make the world better day by day. FRANCES BEACH

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Valedioiory fcontinuedl And now, may We say to the faculty that We appreciate their interest in usg indeed, we feel that this, our graduation, is a direct result of their guidance and patience. To our schoolmates may we say that we shall miss them, but We leave our best Wishes for their success and happiness. To all the patrons of the school may we express our gratitude for their helpfulness and cooperation. Without any one of these groups the Marshall ,High School could never have played the part it has in the building of a better community and incidentally a better world. It is for us, the Seniors of '44, to join With Ulysses as he ponders in Tennyson's poem- I am a part of all that I have metg Yet all experience is an arch where-through Gleams that untraveled World, Whose margin fades Forever and forever when I move. That which We are, we are One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive. to seek. to find and not to yield. ANNE LEACI-I