Mount Morris High School - Morrissonian Yearbook (Mount Morris, MI)

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MORRIS SONIAN SALUTATORY Parents Frlends, Faculty, and Undergraduates On behalf of my fellow classmen and myself I welcome you here tonlght to wltness the great step we are about to take from our school career 1nto our career of the future Tonlght we are enterlng a new l1fe, a l1fe where we must put our educatlon 1nto practlce and work toward our chosen goals Seated here on the platform tomght we are one body tomorrow, we w1ll be 1nd1v1duals, each one seeklng hls own way 1n th1s world of opportunlty We are 1ndeed grateful to our parents for g1v1ng us an opportun1ty to galn an educat1on, and to our teachers for the 1dea1s they haze set before us throughout our school l1fe We are extremely fortunate to be l1v1ng 1n a free country where everyone can secure a f1ne educat1onal background We real1ze that 1n many parts of the world th1s 15 not poss1ble Educatxon here 1n Amerlca today 1mposes many respons1b1l1t1es on us, and we must all str1ve to meet these respons1b1l1t1es We are well aware of the dangers wh1ch threaten our democrat1c way of l1fe and we shall do our best to preserve our l1bert1es and our freedoms A very f1ne thought for all of us to remember 15 somethmg wh1ch Webster once sa1d God grants l1berty only to those who love lt and are always ready to guard and defend lt Martha Gladden . 1 9 u ' 9 0 O I o 3 I O I j Q O 9 I . . . . . I

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MORRIS SONIAN VALEDIC TORY Parents, teachers, and friends All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players This quotation from Shakespeare still applies today Tonight we, the Class of 1951, are ready to start the great drama of Life In this drama everyone has a part, whether large or small, which must be acted to the best of our ability We've not had our scripts long, nor have we had a great many rehearsals, but we have had capable and understanding directors to give us our initial training, for which we are indeed grateful But our directors can do nothing more than tra1n advise and en courage us When we are on stage we must put our training to its best use, and our instructors can onlv look on from the wings We all have the assurance of one Omnipotent Director who is ever security gives us confidence We are eager to take our cues and vmprove from experience e can't expect smash hits right away these are very rare but we do hope for and expect long successful runs We can't all expect to be stars ', or see our names in l1ghts but the work behind the scenes IS just as important no matter how magnificent or minute, because without these supporting cast members and crews the ' stars could not be successful When lt comes time for the final ' curtaln call we hope that we may honestly say We have done our very best and hear a grati fying applause from our audience In launching this great drama, we might well take the motto of the National Thespian Society a quotation from Pope, as our own motto Act well your part, there all the honor l1es Leona Ostrander II present, guiding, directing, and protecting our performances, this W . . L- -- I ' ' II I I . . . , . n T ' ' 9 . 4. . , . .

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MORRIS SONIAN SALUTATORY Parents teachers and frlends Thls evenlng, we the class of 1951, are about to complete the f1rst movement rn our song of l1fe We began by learnlng the rudlments and galnlng our background for our llfe ahead We then learned what t1m1ng and rhythm are we obtalned a knowledge of notes and how to blend them together to produce harrr ony We were taught how to dlstlngulsh and overcome dlscordant notes 1n our llves We have learned to apprec1ate the perfectlon to whlch we are str1v1ng after we have experlenced errors that hlnder us 1n our struggle for harmony wlth our fellow be1ngs We wlsh to thank our parents and teachers who have helped us through thls flrst movement The world 1S 1n a cr1t1cal sltutatlon at th1s t1me Many of the boys 1n th1S class w11l be servlng 1n the armed forces soon It 1S our Job as young Arnerlcans to str1ve for a harmoxuous medley of the natlons and peoples of the world lnto one great symphony of Brotherhood We accept th1S task wlth hum111ty and a hope for a peaceful world 1n the years ahead. Raymond B radshaw ' . ! I ' 7 , . , n , , L o 0 o e c Q o