New Paris High School - Parisian Yearbook (New Paris, IN)

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X 0 'D w 4 A v Q? l W f f ll f. , , U If f ,j ,f X 'A f !W'y V, Y' I l . E X X WJ 7' 'W' 'Kgs VALEDICTORY Parents, Teachers, Classmates and Friends: We have looked forwaigd to this last meeting of the Class of 1949 for a long time, and we shall probably look back upon it for a long time, for we will always cherish the memories of our four years in New Paris High School where we have worked and played together. We shall miss the wise counsel of our teachers and principal. We thank them and our parents for helping us to smooth out the rough spots in the road we have traveled on our way through high school. We wish to thank the trustee and school officials for an efficiently managed school and for the excellent teachers they have provided for us. May the people of our community receive our thanks, too, for the wonderful school and the Christian atmosphere in which we have received our high school education. Now it is time to go on to our life ahead. ln 1949 as in 1849 there is a gold rush. Our rush is for the golden quality of knowledge, but we strive for it as energetically as the 49'ers strove for their gold. Knowledge, the modern gold, buys our future, makes our living pleasant, and brings understanding. Now in this time of strife throughout the world, understanding and knowledge are the irnportant factors in the much sought-for peace. As we remember the parties, basketball games, our hours in class and study hall, listening and day-dreaming, the receptions, and the planning and working together for the things we all have enjoyed, we see that they are only a foundation upon which our future is being built. We have learned co-operation and have been given guidance through these four years that will serve us the rest of our lives. Our motto, 'Not Finished, Just Begun , expresses our ideal for the future. We will not think of our graduating as finishing. Regardless of how important this night is to us, we are determined not to stop here, but to con- sider graduation as a door that has opened to admit us to adult life. We now assurne the many responsibilities of that life. We will strive to be an asset to our community and not disappoint the many of you who have faith in our generation. For some of us college will be the next step, and our high school training will seem even more valuable to us there. Wherever we go, what- ever we do in the years to come, we will always appreciate the ample founda- tion you have given us on which to build our future. For the structure that we raise, Tirne is with materials filledg Our todays and yesterdays Are the blocks with which we build. Build today, then, strong and sure, With a firm and ample base, And ascending and secure Shall tomorrow find its place. Roma Herrington iiikiiiii We express our thanks to the following students who have written material for the annual: Doris Lehrnan, Bill Tarman, Arthur Gall, Mary Lou Stuckman, Ruby Clark, Thyra Neff, Waneta Jones, Junior Beer, Peggy Kendall, Margaret Cline, Rosemary Reirnschisel, Bonnie Neff, Dana Snider, and Doris Iuday. Ima! Mmm. A-QL N PAHISIZLNL, gigs f-

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'LW W' 'I' fs- f' 'X SALUTATORY aw 'R C -1 44 Y V l I f 17+ lf, Parents, Teachers, Schoolmate and Friends: We, the graduating class of 1949, are happy to welcome you tonight. Our graduatlng exercises would be incomplete without your presence, and our parting from this school would be sad without your good wishes. Our graduation from N. P. H. S. is an event that we shall always remem- ber. We term our school 'one of the best' and feel that it has been made so because of the direction of our trustee and the efforts of this fine community. The assurance of your good wishes for our future success ls a challenge to us. You who are our parents, principal, and teachers have sympathized with us in our strivings and then have let us enjoy the glory of our accomplishments. Because your friendship has been an inspiration and a comfort to us, we are looking to you for guidance in the future. Tonight we have attained the goal that we have sought since we entered high school. We feel that we have climbed a few more steps in the ladder of Success , but we are not unmindful of the higher and more difficult steps that lie ahead. We realize that we are 'Not Finished , but 'Just Begun . Although we have completed our work here and are about to begin a new and exciting life, there lurks in the background of our minds a doubt as to our ability to do all the noble works that are expected of us. Can we make the world any better for our having lived in it? May we always remember Emer- son's thoughts: 'So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man, When Duty whispers low, 'Thou must', The youth replies, 'l can'. Betty Mlshler iii!! REMEMBER ? ? ? ? The distinctive aroma that issued from the Chemistry Room when we made Hydrogen Sulflde? Miss Ell:lott's desire for Conrad's 'chewing gum' in Speech Class? The eleven o'clock deadline before sectional tourney? Mr. Dawson's silence bell? The seniors winning the G. A. A. tourney? Mrs. McCo1ley's son, jet-propelled Jerry? The crowning of the Basketball Queen? The 221 Star Spangled Banner at the sectional? Cold Mondays and noisy Thursdays? The junior-senior receptions? Mary Lou sitting ln the waste basket at play tryouts. Roma sitting on Arkie in the play? Our chemistry tour of Goshen College? Our 'restful' senior trip? The pretty little cards at the end of every six weeks? Aix PAHISIAN .9-we AV. ef J W 'Q 5, N A X s .. ll I S V X VX ' iffij Q, fx f-Q Vx

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