Norton High School - Sojourn Yearbook (Norton, MA)

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X Q R T O N H I G II S C H U O L ADDRESS OF WELCOME MEMBERS of the School Committee, Teachers, Parents, and Friends, we are now opening the concluding exercises of our school, and it is my privilege and pleasure to welcome you. In behalf of the class of 1925 of Norton High School, I extend to you a cordial welcome to our graduation exercises. We are grateful to the School Committee and the Superintendent for their part in making it possible for us to graduate, for we realize that the courses of study that we receive do not take form without careful consideration, and that back of each diploma stands not only our work but the help of others generously given. We are thankful to the teachers to whom we owe a large measure of the success which we have attained during our four years in Norton High School, and through whose efforts, labor and pleasure . have been blended together most happily. We recognize and appreciate the ever ready help and support given ns by our parents who have encouraged us when we failed and praised us when we were successful. We acknowledge the many kindnesses of our friends who through- out the four years have shown their interest and obliging co-operation in school activities. We want you all to realize that we not only value the honor that is ours, but that we also comprehend a little the responsibility that attends upon that honor, and we hope that we may put to effective use our knowledge gained in our four years of High School life. I am proud to speak to you the words that carry with them, from all the class, a cordial and grateful welcome. William E. Fai.es. Page fourteen

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NORTON HIGH SC II 00 L COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES PR )GRAM PROCESSIONAL [n vocation Rev. Walter A. T utile zVddress of AN cIcodk William Edgar Fates Song : Music of Spring Baum and Ivanovici (lass History Wilfred Joseph Telle (lass Prophecy Eleanor Florence Nygren (lass Poem Myrtice Louise Fuller (lass Will Mary Evangeline Healy Address Mr. Han i) E. Gardner Agent for Massachusetts Department of Education Song: — Happy Song Gaines Presentation of Washington and Franklin American History Medal Principal Charles S. It and all Presentation of Diplomas Mr. Robert W. Hen-ins. Chairman of the School Committee Benediction Rev. G. Stanley Helps RECESSIONAL Page thirteen

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N O R T O N H I G H S C H O 0 I , CLASS POEM ' Twas in the fall of twenty-one That first we entered Norton High, And tli inking- back, we have learned much In those four years that have passed by. ' Tis not the lessons that we ' ve learned That wholly guide us on our way, But three virtues that we ' ve had Before us as we won each day. So these three virtues we have chosen To serve as motto for our class. To carry with us as we leave With much of life to yet surpass. Nobility is one of these, And honesty another one, Sincerity is now the last We ' ll carry with us till life ' s done. Through nobility Ave ' re sure to learn To rise above the strife of men, To overlook the petty cares, And then to all to be a friend. We ' ll find in life the higher cause That leads us onward to the goal, When men may say and say it well, There ' s nobility in that one ' s soul. In honesty one finds the source Of self-content and peace of mind, Because from ages past we ' ve learned That in the souls of human kind No peace can dwell when tho ' ts aren ' t true, That gain will come to those who try To walk the right path in their life, AVhile still the years go rolling by. Of our three virtues one remains. Sincerity is its fair name And if you are. to tread the heights, And walk the pathways of great fame Where many a man desires to be; Alean what you say, mean what you do, Be sure you ' re fair, be sure you ' re rigid. And victory will come to you. Page fifteen