Polk High School - Cub Yearbook (Polk, NE)

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 A DICTORI ,iE GOILG ON Gear friends: The time has come for us, the graduating class of 1946 of ? Ik nigh school, to face the fact that we are going on, and Ie?v-' far all time these familiar halls, our teachers, ana our own cl 1? j tes, with whom we shall never again be associated in just the snr y. The thought of parting, paradoxical as it may seem, brir j feelings of sadness and gladness, for this chapter in life's k is ended. Tinis is written at the close of it, end we -'re turning our face toward new sc;nes and new associations. .e shall always hold in mind tenderly : nd gratefully what all of these years have meant to us, all they have brought to us, and 11 they have taught us, for we ere inevitably a part'of 11 v e live met. Never can we get away from the influence, the example, the in- terest, and the guidance of these years, and in saying farewell to you, our instructors and leaders, we say it with deep gratitude nd stirring emotion. he hope we shall go forth and do honor to our school in the years to come. ..e hope you will never have re. son to be disappoint-.c in the courses we follow or the results we grin. 0hr desire 11 tj make use of what you have done for us : s a foundation for tn bui i - ings of lives and services of which you will be proud. We are going on. We would not stay, but yet the old ti .s We do not want to break them but r.ther lengthen end strengt a ;r m. We are glad to go on and know in the last analysis you are g -a tc have us. Life means growth and growth me; ns progress. It gives us gre- t joy that we have succeeded in completing ti.e course of study prescribed for us here, and v.-e re rerdy'for the next step of our journey u? the heights of knowledge. We - re glfid that we -ire going forward; glad that further arA Li- eges await; gl-d th: t we ht we measured up, in some degree ft Is , to the expectations and hopes of parents who have covet.d the b .s for us and have been ready to sacrifice countless times. 'We th nk them for the visions they have given us of -hat life may be made t. mean. , You may think that we, in our youth, have taken such as is Li- us and taken it thoughtlessly all too often. But in this hour a assure you that the tnoughts of youth are long-long thoughts ar. all too frequently what is in our hearts comes not to our Libs, find expression in words. We thank you t 11 for what you have done for us and in bid-, ir.' you farewell, we, the Gloss of 1946 of this dear old school, ao it with a te.-r, a sigh, nd o smile, as our ship draws out of «o Ujpth . Breach

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TRESIS GOLDEN DAYS Dear Friends: e might stop to catalog you -js school officials, teachers, parents, visitors and friends. Dut that seems scarcely nec- essary, for the very fact that you have taken tine from busy and full lives to cone here to show your interest in us—the graduating class of Yolk High School, of 1946, i3 proof positive that you are our friends. as spokesman of this class, I voice its earnest sentiment when I say that we are rich indeed to have so goodly a number of those .i.o have watched our ro.ress, regretted our failures, kept on having faith in us when we struggled toour feet again, and who are here tonight to rejoice that we have finally made the grade. We are sure it gives you satisfaction, as it does us, that we have finished what -..e. started, and have earned certificates which attest to that fact and which entitle us to go forward to the commencement of larger things. he welcome you here tonight, and v.e hops you will feel re- paid for coming, if no more than by to.e knowledge that we, the cl ss of 1946 feel highly honored by your interest and presence, he shall go forward always knowing that you are our friends; that you will still watch what wa are doing, and how well we are doing it, and be ready to rejoice with us when the boys and girls of this dear old school' reflect glory upon it by the worthy part we are able to takp in the world's work, :-.nd wo want you to remember that whatever we undei'take will bo bitter done anu more conscientiously and intelligently per- formed because you have been and are our friends. We know full well that we are young and inexperienced and immature. Ye oannot help that. Time alone will remedy all this--and we are not wish- in; the precious golden days away, for v.e love our youth ana its privileges and opportunities ana dreams--even as you did in the days of long ago. And wo i;Opc that some time we shall foregather in this same spot, to talk and 1-ugh over the reminiscences of the days now drawing to a close—and that you may meat van us--for '..iw.ca. you, our friends, that gathering would not be complete. We groat you gladly. We are indeed honored by your presence. We hops you will have found it good to be hero; And may all future classes graduating from Polk High School be as favored as we have been with such good friends’ • o ore now on our way: Not finished; Just Ba0inr.ing. —Phyllis Peterson