Reidsville High School - Renocahi Yearbook (Reidsville, NC)

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,,.,1 tif fi 'lf Us I Y Ii R E N C C A HI lik-- VALEDICTORY Dear parents, teachers, classmates, and all of our friends who have had a share in bringing to pass this day of days, to you we offer our sincere gratitude. Without your devotion, your wise counsel, your patience, your belief in us, we could never have succeeded in accomplishing this much of our goal. Now, we have come to the turning point of our life. We have progressed, yes, but we are only at the commencement of our life. For years we have walked through dark- ness, hoping and striving to attain oun goal, and now, we are nearing the top. Again we thank you who have helped us at every. turn, who have sought to make the path easier for us, and who have done your utmost to help us succeed. You, our parents and teachers, are the deserving ones. From our earliest days, you have instructed us to the best of your ability, urging us on to higher achievements. And now, as we climb higher and higher, may we keep this memory in our hearts. You ask no worldly reward. Your heart's desire is that we become worthy men and women, ones that you would be proud to acknowledge. Dear friends, we stand tonight not at twilight, but at che dawn of a new day, filled with untold challenges. Our aim is to climb upward, ever upward. The road has not been easy, the road will not be easy, but the goal is well worth working for. Things easily won are' easily wasted and forgotten. Therefore, we will value our achievements more in attaining them by hard work and honest toil. In behalf of the Senior Class of 1936, I bid you one and all, a fond and happy farewell. KATE BLACK, Class Valedicloriarz. -- eil 23 Eff--

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RENOCAHI ls-M SALUTATORY ADDRESS It is my great pleasure and privilege tonight, friends, to greet you from the very depths of my heart, and in the name of all my classmates to pass on to you the glad hail of our enthusiastic Welcome.,' Did you ever stop to think how much may lic underneath the surface of this word I have been chosen to speak to you? After all, our fine words, our lofty sentiments, and high-sounding phrases, how much more can we really put into this greeting to our friends-we hope you are well, we see you are comeg and we know you are welcome.,' To you, this may be indeed a pleasant occasion, for we shall certainly do our best to make it so, at best, it will be only one of many such occasions in your life, which, enjoyable as they may all be at the time, will be but fleeting in their influence. To us, it is a great occasion, a red letter day, one of the brightest spots in all our lives, and bound to live forever in our memories. To our parents and relatives, this is an hour of pride and affection, to my class- mates, an hour of mingled joy in our success, and regret over the necessary parting. And you, kind teachers, as we step forth to represent in the outside world the school from which we pass, have a right to ask of us that we show our colors-that we give voice to our principles, our aims, and our ambitions -for it is through them and what we make of them that all honor must reflect back upon the school whose seal we bear. We trust that you may ever find us faithful to those virtues, for which you have trained and taught us to stand, as we face the problems that are to confront us outside. If we do this as you have instructed us, we shall never be ashamed to know that the boys and girls of Reidsville High are watching the career of this class of '36 with eager eyes, and resolving to follow in our footsteps. As we look back over the past few years, we feel that we can truthfully say that we have done our best at all times and in all places to make the most of every oppor- tunity, so far as our young minds were able to understand it. We mean to continue to do that same best at all times and in all places where fate may direct our paths. And we are sure that at this time every one must realize something of what it means to us, and while grieving with us at the sundering of the dear class ties that each year have helped to make stronger, must at the same time rejoice with us that we have been able to accomplish so much as we have, while wishing for each of us greater triumphs in whatever work may be ahead of us. We ask you, then, dear friends, to be glad with us and for us, as we enter upon this memorable hour, sure that we are all most earnest in assuring you of our joy at having you with us, and that I, in the warm inspiraton of your presence, am most sincere in telling you in the name of gny classmates, how truly glad we are that you are here. CHRISTINA MENZIES, Salufaforian. Mgr ZZ isa.-

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--gif RENOCAI-II 139-- MISS REIDSVILLE HIGH SCHO0L,1936 ANNE RUSSELL GWYN 24 Be..-