Saint Pauls School - Conifer Yearbook (Covington, LA)

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Vuledicforicms Joseph Ta+e Evans Joseph SpaIiHa Salufaforian Geoff Roach

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1972 Valedicfory Speeches ie T. Evans: Good affernoon. Because all of you are members of r Sainf Pauls communify, we exfend our warmesf Elcome. ln Today's world, The success of a class is ually iudged by iTs accomplishmenfs in aThIeTic and 'ellecfual endeavors. We have produced These ac- implishmenfs. YeT, we have also accomplished a ich greafer feaT, Though a feaT ThaT is much more oTle. This senior class of Sainf Paul's has succeeded Iunifing as a class. sharing in a bond of friendship. IT s Taken many long years To accomplish This, buT, pefully, iT will lasT forever. I le T. SpaIeTTa: I have spenf many hours Trying To compose This ad- bss. Trying To capfure my feelings abouT Sainf Iul's. Deep feelings defy complefe expression, buf I 'I aTTempT To explain why ST. Paul's means so much me. I would like To share These feelings wiTh you, cause They are a parT of me, a parf of us. In assess- I The qualify of a school, academic considerafions of paramounf imporfance. Sainf Paul's has aca- ' ic renown. Buf iT also offers an added dimension, T of a social warmfh and closeness, ThaT of a com- 'niTy accepfance. I do noT use The word communify Tifly, I use iT in iTs TruesT sense. Our communify ena- Ls us To honesTly share ideas, beliefs, and feelings. IT bles us To share ourselves. EVT. Evans: e are a group of differenf individuals. We are de up of musicians, acfors, aThleTes, infellecfuals, cks, whifes, liberals, conservafives, Americans, and igners. OUT of These many has come one. This Ty has made possible many of The accomplishmenfs have achieved This year. And, we have achieved Ch This year, much more Than anyone ever ex- Ted us To. his graduafion represenfs The culminafion of our aT senior year. We are gaThered Togefher for The Time To celebrafe The complefion of our high ool careers. As The disciples finally became one h The I-loly Spirif on PenTecosT, we Truly become as The class of '72 wiTh This celebrafion. T. SpaIe++a: have a greaf love for SainT Paul's and whaT iT ds for . . . ThaT True sense of Chrisfian brofher- d, love and dedicafion. We find These qualifies T exemplified in our faculfy - a family of Chris- broThers, lay men and women who have more n an academic concern, Theirs is a personal love. T. Evans: e musT soon deparf and go our own ways ughouT The nafion and The world. We musT Take our spiriT of Togefherness wiTh us and sTay unifed as The class of '72 even if only in spiriT. Joseph T. SpaIeTTa: From my vanfage poinf, I recognize The people of SainT Paul's as genuine. There are no elifisf aires. There is no coldness, no hypocrisy. The relaTionships I have experienced here are sincere. This Type of social cIimaTe is noT besTowed. IT represenfs a compleTe cul- Tural developemenf. As freshmen, we were characfer- ized by affecTaTions. Gradually, Tempered by whaT has become The SainT Paul's Tradifion, These fronTs have become unnecessary. As a resulT, we are more our True selves. Sainf Paul's has been a place where I have grown. I have learned To accepf people more and more. I have learned To share myself more. Joseph T. Evans: In The fufure, we musT sTrive for life wiTh ioy, wiTh energy. We musf make ourselves The besT we possibly can and give everyfhing we have To our sfruggle. Even in failure, we musf confinue sTriving. IT we siT back and IeT life come To us, iT will have no meaning and, if iT has no meaning, There is no need for living. Joseph T. SpaleTTa: All graduafion exercises carry wiTh Them The Thrill of achievemenf. We have long and eagerly awaifed This momenf. Now, iTs arrival finds me wiTh mixed emofions. I do noT wanT To leave The Sainf Paul's ThaT I have experienced . . . The way of life iT has become for me. Joseph T. Evans: Every individual in our class has The poTenTial for leadership. As individual leaders, we can do much in This world. Buf, as a class of leaders, uniTed, we can do so much more. Thus, as we go Through life, we musT exhibiT The oneness, The friendship, The unify we have achieved aT Sainf Paul's. We musT live iT. In liv- ing iT, we will uniTe The people around us. Thus may we carry our uniTy To The nafion and The world. We, as The Sainf Paul's class of '72, can make a big impression in This world. We should all pray Thaf our experiences aT Sainf Paul's have prepared us for The pafhway To success. Joseph T. SpaleTTa: l low fiTTing iT is To call graduafion a commence- menT. For iT is Truly a beginning. In This spiriT of be- ginning . . . we, as graduafes, realize ThaT we are noT leaving Sainf Paul's. we are exfending iT. THANK YOU