Saline High School - Salinian Yearbook (Saline, MI)

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ELLEN FELDKAMP--WA wit's a feather, and a chief a rodg An hon est girl's the Glee Club 123, ,p ation, Home Ec WILMA WEBER-- Where Orchestra CZJ, noblest work of god.H Senior Play, Journalism, Physical Educ- Club there's music, there can't be mischief.N Glee Club Cel, Home Ec. Club, Library. CLASS PROJECTS During the year, in an effort to raise money to go cn a trip, the class scld candy, magazines, sponsored dances after basketball games, a nd gave a play. The literature class also showed instructive movies, the profit from which went to the Senior Class C OIVIMENCEINEINT Commencement week for the Seniors began with the Bac- calaureate Services in the Federated Church, Sunday, June 2, with Reverend Roy Miller delivering the address. Class Night was held Tuesday evening, June 4, with the traditional giftatory, prophecy, will, etc. The evening was highlighted by a fine pageant under the direction of Mr. H. Jewell. Commencement was cbserved Wednesday night, Jund 5, with Dr. Purdom of the University cf Michigan, delivering the ad- dress. Also heard at this time were the Veledictory and Salutatcry addresses by Jeannette Clay and Ruth Schleh, the Valedictorian and Selutatcrian of the class.' Diplomas were then presented bv Superintendent T. M. Clay.

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NOT FINISHED: JUST BEGUN , by Jeannette Clay Parents Friends, and Fellow Classmates: Welcome to our commencement exercisesk I am very glad that the term commencemggp is used at this time of year because it expresses what our graduation from high school means to us. We know you probably think that you, our parents, are losing us, that we are too young to be starting the second important phase of our lives tonight. we realize that we are quite young. Oh, how we do realize it tonightt But we want you to notice the motto we have chosen as ours--NNot Finished, just begun.W We chose this motto to show you that we realize what being graduated from high school really means. It means that we are going to leave high schoolg some of us to go to college, some to secure employment, some, perhaps, to marry, but, whatever we do after tonight, we want you to know that the invest- ments you have made by giving us a high school education have not been wasted. Whatever knowledge we have gained in the twelve years we have spent in school can't be taken from us. We have it and, although we may not develop it any further, it will help us. We leave high school to take a place in society and hope to fill that place successfully. Now, a higher education is more necessary for success than ever before. The requirements for any job amounting to anything are being made more strict all the time. For instance, only a generation ago all one had to do to get a teaching position was to take a county teacher's examina- tion which covered subjects which were studied in the eighth grade. Some people took this examination upon being grad- uated from the tenth grade. If they passed it, they were qualified to teach an eight-grade country school. After teaching one or two years, and if one wanted to teach in a high school, one took a second examination which covered subjects a little more difficult such as, algebra and geometry. If one passed this test, one was qualified to teach in a high school. Sometimes a third examination was given. A few years later, the requirements were stiffened a little. A prospective teacher had to attend a county normal for at least two years in order to get a certificate entitling him to teach in a district school. Now, in order to teach in a city school, at least four years must be spent at a state normal or university. Some schools won't even accept a teacher unless he has at least a master's degree. This one example is only one of many that could be given to show how much harder it is to get a job now if one hasn't had at least a high school education. Although it is more difficult to secure employment with