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of one who saw hlS dreams come true after years of plannlnv His aim was to invent a machine gun Finally, after a long period of experlmenting and many hours of hard labor, he found hls dream realizatlon, and so may we We entered hlgh school WltH the hope of attalnwng hlgher thlngs we graduate with a wlder knowledge of books and the world ln general By hours of study, by our associates, our teachers and e perience, thls lnowledge has been obtained Durlng the last four vears we have learned to work in groups, to follow instruc tions, and to get along wlth our companions all of whlch is ne cessary to improve any community of which we are a part One might compare high school vitr a workshop ana the scho lars xlth the articles produced The teachers strlve to form our lives and prepare us for the future Just as the laborers work to make thelr goods of some use to the rubllc By thls workshlp nerlod ue believe that we are better prepared to take our places as worthfhile Clt1Z8HS ln the community We are far from perfect ma e better by our havln llved 1D lt My previous mention of our wider knowledge does not mean that the process of educatlon stops a me receive our dlplomas For some of us, plans for further education are all ready in pro gre s for others this nlght marks the end of formal schoollng. Whatever the case, our educatlon has only begun that contlnues throughout our llves Classmates, for the last four years we have worked and nlayed together The friendshlps that we have formed 1D these years are a part of our dream realized A fltt ng trlbute to LblS phase of our dream 15 the poem HOld Frlendshipn nBeaut1ful and rlch 18 an old fr1endsh1p, Grateful to the touch as anclent ivory, Smooth as aged wlne, or sheer of tapestry Where llpht has llnvered, lntimate and long Full of tears and warm 15 an old friendship That ask no lon er deeds of gallantry, Or any deed at all save that the frlend shall be Alive and breathing somewhere, llke a song U Col en Hamllton I . I v Y . on A O v .B A p A. a A C . A . A J . L . 3 , . O X - ' f ' T . ' u l ' in 0 - X A I f 1: O L - 1 - 5.1 ' . ' . L. lr' . C 2 L 3 . ' 7 r 1 , ', K LQK' . . . A . . Q I ' A but as someone has said, nWe like to think that the world will be I d ,. S - . . 0 11 - '04 S 'J . Q s 3 - I, ' , . -- . . I 4 c ' - .1 1. . ' 1 . ' . v ' . ' ' i l ',f . I . A O L . A .J . O . f T' 4 P - ' A s A g ' L , 1 H 0 . fr 0 e ' .'
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in hand, from this stage into the unfathom ole depths of despair, regret and unhappin ss, I suggest that if we nut to ooo use the knowledge we have gained in high school in crd r to realize our Apgams, Yu will find our future pleasant and P i rt As our comm ncem nt exercises draw to close, in h half of the class of 1940 I want to express our fratituoc to our ve ious teach rs xho I ve tried so h rd to pr p r us for the future have ht n trourl some, I knov, hut uncernc th all the m schief, tlere h s been eomradeshin nd fricndline s which xc have Joyed and which will linger with us for m nv year e of this cl ss c nnot uch long r c ll our elves cltss mate but me rprcci tc the f ct th t for four y rs xc h ve h n bound to ther by common inte In year to coat, we will cherish the nc memori s wc xill rec ll xith smile the s me lau h ble incidents In f ct, our lives for the p t four years will he nc tly wrarpcd in the s mc hundle, labeled Sherm n High School Cl ss of l94O nd l id sw y on one of the innumerable shelves of time To those of you xho have P n inter st d in our w lf re for the p t four y rs,m y your int r st nov r w nc and mry at nev r disappoint you n nox, f re ell 'till xc meet Lorr inc Kyle SAM TATGRY ff tv I DREAM REALIZED Friends of the graduating class of nineteen forty we feel that we may call all of you friends we velcome you to our commencement exercises lonight, as we are about to graduate, our minds go bac? over our four years of high school. Everyone, no matter who he is, builds castles in the air from the time he is old enough to reason. We are not excentions,for we too have had dreams--dreams of our school days and our future. We are now faced with the fact that our high school days are over and suddenly there flashes through our minds the discovery that we have realized our first dream. Hiram Maxim, a man from our own state of Maine, is an example fu' ' 3' - 1 ' 1 'Q ff .' ' CT V . .L C . FT Q ' - ' . I -vm P 1:-1 4 vu K1- ,,, , V Q . .L O 1 0 . .1 'CJ C ' 5 V if Z1 ' ., C ' . . - fn' .YI , 3 c ,. ,- ,. ' ,A ,- A ' I S: IG ' Q , 1, il Lu ' . LC .Am f, V gn -: ' , - -c, u ' 1. 4 u 1 I . J .-a ,,a 1 Fad P. s '. -'v-c en- . . , . . H A Ar U 1 , v 4. U Q . If ' a a m fc a s - 2 - ' S , ' ffl f U. X ' CL C QQ if ' cf. ,CG I--rs . ARM 1 rw - .. ' ' Ov . . - v0 0 0 AA . . . . A A SCA. A ul Q v' U.. 'I' . ES Z. . ' , 6 Zu 0 - C. LS 'J I ' . '. rs . 1. 0 - .. 1 ,. q . L. A' ,I A C- A , 1 ' ' L. n r, n , - Q , ' , C., by s. Sa A -.- A 0 'J L - QQ C O . C IL ' HRS ' SR fl pf C L ' CL , . . '-' N ' C - -r - . 1. 7 1 A d I ff. fs X , 4 A 1 X Q AA 1 - . 4' 'X . K .,, A, . . ,S - L Vx I . f' XC? 1 X f I f I N CN F ,, 11 s .wx , X x , N -- ,, , 1 , A I 1 ,ll .MY , Y, H , f I '7 I' '- M t- ,Z,f A I' x a. ' 7 - -.- J . - a M ' ' ' .A L Q L W
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