South High School - Index Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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i N GEORGE PELEG DIXUN 2D

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PREFACE. In presenting this book to the tender mercies of all who peruse its pages our object has been to describe the doings of a truly famous body, the class of ,o8 South High School. For any historical inaccuracies which the Work contains we ask your indulgence. If in certain parts it is not to be classed under the head of history, it is here that the true literary kingdom has been entered. If in some cases your peculiarities and foibles are brought into view remember that We speak only as true friends. If however it meets with your aprobation the committee feels amply repaid for its labor. With these words of introduction we submit the case to your judgment, and humbly await the verdict.

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CLASS DAY ADDRESS GEORGE PELEG DIXON 2D ARENTS, TEACHERS, FRIENDS, AND CLASS- MATES:-Today ,we meet together in this building for the lst time. In the four years that we have passed here-first as the self-important Freshman, then as the happy-go-lucky Sophomore, next as the aspiring junior, and finally as the dignified and 1' ' studious Senior-in these four years we have become . so attached to the school and its surroundings that it seems like a second home to most of us. I am sure that in after years we shall look back upon these days as among the pleasantest We ever spent. IWe are glad to Welcome so many of our friends to our Class Day exercises. VVe wish you to feel that we extend to each an in- dividual welcome. ' To you, parents, who have watched and guided our High School courses, to whom we owe a debt that we can not now realize, We extend more than a formal welcome. We wish you to know that Qthe greatest pleasure of these exercises is that you are here to enjoy them with us. No less hearty is our greeting to you, Mr. Woodward, and to our teachers. You have aided us in fulfilling our parents, wishes, without your help we should not be where we are today. We thank you for the interest that you have shown in us. Friends and schoolmates, without whom this day would certain- ly be incomplete, we welcome you to our exercises and trust that you will find the pleasure in them that We have found in Class Days of other years. We wish to thank the Junior class particularly for decorating the hall so beautifully. Class Day exercises are interesting primarily to the members of the class, for to them it is a gala day. The presence, however, of this throng of friends is proof that we shall have sympathetic listen- ers. Therefore I take great pleasure in behalf of the Class of 19o8 in extending you a most cordial welcome. 9 SWL qi 5 Ev, 1' V: 'A ge- an-anmf.fc.nn5p.dr