University of Illinois High School - U and I Yearbook (Urbana, IL)

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Page Tufenly-ezghl WELCOME ADDRESS Q .- C As a ship coming into port for the last time, we come -f' I here tonight. Our voyages have been many, and the suc- cess of them we owe to those who have given us help and guidance. We encountered many difficulties on gg these voyages, at times we were tempted to leave the ' ship and to take to the lifeboats. But, in general, the trip was of itself suflicient attraction to keep us pressing for- ward. Tonight we have attained our conquest, tonight we may think over what we have accomplished for the past four years, realizing that each trip was designed to strengthen skill, add to knowledge, or sharpen apprecia- tion. It is well to study carefully these small excursions out of our sheltered harbors, for they were but preparation for a much longer voyage-the voyage of the future. What the future holds we do not know. It may bring storm, or it may bring calm. The nature we cannot determine, but we may influence the result by maintaining a cool courage. From this time forth we are on our own. It becomes our duty to maintain the excellent records others have set before us, but above all it becomes our duty to attain such a place in society that we may respect ourselves, for then, through achievement, we may make the world a better place in which to live. We have other responsibilities. Each of us has the responsibility of keeping up the standard he has tried to maintain during the past four years. It may seem diflicult at first to be responsible only to oneself, but it is to himself that each of us must look as he leaves the port of University High School. In this connection we may say with Ella Wilcox, One ship drives east and another drives west, with the self same winds that blow-'tis the set of the sails and not the gales which tells us the way to go. We welcome you here this evening to the Commencement of the Class of 1941, and we invite you to join us as we set the sails for our future voyages. IOANNE HILLS

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JUNIOR RESPONSE Thank you. My opponent's remarks are quite pointed. However, I come to bury the Senior Class, not to praise it. I appreciate being the agent who restores this ancient axe to its due position of honor. I am apprehensive, not so much for the hatchet, but rather for its donors. Even though we dispunge and ignore the Senior dissimulative disquisition, we, in generosity to fallen foe, shall reward them with this gilded soap box for future orations. When cracking the Senior nut, we seek the sweetness in the kernel,-there is none. We, the Iunior Class, are disseminators of light and truth. The Seniors deny this. Yet how can they see our wisdom? How can the blind see, the deaf hear, the unenlightened know? The Senior Play-I've already forgotten its name-was fine, as Senior produc- tions go. The Photo and Snaps Editor of the U and I asked me to take pictures of the play. They were to be used to refresh onels memory at a later date. Why any one would care to remember the play is beyond me. I went to the thing with some doubts. It is suflicient to say that the above mentioned editor preferred to go skating that night. The Iunior Play was a success unparalleled in the history of the theatre of the school. By virtue of Iunior preponderance in the face of marked Senior paucity in the field of sports, the reputation of the school has been greatly enhanced. I wish to leave to the Sophomore Class this candy cane to assist them up the steep path of our accomplishments. We shall not be critical, even with an infinitesimal measure of success this hatchet shall be theirs. Lastly, a fond farewell to the Senior Class, and congratulations to Mr. Cagle upon his framing of an excellent Senior motto, Nihil, e nihil ergo nihil. Translated, the motto becomes Nothing can come of nothing, therefore we have nothing. CHARLES WHITMORE Page Twenty-:even .AM

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FAREWELL ADDRESS We, the crew, have docked our good ship 1941 for the last time. Having jour- neyed on this vessel for four years, we have awaited eagerly the time when we would disembark. We shall never sail together again, but will board various ships of life. As our friends and teachers bid us farewell from pier University High School, we realize that there still remain memories-memories of studies, dramatic productions, athletic events, and parties which will remind us of our pleasant preparatory voyage. These activities have taught us co-operation, which is one of the necessary quali- ties of one who attempts to chart this uncertain sea. When unavoidable happenings have caused one member of the crew to be unable to carry on his work, another shipmate has been ready to fill the vacant place. Not only have we learned to work for each other, but also we have learned to work with each other. We have had oHicers to teach us the principles of navigation on the sea of life. Capable and untiring efforts on their part have assured us knowledge and future fitness. But now we must leave their protecting and understanding shelter to sail with other ofhcers whose ways and manners may differ from those to which we have been accustomed. Our lives will not always be lived on tranquil seas but will be stirred by winds and rains. Aware of this fact, our ofhcers have taught us to meet these familiar, but unavoidable, storms of life by steering clear of them, by chal- lenging and fighting to the unpredictable end, or by patiently waiting for the calm. There is an old custom followed in the Kei Islands. As soon as a vessel, about to sail for a distant port, has been launched, the part of the beach touched by the ship is covered as speedily as possible with palm branches, and that place becomes sacred. No one may thenceforth cross the spot until the ship comes home. It is true, we are departing from University High School and carrying distinct memories with us, but we are also leaving something behind. This something is a part of each person who graduates from University High School, and it becomes an undetachable chapter in the log book of the school. In this manner the green palms placed on the beach may be compared to the A freshness of the memories which we leave at our pier. g Parents and friends, since these memories cannot be removed, you will hear from us, see us, and therefore know we have successfully reached our respective desti- nations. Although our purpose for making this first part of 2 our voyage was to be graduated to larger and more important ships, we reluctantly but expectantly say fare- X well to our ship, pier, and officers as our new captain shouts- Full speed ahead! - -L CHRIST KATs1NAs Page' Tlllfllfjhllfllf