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

Page 33 text:

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

Page 32 text:

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

Page 34 text:

Page Thirty COMMENCEMENT CALENDAR BACCALAUREATE Sunday, Iune I, 8 P. M.-Recital Hall, Smith Memorial Hall Organ Prelude, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot .,-.........,.., .,.....,,..-, D iron Processional, March, from Athalie ..e.e.............. .....-..,, M endelrsohn Dr. Miles C Hartley Invocation .e..,.....e........................,... The Reverend A. Ray Cartlidge Hymn, America the Beautiful .A,e.........e............................ -Sleeper The Audience Scripture ee.e..................................... ..... T he Reverend Cartlidge Cherubim Song --- ....e..e................................. -Borznianslqy Mixed Chorus Sermon ..e.e.e..e..., ...................,.... T he Reverend Herbert L. Miller Benediction ......................e...,.. .. ..... ......... T he Reverend Cartlidge Organ Postlude, Hosannah ..,.A,,.,.....,..,. r.e,..C.C,.-,,,e,,.,, - Dubois Dr. Hartley PARENT-TEACHER AND CLASS NIGHT BANQUET Monday, Iune 2, 6 P. M.-Woman's Building Presidents Welcome ...................e., ...,................ W arren Goodell Parents' Response .L..L LL... P rofessor C. W. Sanford Class History ...... ..,. .......... e......e........... D W y er Murphy Class Poem .... ............................................... L ouise Proehl Class Will .......,,..e,...... Iane Burke, Erna Wolf, Myron Sholem, Donald Kane Class Prophecy ...... Celia Christie, Mary Woodworth, Lee Stevenson, David Vestal Hatchet Oration .............,..e......e.....,.ee.,a.............. William Cagle Iunior Response e................... ........................... C harles Whitmore Trombone Solo .Le....a,..... ..... I ohn Hofmann Distribution of Yearbooks .........A....,,....Le...., ..a.. M ary Sanford COMMENCEMENT Tuesday, Iune 3, 8 P. M.-Recital Hall, Smith Memorial Hall Processional e....L.... .......... ...................... M i ss Velma I. Kitchell Invocation ,LL-., .... ..,. .... ...,. T h e R everend Robert N. McDonald Welcome .ee.ee..e................................................ -Ioanne Hills Piano Solo, Rhapsodie in G minor, Op. 79, No. Ze e..- ..e... .,a..e r B rahms Gwendolyn Smith Commencement Address ................L-.-.LLLe..-..... Professor Harry G. Paul Czecho-Slovakian Dance Song ...............................,. -arr. by Manney Senior Vocal Ensemble Farewell .,,,,,-,,,L,,,,-,,..,,.....,......,,.............,...... Christ Katsinas Presentation of Diplomas .......... -- ..-............. Dean Thomas E. Benner Benediction, .....,...... ..... T he Reverend McDonald Recessional ..L. -- ............... -Miss Kitchell