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SALUTATORY by Rachel Viele Parents and Friends: The Class of ’47 has bestowed upon me the honor of welcoming you to this, our treasured hour. But how can a weak word like “welcome” really convey the truly deep feeling which we wish to express ? We do sincerely welcome you here this evening for it is because of you that all nineteen of us have reached this goal. We realize now that it has been no easy task to steer us. Sometimes you merely used persuasion, sometimes you resorted to strategy, or even fore to see that we were among those present at school each day, and that we harbored no thought of stopping short of graduation. You set the example which we followed. We may not have followed that beaten path completely, but we did follow the out- line. So we are glad you are present to share in our final achievement as we realize that you were the ones to give us the timely pushes which were necessary. As I look around at all of you, I see faces which are so clearly marked with the lines of wisdom and wider experience that I realize that by comparison ours will seem very immature for many years. It makes me feel that it is really you who should bid us welcome. Instead, you have come to listen indulgently to all that we have to relate in this our hour; but we shall be your guests in your world to- morrow. We are joining you in the larger school of progress outside these doors; we are entering into your pursuits and pleasures, and we are joining you in the business and social circles which make up active life. How are you going to welcome us? Will you overlook our failures of the past? Will you see in us the good of today and the hope of tomorrow? For we do have use- ful qualitites which can be a credit to you. Each of us has his individual differences of opinion, ideas, and qualities but one thing we possess in common: we are all ambitious to become a factor in that better new world which is just dawning as we make our bow. When we the seniors, came to choose a class flower to represent us, it seemed appropriate that it be the carnation, for the carnation stands for ambition. The story is told that the carnation was once a simple, Wild-wood flower, humble and unassuming in its wild and untrained sweetness. But it was not long satisfied with this crude and ignorant way of existence. It was determined to better its situation, and to learn the ways of the world’s gardens and greenhouses, and so it became the flower of refinement and culture which it is today. Thus the carnation is the symbol of our devotion to progress. The carnation typifies power—power which comes from education, for the carnation has made its value felt in every community. The carnation finds a place in the grandest bouquets which appear at the best occasions. Similarly, educated workers get the best positions in life. Thus the carnation is the symbol of our devo- tion to adequate training. The carnation also ■represents endurance. When it is taken from the soil, its only source of life, and placed in a vase with other flowers, it will stay fresh and gay long after the others have withered andbeen thrown away. Thus, you see, the carnation is the symbol of our endurance and devotion to duty. And so, dear older friends, if you do welcome us into your world of advance- ment, we promise, like the carnation, to turn not only sweet and smiling faces, but useful ones, upon the world, ever receiving, ever radiating sunshine, cheering, brightening, and bettering any corner where you may place us.
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