Waterloo Public School - Panther Yearbook (Waterloo, NE)

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0 4 4 ■w F 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 m i 4 4 4 4 4 SALUTATORY Day after day youth wends its way--pausing awhile--yet not to stay. Friends of the Class of 1947, we welcome you to our commencement. It is to you, our parents, our teachers, the members of the board of education and friends, to whom we dedicate this service; and the message that comes first from our hearts to yours is a great hope for our dear Old Waterloo High. This you see means more to us than a mere beautiful ceremony. It Is an assimilation of your endeavor, your community service, your sacrifice, your vision, and your determination for us. Then too, this day, we are filled with a spirit of rededication to the ideals and principles of your helpfulness and devotion. You are ouV treasure chest, you have given abundantly to the youth of this community. It is through your efforts we are able to experience the realization of this portion of our education. It is through you that we may develop ourselves, not only mentality but recreatively, and and spiritually. Without you our school would fail; for it sees only with your vision. It hears only through you; it is fed with the zeal of your effort. In your hearts we have found an abode, in your thoughts we have found solace, in your devotion we have found realization, and In your presence we have found and always find satisfaction. And at this time friends, I pay tribute today to our school, soon to be our Alma Mater. I shall not praise It in terms to her structure, architecturally, but rather as a monument to the personal helpfulness, it has given each of us, and which we are sure it will continue to do in time to come. In 61 years the Waterloo School has emerged from one of rigid curriculm to one which has a program of clubs, plays, school publications, and athletics. The Ideal of our school is an ideal of democracy. It is the foundation of individual liberty, of intelligent citizenship. Just think what this school means to you and to us. Recall the long dark centuries when the masses were kept in ignorance--when creed and appression ruled the world with an Iron hand. Contrast that with the school today whose graduation class with the fullest kind of freedom can choose for it's motto;- Each Is The Architect Of His Own Fortune ; for by the small word Each is implied our individuality which is the basis of democracy and which is directly opposed to totolitarianism, one of the present scourges of Europe; the architect connotes too, that as Individuals, with free will we are at liberty to choose the materials to be used in making our fortune and the design by which it is to be made. Lastly, his own fortune intensifies the worth of the Individual by implying he has a fortune to call his own, or to anticipate. The basic aim of any school is character building—the bringing out of the best qualities that lie within the student. It endeavors to prepare them to succeed in passing the real test—the test of life. Our school has aimed to temper and sharpen the fine tool of our minds and our whole personalities. A school may be many things, but it is nothing, if it be not one above of all things—a stadium of intellitual exercises. Let it not be thought howeyer, that hign school is a place for Constance enjoyment and pleasure. Each one of this graduation class knows that there is no royal road to learning. The next time you pass our school, pause a moment to reflect that where the student gains the knowledge, self-respect, and recognition of his inalienable rights, the school has been his greatest ally. The school is democracy's greatest gift to civilization. We cherish our schools May we improve it by being true to its ideals. The school is preparing many graduates for a continued development; it Is awakening in us a consideration of great fundamental and eternal truths. It Is teaching us to rise above the tyranny of ready-made thinking and strike out for ourselves into the unknown, penetrable only by those of us with determination, ability, and the will to do. Yes, these are only a few of the services rendered today in our schools, where Day after day--youth wends its way—pausing awhile—but not to stay. VALEDICTORY EDUCATION OF THE MASSES FOR WORLD PEACE Rev. Wilson, Mr. Nelson, esteemed teachers, dear parents, and kind friends. Tonight the class of 47 begins its commencement--a commencement whose preparation has lasted for twelve years; and tonight each member of our class commences life’s Journey, not unlike a Roman soldier going to battle: equipped with our armor of knowledge, our shield on which is inscribed in clearly defined letters the motto: EACH IS THE ARCHITECT OF HIS OWN FORTUNE; our short sword of self-defence of fortitude; our helmet of prudence; our = =? = . 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 i 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4