Webster Township High School - Web Yearbook (Scotch Ridge, OH)

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VALBDICTORY Mr. Cotterman, Members of the Board of Education, Faculty, Parents, and FI'iendS The time hascome for us, as a class, to separate to break the bonds that have held us closely together all these years durmgwhich we have been strl v1ng to attain a common goal graduatlon Much of the time lt has been up hlll work, sometlmes the tasks have seemed too difficult to master the burdens heavler than we could bear, but we were young, and w1th perseverance and a bull-dog determlnatlon, we have come safely and triumphantly to the fmish Sometlmes lt seemed little more than drudgery, but now that we have come to the end of the courseand look back over the years, it doesn't appear so bad after all The recollection of many happy events, sandwlched :Ln between, have somehow made us forget the rougher spots along the way Now that we have reached this lmportant stat1oninL1fe's journey, the ex ultatmon of the occasion to which we have looked forward , has somehow glven place to a feeling of sadnessas we come to a realmzation that the direct and more 1.nt1mate association w1th each other is to be severed that the friend sh1ps of twelve years are to be but a happy memory But such 15 l1fe always changmg nothmg remains at a standstill A successful lJ.fe1saprogress1ve one, otherwlse it becomes like a stagnant pool No longer aneweactive members of the Senlor Class of Webster 'Iwp School We are to launch forth 1nto the held ofneirendeavor and adventure New asso c1at1ons are to be formed, more practlcal andmore mature ones We are to enter our llfe careers Shall we succeed or shall we faJ.l'7 That depends entlrely upon ourselves Each one of us holds w1thin hls or her grasp the Golden Key of Success Fhch depends upon the wisdomand judgment wlth which each one has selected his life's vocat1on, the appl1cat1on he g1ves to lt, the perslstant efforts and doggedness with whlch he pursues lt We may learn a great deal from the Lmcoln and Carnegie and Edison None of them had the advantages of school education, such as we have enjoyed, and yet, by their hero1c efforts, they achleved world w1de fame and made the whole unlverse happler and better for thelr havlng lived Bythis I do not mean to bel1ttle a High School education but rather to emphasize how much greater should be our chances ofeuccess with the educatlon that we have Education should notendwlth graduatnon Thls graduatlon day of ours should be only one of the milestones onoureducatlonal hlghway In reallty lt should be what we commonly speak of as Commencement Day It shouldbe the commencement of our lafe long quest for practlcal knowledge and research nf we are to win the greatest success :Ln 1:.fe Now, lt is time to say farewell We shall soon be wendlng our separate paths Some of us may win fame or xortune or both, others may be ontent to remain in the modest walks of llfe, nel ber grovelmg ln the d t or soarlng to the hlghest peaks But whatever we do orwhatever we are, we hall alway look back wlth prlde and Joy at this glorlous class of 1953 May the memormes remaln w1th us always and spur us on to a greater and more frultful lnfe Ronald Moore 2h success or failure of others. We may profit by reviewing the struggles of

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T O Dr Cotterman, Board of ducatlon, Faculty, Parents and Frlends e extent our heartfelt greetlngs and salutatlons to parents, teachers, and school offlclals We salute ourparents because lt lS they who have sus ta ned ard sponsored us durnng all the years that we have been preparlng our selves for our llfe careers We salute our teachers who have helped and encour aged us to overcome the obstacles along the road of Knowledge, and who have been so patlent wlth us durlng ll these years We salute the school offlcnlals and patrons who have provlded the bu1ld1ngs and equlpment wlthout whlch could not have carrled on and tnus attalned the goal to whlch we asplred graduatlon And what does lt mean? Ofwhat lmportance 1s :Lt to us? It means the suc cessful endlng of a certaln course of study and to some of us, perhaps, lt spells FINIS to our school actlvlties and the beglnnlng of our l fe work T others lt 15 the beglnnmg of a hlgher course of stuchf a fuller and more elab orate preparatlon What can be saldof the studentfs outlook on llfe today? What does llfe hold 1n store for the confused student fresh from the shelterlng lnfluence of the classroom? In reallty the outlook :Ls far more compllcated now than :Lt was a century cr half a century ago. The last flfty years has seen more and greater achlevements than any other half century ln the worldis hlstory The farmer of today 1S no longer an lsolated person If he needs repalrs for one of h1s numerous farm lmplements, he steps 1nto h1s auto, drlves to town and 13 back at work ln a few mlnutes. H13 produce 1S taken to market 1n a gaso llne truck over excellent roads In the evenlng he reads hls da1ly paper by electrlc or fluorescent llghts, or 1s entertained by the radlo or televlslon The buslnessman ofSanFranc1sco who has transactlons to attend to 111 New York, may eat h1s breakfast ln hls own home, board a plane and take lunch 1n Kan sas Clty and hls dlnner ln New York Sc1ent1f1c research lS revolutlonlzlng the world's lndustrles, :Lts war fare and lts medlcal aspect. In war a slngle bomb 1S capable of destroylng a whole clty and 1ts lnhabltants, and that same atomlc energy blds fair to become a predomlnant motlve power ln our lndustrlal world In medlclne, the sulnha drug and pen1c1ll1n have come to the front :Ln masterlng dlseases that were always Cl8SSlflSd as lncurable, and ln treatlng the battle wounds of soldlers What greater vocatlon could there be for any man or woman than that ofa creator of peace among the natlors of the world? It would be a supreme achleve ment and acrlevement greater than that of any honors to be won ln sclencecr art or lterature or war What greater glory could anyone ask than thls to be a modern Prlnce of Peace Our ways henceforth are to be separate ways No longer are me to travel and work together collectlvely as a slngle body We are to rely solely upon ourselves, indlvldually, to succeed or fall accordlng as we put our hearts and mlnds and hands to the task that we set for ourselves True, we shall mlss the wlse counsel of our teachers However, we of the present generatlon have been coached more thoroughly ln world affalrs, we have been better tralned, perhaps, to depend upon self'-confldence and self rel1ance, than graduates of the older days And so we go forth glrded with courage and fortltude to combat the puzzllng problems of th1s the atomlc age 25 'ames Phllo r D n L R Y Y . A.: X 0 A . ' ,Q n f- 1 1 .A 5 ' - O . , . F h - ' ' cn. o , we . . . . . -- C , . . . Q , . . . . . . O .?.,... . u K Y ..., - I A . C . . . l . .... . - 5 1 . . . . . . . .- . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . - - . . . . . I . . . . . . I O A . . 1. . ..- A 1. . A , V -- 4 o . 1 l ' :- S O C . . v . ' .- - . 0 . . -b . -- . . . iw - .-