Windsor Locks High School - Herald Yearbook (Windsor Locks, CT)

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3U THE HIGH SCHOOL HEKALI) VALEDICTORY Tonight as we appear before you we might well be called the youth of today; tomorrow ' s men and women. But as long as we live we should remember to keep the spirit of youth ever present in us. Think how wonderful it would be if every one in the world today kept this spirit! Perhaps judges could be more understanding when delinquents are on trial; perhaps teachers could be just a little more-lenient with boys who seem to be sick just when fishing season opens; perhaps parents could better cope with the many important prob¬ lems facing their adolescents. Wordsworth once said: Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, but to be young was very heaven! This has been proved true over and over again, even by you yourselves. How many times can you remember saying Oh to be young again. Even from history we can recall Ponce deLeon ' s quest for an eternal fountain of youth. If youth then is such an envied period in life, cannot people in some way re-capture it? Of course, and the answer is simply this —keep young in spirit. Granted that time must pass, and we must age in years, yet our spirit can forever remain young. What are the rules? You will find them in no encyclopedia, no dictionary, nor in any reference book, for it is the individual himself who determines them. Perhaps we could state one general rule; Live life, every golden minute of it. An outstanding example of this is a man known to almost everyone; namely, A1 Jolson. Throughout his life he spread happiness everywhere with his songs. Jolson had the power to make an audience feel just what he was singing, whether it be his rendition of Mammy or California Here 1 Come. He could .not have done this, had he not been young in spirit, for we know for a fact that even in the worst of times, when the going was toughest, he gave his best performance. Al Jolson has passed away now, but his youthful spirit and zest will long be remembered in our hearts. Why then cannot we remain forever young in heart, doing for others, doing for ourselves? Ambition, position, success—all can be attained, if we strive hard enough; but happiness, peace, contentment are the secrets cf true success. Classmates, as I bid you farewell, I hope that you, too, will always remember to keep young in spirit as you go on through life. May you have all the success and happiness that life may hold, and may God bless you all. Alice Marconi ' 52 r. r, I l l l I i l i l l CNI CO Page

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