Wisconsin School for the Deaf - Tattler Yearbook (Delavan, WI)

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SALUTATORY By Alfred Mwrli To the member of the Stole Board of Control, Superintendent, Teaeber . Clacimate and friends: The Class of '32 welcome you most cordially to these exercises. We appreciate deeply the interest you have shown in coming here to share with us this proud and happy hour. For many years we have looked forward eagerly to the time when we should appear upon this platform as graduates. That time has come at Inst, and while wc are glad that we have successfully completed this part of our education, our hearts arc heavy ut the thought of leaving these surroundings and friends. We arc the ixty-sccond class to graduate from thus school. A wc look back, it seems but a few years ago that we enrolled in the kindergarten. a restless, active group of boy and girls. Ench year there have been changes. Now and thon some of our classmate fell back into other classes or dropped from our school life entirely. The new pupils coming here from other schools were the links that repaired the broken chains. Our life here ha- been busy and nt all times very happy. Wc shall carry away with us ninny pleasant memories of the good times we have had together on the athletic field, in classes and on the campus. We are fortunate in being members of a school that is able to give its big family so many good things in life and education. A few months ago, at a class meeting, we chose the sweet pea for our class flower, as the sweet pea stands for ambition. Orchid and green are our doss colors. Orchid symbolizes power and nobility of purpose, while green stands for loyalty. The orchid urges us to seek and cling to the noblest things in life, while the green reminds us to be loyal to our Ideals. It also reminds us to be loyal to our school and it teachings. ••PICK YOUR F’EAK AND CLIMB IT. is our clnss motto. All through our school life we have been climbing upward toward this longed for gonl. The climbing so far has not been difficult. but we know that the rocks ahead are rugged and steep. At times we may feel discouraged, but we shall not give up. By doing our best day by day, patiently and with perseverance, we shall surely succeed in life as we have succeeded in school. Our great poet, Ixmg-fellow, hud the same thought when he said: We have not wing , we can not soar. But we have feet to scale nnd climb By slow decree . Some of the class have chosen Gallnudct College as the high peak of their desires, while the rest will be content to climb the smaller hills of ordinary life. The view may not be so dazzling but the un will shine just as brightly on the hill tops as it docs on the highest peak. In behalf of my classmates, let me tell you again how glad we are to have so many of our friend here to-night. The Class of 32 extend a hearty uelcomc to you all.

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CIai Motto Clan Officer PICK YOUR PEAK AND CLIMB IT Prudent...................................................Mitchell EchikoriU Class Color Vico Proaident .... John Kuglttjich ORCIIII) and GREEN Secretary and Treasurer . . Orrell Jensen CU». Flower SWEET PEA Clast Sponsor Mi® Mary Wllllama Tattler Advisor Mr . Laura Crosby VOCATIONAL CLASS ROLL JOHN W. GRADY lloricon Carpentry Shoo Rcparing Tree Surgery Boy Scout Phoenix Literary Society JOHN E. B1EDERMAN Jefferson Football Baseball Art Monitor Shoe Reparinjr Basketball Tree Surgery Phoenix Literary Society GEORGE SULLIVAN Oshkosh Art Carpentry Etching Printing Phoenix Literary Society

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VALEDICTORY By Sylvia Shadoski It has been customary in this school to have on«- of the senior class give a valedictory at the commencement exercise . This year this honor has com© to me. If we analyze the word valedictory we find that it breaks up into aU which means farewell and dicere which means to say. This is what I wish to do—to bid you farewell. Her© is the end of our journey; we have completed our school work, but our thought drift back to this school, to the true friends and to the pleasant memories we hove. Whatever success be ours, we owe a debt of gratitude to our dear Alma Mater which has provided us with this wonderful education. This class. I believe, has more pupils who have come up through the grades than any previous class. We now number eleven; only six of us have been here since our kindergarten day . Four have been here through high school and one has been here but a year. We all feel that this school is just like a home to us. As we have grown up here, wo have noticed so tunny improvement in our surroundings. Every year our dear school becomes more beautiful. Wc hop© that we. too. hav© grown and that we can justify these improvements by being good, useful citizens. To the Board of Control: To you, our first parting words are due. I wish to express the sincere thanks of my clast to you. who have don© much to make this school what it is. To our Superintendent: We wish to thank you for the many ways in which you have aided us ever sine© we first came here. We have learned tome of the most important lessons in life—promptness and obedience,—from you, whom we hav© always respect- ed as a father. We pray that God will reward you for all that you have done for us and hope that you may hav© many more years as Superintendent of this school. Farewell. To our schoolmates: We are passing out of school life into active citizenship today. Wc don’t know what message to leave with you. We shall never return here us students again, but the memory of our school days here will always be with u . Every year new faces will come, old ones will disappear. The class of 1932 extends best wishes for your future and we want to persuade all of you not to give up until you graduate. To our Teachers and Supervisors! We have spent many years studying here under you. Now that we arc about to leave, sonic of us would like to remain longer. However wc shall carry away with us plcaiu) t memories of you and the happy days wc have had together. For everything you have done, and for everything you are doing, we pray that you may be rewarded. Farewell to you. all. Parents and Friends: We appreciate your judgement in choosing this school for us. Wo understand the sacrifices you have made for us. We realize the lone-sornenesa of your early days without us at home and wc hope that we may be able to reward you for all this. Classmates: To you, my last words will be spoken. You know that we have been through sunshine and shadows together. Let’s seek the most important things in life as wo want our dear Alma Mater to be proud of us. Let’ not turn our backs on opportunities, but sieze them so that we can do greater things in the future. Again I wish to bid you farewell but not goodbye.