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Salutatory Address
Delivered At W. H. S.
By Lucy Mm Smith
Mr. Link, Mr. Gasque, Senator Guest, members of the board of education and faculty, parents, classmates, and friends, on behalf of the class of 1950 I am happy to welcome all who have, gathered, this evening for our commencement.
This is the important event of our lives up to now and a major turning point. When we entered high school as freshmen we knew approximately what we would be doing for the next four years. Our lives were set up on a definite pattern. Each September we returned to classes and for the next nine months followed the same plan of living and sharing of common interests.
We have felt a strong allegiance to our school, especially during all athletic contests. Every student has felt a thrill of pride each time our school has been ahead t in the league of baseball or basketball, and we have been very proud each time a fellow student has won an honor.
There is an answer too for those who say that in their day boys ana girls came to school to learn, and not to fritter away their time in social gatherings. - Educators have, discovered that the student who goes to school, attends his classes and then goes straight home is missing an important part of his education.
After all what does education., really mean? It means the training and developing of young people into mature men and women •who will be able to cope with the complex problems of life. They must not only be interested with academic knowledge, but they must also be given actual experience of meeting real situations. By working with students their own age and with adult advisors they acquire important qualities and abilities that are as valuable to them as anything they may learn from a book.
During the past four years we have thought of ourselves first of all as a part of this school. Suddenly, however, we realize we are leaving this behind . . . the
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