** link between the total past and that
which is vet to be. The acts we will
to the joys of any dauntless mountaineer
who has reached a coveted summit
~ after a long and hard struggle upward.
But any summit gained only shows us
j distant peaks to try for and to conquer.
So, many of us today, pausing now for
I this brief hour, will soon be oh our way
I to further training and studies that we
expect will complete our preparation for
the kinds of work we have set our minds
upon.
; perform, the accomplishments which
will be ours to determine and to bring to
pass must enable us, our friends, and
others to live mutually helpful and happy
lives upon the earth, our planet-home.
it has been said that man can realize
his highest and his best when he is
cooperating with others. Today, more
than ever before, men must work to
gether. There are tasks that cry for
doing, there are wrongs that cry for
Through our earlier school years,
righting, there are those who cry for I this day seemed vague and far away.
our just consideration; all vegetation and Later, it loomed larger and grew more
the hosts it shelters, the seas, the sky, important, and we pressed toward
the soil itself - all are crying out for our it with an ever-growing urgency. At
just thought and action.
times the climb seemed hard, and there
were moments when we wondered if
In a way, each life is like a story that we would reaily make it. We are here
is written. Today another chapter of today, and our presence tells you that we
hfe is finished. And now, more than i ' did keep the goal in sight, we did get
before, men will hold us accountable ! that last assignment, and now we c
for what the yet unwritten chapters will j say, "At last it is done.”
reveal. Long ago, a very wise Man said,
‘‘To whom much is given, of the same
shall much be required."
upon this pleasant peak and see in the
distance other beckoning peaks which we
must climb. The complexities of life
around us, the tasks that lie ahead are
very great and threaten to be over
whelming. Let no man think that he
alone can bring solution. That can only
come by cooperating attitudes and
efforts.
This is "Farewell” to Chemawa, our
school, to our friends who stay, and to
our classmates who disband and go.
This is a place to remember...this is a
day to remember.
We will not forget.
A4i
V
Young woman
You have a trail to follow.
Take care not to wander from it
or in the end you find only misery.
Stay with it:
Let your heart take its meaning
Then, at journey’s end, there will be
peace.
—Emmy Bitt