Show I rS i Soh th Davi o Hods Hk MT 0 I Farewell f l Highlight ht of the farewell ex ex- i for or ninth grade students of South South Davis is was the presentation presentation presentation presen presen- tation of special award awards t tI to Michael Martin and Janet Junel I Ridges These students had the best records for scholarship citizenship and attendance for their entire three years cars in junior junior junior jun jun- high school Both these students stu stu- students dents gave outstanding talks at atthe atthe atthe the program as did David Bradford Bradford Brad Brad- ford and Glade ALL ATTENDING agreed that Mrs Susan Winters had done an outstanding job in training the groups in m their mu mus musical s steal numbers The bo boys s 's sang The Halls HaIls of Ivy hy the girls' girls chorus sang Never NEwer Walk Alone and the combined glee club sang The Lords Lord's Prayer and Hail South Davis Jr High Kristin Lish and Robert Christensen were ac Ninth grade officers Stan Anderson Nellie Edwards and Kathy Thomas were instigators in procuring a score board to present to the school They also worked with Mrs 1 N Nelma elma Irvine in planning the program A SCRAP SCRAPBOOK OOK showing the many activities that have been carried on this past year was presented to Principal LaMar Parkin by the student body officers officers officers of of- GaI Gary Manwill Carol Smith an and Kristin Lish Remarks were mace by the director of secondary schools for Davis County Horton Mil ler ter Seminary teachers Grant H H. H Elliot and Lyle Hintz gave the opening and closing prayers The PTA furnished flowers to decorate the stage The auditorium auditorium auditor auditor- iu ium 1 was filled to capacity THE TilE AUDIENCE applauded when n Mr 11 Miller said We do donot donot donot not all have the same abilities and should not aspire to be he what we arent If we are arc sparrows spar spar- rows w we should not be encouraged encouraged aged to become eagles but we shri should should- lda aim m to be darned good sparrows Theme of Michael 1 Martins Martin's speech was Courage Builds Character He lIe said Among the inalienable rights tights granted to us by the Constitution is that of pursuit of happiness It takes courage to be a student when those around us are wasting wasting wast wast- wasting ing their time It takes courage to be a law abiding citizen when those around us are arc def defying defying de de- f ing rules and regulations The fundamental fact remains that as as- we graduate with this class I tonight we shall reap the success success success suc suc- cess and happiness for which we eve courageously struggle Let Letus Letus Letus us build our characters in the soil of experience with the fertilizer fertilizer fertilizer fer fer- of or example the moisture of oC des desire re and the sunlight of or satisfaction so that our graduation grady grad here tonight will bring br ng honor to South Davis Junior High and those institutions of hi higher learning which open their doors to us JANET RIDGES spoke on Opportunities in the Space Age She said II A A common expression used to be The sky's the limit but now we have gone past even that on into space be beyond ond and the opportunities opportunities opportunities op op- of youth today have risen and increased correspond correspond- With so many opportunities ties ahead we must choose carefully the road we take Very often oCten individuals know what destination or or 01 goal they want to reach but they just leave it up to somebody else lse to get them there Toda Today is really a day of or speed shortcuts and efficiency but no one has yet discovered a short cut for building char character and integrity ty into peoples people's lives Nobody knows how to mix up a batch of oC honesty honest courage fidelity devotion self reliance Glade began her talk by saying saing Aim for a goal then start on your way it may I take a year ear or only a day Travel slowly and watch for for- mistakes Dont Don't worry about the time jinie it takes The path maybe may maybe maybe be rough and aha a mostly uphill But you'll oun g get getto t tto to the top by using your our will I IIER TIER HER FURTHER remarks on The Importance of Making the Most of or My Education I included cd ed The education duc f on we we are f gelting betting gel bet ting now is like the trunk of a tree In high school and college this tree will gain limbs branches and finally leaves eaves Ea h year ear our education will become more specialized Many people regret the the fact that they just got along in school instead of or doing a littlemore little littlemore littlemore more than was required At our age they felt that the world owed each of them a living Really we owe our living to the world Education and knowledge are the roadways to to success as almost any success ul person wi will tell you you David Bradford rd spoke o oThe on The Value of Truth He sai said Life e actually is not a com corn competition competition petition with others In its truest tr tru tm est cst sense it is rivalry with ourselves our ourselves selves We should each day seek to break the record of our yest yesterday We should strive daily daib to live stronger better truer lives each day to surpass ourselves This is progress the kind of progress that builds I character and makes America prosper But no prosperity that thatis is based on deception lying and intrigue such as communism communism can survive long Real success and lasting happiness can exist only if iI it is founded on the rock of Jf truth WHAT THEN is the role lole of the he schools in all of or this The answer to this is quite import and m must u s t be con considered sid ere d carefully I have chosen a sa say saying ing ng that I think helps to answer best est this question It goes like this his You sow a a thought you reap cap an act You sow son soan an act act you ou reap a habit You sow a 3 habit labit you reap a character You sow a character you reap a destiny The duty of the schools then thenis is first to instill a desire to learn then by gui d din i n g thoughts directing a acts ts and sometimes sometImes' even changing hab habits habits habits its they shape the destiny of lives and therefore the destiny of America In conclusion I t hope that the coal floal of our lives Jives ma may be toward the fulfillment of this proclamation that in inthe inthe inthe the end truth must conquer right must triumph and justice must reign |