Show salutatory SALUTA TOKY ADDRESS AUDIl LbS tile the great new world before to the friends gathered here to the teachers who have been our guides it Is my privilege to extend a most cordial w welcome el colne we greet you with lasting gratitude and high re for it Is duo to your tall tali and substantial interest in our behalf that we are ready to graduate from high school today we leave the tha faculty that has haa worked so long and f faithfully alth fully to make this day possible for us with a feeling of appreciation and regret it is indeed fitting that you should be here at our graduation a triumph that we in so large a measure owe to you ou we also welcome our parents and friends whose sustained faith in us reaches its fulfillment here heie today without it efm et m faith in us tills this day would not be realized As wo we face the great new world before us we dedicate tho the full force of this generation of youth to the task of peaceful living wo we are aie facing an age in which leadership must not be based on military power but on mans I 1 ability to think things out ways of maintaining peace among nations the purpose of our school life has been to teach us to think to lead to follow the future of the world will depend upon the genius of the people who inhabit it and upon tile the spirit of brotherhood and faith in each other tile the future ot of this country depends upon the youth of today upon theli their sense of responsibility and alid the determination to establish a society where everyone has the opportunity to live lie and work the new world awaits new men and new women they must think clearly and have hae tho the courage of their convictions forces and ideals must be dominated by humanitarian intentions and leaders who aim to help the people of the world rather than subject the people to their personal wishes As we come here today to graduate from high school it is for us to dedicate the forces of youth to the great task before us the class of 47 invites you to participate in the formality of our graduation from froin high seli school ool leroy madsen |