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THE BLUE AND GOLD. '17.
no more. We go now apart each his own way through the years and whatever time may bring may be all be true to our better selves and to the truths which our school life has impressed upon us. There is a new idea of patriotism today ; it results from the sense of obligation that citizens have toward the state for its educational and social advantages,—a patriotism which calls each one to strive in his every day life to promote some civic advancement or render some social service. Out of a feeling of obligation and gratitude to the state for the advantages offered us and to those who have been the agents in carrying out this plan, let us answer this call.
SALUTATORY.
Aline Cake.
Our beautiful world, it has been said, is a paradise of miracles which delight us ; astound us ; and fill us with wonder about the Unseen Being who creates these marvelous things. To me and many others, I believe, one of the greatest miracles is that of the growth, development and maturity of a tiny seed into a beautiful, fragrant flower. One marvels when one thinks that a small seed has in it all the force and all the beauty of the complete flower.
So it is with the child. One marvels when one thinks that a child has in it all the force and power of a man. Both must go through a process of growth. development and maturity. Growth of both is brought about by nature alone. But the development of the child is aided by education. Day after day year after year, the child attends the school where teachers aid the mind in its development until the child reaches the culmination of this developing period and is ready to go out into the world and carry on this development himself or to aid in the noble task of developing other young minds.
To-night. we are here to show that we have completed this period of development. The tiny seed of the mind has expanded, and finally, unfolded into the bud. about to mature into the flower. Our feeling at this time is difficult to describe. We are filled with triumph at our success in safely passing this period. and, at the same time, a feeling of sorrow overwhelms us at the thought that we, who have lived together very intimately for so long, will never meet again as. a class.
ETHEL MATTSON
Literary Society 1913-14 Favorite Sport—Silence
"Of studie took she most care and most hede"
"Noght one word spake she more than nede"
ROLAND PARKS
"Porky"
Favorite Sport—Growing tall German Club
Science Club 1913-14, 1914-15 Valedictorian
"I am a man; there is nothing human
that I think no concern of mine"