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THE BLUE AND GOLD. '17
THE OLD HIGH SCHOOL
OUR DUTY AS ALUMNI.
The title of this editorial would be most fitting as the subject of a baccalaureate sermon. An inspiring ,discourse would undoubtedly be delivered from the same. Since we will not be privileged as a class to be an audience in this respect, a few words of editorial comment is not unbefitting.
Alumni of the L. L. H. S.! The realization of that relation has not yet taken full possession of our consciousness. But soon, too soon it seems, we will have the stern fact brought forcefully home that we are no longer students of the high school but alumni of the same. Four years we have lived as one large family in our high school home. Four years we have shared each others joys and sorrows. Four years we have been through the testing fires of "exams" and for four years the guiding kindly influence of an earnest, helpful faculty hasdeveloped us, until now we stand on the threshold of the great world—graduates.
Our emotions are of mingled regret and joy; regret, that we must leave an ennobling environment behind; joy in the strength of our might to meet life's forces and master them. With the preparation that is ours, we are wiing, aye, anxious to test our mettle in the fray.
The impulse is commendable. The realization of our hopes will be the fruits of our training. Should we not then keep the original source a cherished memory in the heart? As alumni, should we not do our share to promote the best interests of our high school? Unreservedly, yes. The reasons are axiomatic; they need no elaboration here.
By what means may we actively help L. L. S.? Perhaps a suggestion is not inappropriate. Why can we not or-