THE HERALD - EDUCATION SUPPLEMENT

THURSDAY, JUNE 24. 1971

Valedictory Address

BY MARIA HUGI-

Instead of following the procedure of making a
straightforward farewell speech as a Valedictory
Address, I have chosen to go back to the original

meaning behind the word Valedictory.

The word

Valedictory. comes from the Latin verbs ‘Valeo”’
which means to ‘be -strong, and “Dicto’’ which
means to tell,, Therefore, contrary to the popular
conception of it being a “sentimental rendition of
farewell, a Valedictory: is intended more as a
willing of strength for the future.

So I am here for the
Graduating Class, not so much
to say goodbye as ta thank
people for the strength which
‘they have given us, and perhaps
to try to wish it to them in
return. We have needed
strength in many ways during
our years in the public school
system and now we have to
tahnk a number of people for
providing the strength to help us us
along.

The first people we must
thank are, for obvious reasons,
our parents. In turn we would
like to wish them much
strength. | should imagine that
they will find it extremely
‘difficult to face the future
without us, We have certainly
kept them physically and
mentally alert. We must thank
our teachers as well. Some of
them have helped us a great
deal as westruggled through, It
is only fair, though, to wish

them also a certain amount of |

strength. Facing school next

year without us, must be a bleak
prospect -indeed. Both - our
teachers and our parents really
need the strength that we would
wish them, for their strength
must have been drained
through their monumental
efforts to give it to us.

Probably most of us here, who
are graduating, feel that we are
fairly strong. I think that we
have the right to feel this way.

After all, haven't we just
survived twelve years of
scbool? Shouldn't mere
existence here in the north have
made us strong? Anyone who
could live through the record -

- breaking levels of snow that we

had this year, simply had to be
strong.

However, just having
strength is not good enough.
Somehow we must put to good
use the kind of strength which

each of ushas gained. Trying to.

discover our particular fleld of
interest may not be easy for us,
but once we have discovered it,
we ‘should hope that our

strength will help us to carry

out our different aims. We hope
to be able to achieve these aims
to prove to our parents, our
teachers, and, most of all, to
ourselves, that the strength that
we have been entrusted with,

’ which has grown amongst us

through friendships and

associations, will eventually.
~ bear fruit.

Best. of Luck
to the :
(Class of

Waiting for graduation exercises to begin: Martha Morven, Kathy Jeffries, Gertrude Peal,
Glenda Best, Sharalyn Best. .

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