SMITHFIELD HIGH TIMES
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It seems appropriate in this last issue
of the High Times to air the thoughts of
Several graduating seniors. It is my pl^-
ure, as editor of this year's edition, to
relinqrdsh the space customarily devoted
to the editor's opinion for this purposco
Ann Jones. Editor
THOUGHTS CN LEAVING HIGH 3CHCCL
--two essays and one poem by
Seniors at SHS,
Graduation is an event that all seniors
await with mixed emotions, Tnis one
Ceremony marks the culmination of twelve
long years of arduous work. At the same
tirrie it is the commencement of a new way
of life.
The old buildings we've knov/n for so
long and grown to love will no longer be
our"second home"o No more will we
sha?:e the joys of homecoming and letter
day. The thrill of newly-arrived annuals
^ill be a thing of the past. There will be
College azinuals and homecomhng days, but
old friends won't be there together to
share this excitemientc
We've known what to expect when the
Summer carrie to an end. Tnis year an
^’nknown world is waiting to enguli; us. A
f^reedomi we've never possessed stares us
iu the face as we travel to work, trade
School, business school, college, or
'luiversity.
Graduation is really a big step forward
^est friends will be separated by hundreds
cf miles, Flome v/ill be a. place we visit,
*9.ther than live there with Mother and
Happiness is appropriate at this time,
is sadness. Joy prevails because a
big milestone has been reached. Fear or
hesitation to venture into the unknown
^erids to dull the excitement, but only
slightly. Elated to finish high school and
^eave homie ? Cr melancholy to leave the
place that holds so many memories?
Every senior must honestly confess
that graduation brings tears of joy and
sorrow;
Gloria Little
When I thinlv of Erd o creating the ect-ith
’•in only seven days, I stop to think what I
have to show' for m.y four years of high
school, only to realize that these four years
have created; in a sense, nre. I have made
an effort to analyze my ideas and ideals and
found that each year has played its role in
developing and deviating my personality,
I, like many other. reali.ze that I am stand
ing on the last rung of the la.dder now. The
top of the ladder causes one to look back
and. perhaps, wish he could relive those
incidents of the past. Knowing that I can
not relive a.ll of my mistakes, I am com
forted by my philosophy that realizing is
learning.
Have I earned the label "dignified"
which is associated v/ith the senior ? I can
only say that my eyes have opened wider
and have seen farther into the depths of
the meaning of true ambition. With grad
uation this year, I shall leave m.uch
knov/ledge behind which I might have taken
v/ith me had I put forth more effort on these
school nights when I had 'more important
duties than lessons. Still, there are those
things I have obtained. The many math-
matical, historical, o,nd gram.matical facts
I have learned will have a chance to play
their hand in college. Then, there are
those things v/hich have helped develop the
real me which can never be taken away.
Yes, leaving high school is a very im
portant step, I only hope I take this
advancement without falling even though I
may 3tremble at times.
Lou Powell
Ch, those days of high school,
How will I ever forget them?
I can soon remember them as cool,
When I have -passed out of those doors.