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THE LEXHIPEP
MAY 24, 1923
Presentation Of
Characteristic Gifts
I nave taken pains to gather to
gether such mementoes as will best
help each of you to meet the duties
of life at present and as they come
to-you, and shall proceed to distribute
them to you feeling thrilled with the
thought that “It is more blessed to
give than to receive,” and trusting
that each little gift may be received,
not for its value but because of the
thought behind it. My wish is to help
each one of you in my small way
toward the success you are in the
future to achieve.
I am sure you will accept the sim
ple offering in the same spirit as I
present it, and that it may remain
throughout the years as a bond of
union between you and me.
As I call your names, one by one,
will you please come forward to re
ceive these tokens of my interest in
you.
Virginia McCarn: You are always so
busy that I see very little that you
neeed to help you along the way. I
give you, then, this bit of candy, that
the days of your college course may
be sweetened with the memory of
your life at school with us.
Roy Peacock; I give you this
doctor’s satchel; may it be of much
use to you in the future.
Ethel Hedrick: Ehtel, not that you
need this little gift now, but because
it will be useful in future years, I
give you this sewing box, hoping you
will make good use of it while mak
ing your trosseau.
Joe Walser: Joe, in hopes that in
College you will he on time for your
classes and other duties, I give uo--
this clock.
Fallie Shoaf: I give you the Book
of Knowledge, may you make good
use of it in the future.
Moton Eeonard: That your college
days may not be lonely, I give you
these animals (frog, duck and pig)
that they may make the old barn
yard melodies we endured all this
year.
Grace Swaim: Hoping that some
day you will get to take a trip with
a certain person, I give you this little
ship.
Cortez Anderson: I give you this
bottle of catsup, may you follow its
name and endeavor to catch up.
Agnes Peacock: Agnes I give you
this thermometer, may it help you
in your work of being a nurse.
Hugh Kepley; To you, our class
poet, I give this pen, with the re
quest that you make use of it to put
your dreams into words, for the bene
fit of others.
Elizabeth Ford; Here is a little
postage stamp I give you with this
thought—always follow its example
and stick to one thing ’till you get
to the place you’ve set out for. This
is one sure rule of success.
Carey Shepherd: Because this
clown is so small and resembles your
own jolly self, I give it to you that you
may remember your years in L. H. S.
Myrtle Sink; I give you this note
book that while teaching you can
quietly give the pupils demerits as
Miss Brannock has done.
Carrie Pickett: So that you may
not get lonesome and may keep in
touch with “Doc,” while at college.
S give you this box of stationery.
Leona Leonard: I give you this
ball of wool and knitting needles so
that your many winter evenings may
be made useful while you sit by the
fire with your maltese kitten.
Violette Cross: In behalf of your
sisters of the Senior Class, I give yc ii
this mirror, so that you wan’t always
have to borrow ene.
Ray Zimmerman; I give you this
hair-tonic. Use it and watch your
hair come out.
Nellie Sink; I know that much to
you delight, I have found a clipping.
Here it is: “Stop, look and listen!”
Girls, send only ten cents and I will
send you a pamphlet on how to win
your admirer, Mrs. T. B. Jenkins,
53069 5th Ave., New York City.” This
might help you in your affair with
Protus.
Ralph Pickard: I give you a look
ing glass, so that you may look into
it and grin again.
Eugenia Webster: I give you this
thimble; may it help you in your sew-
lass Poem
We have come to the end of our school days here.
And the past is all checked with sunshine and shade
There are memories glad, there are memories sad.
There is love in our hearts for the friends v/e have made-
But thru sunshine and shadow, thru all of our tasks.
We have come to the place where our pathways must part.
We will whisper goodbye with a tear in the eye.
And we’ll hold to the memories we have in the heart.
We have labored together a four year’s course.
And for some of us there is another to run.
And I hope that we may its great value see;
For we’ll soon understand that our work has begun.
This life is not an easy path that leads
Thru the meadow land, or along the highway.
But thru thickets and wilds, and thru narrow defiles;
This is my farewell message to you today.
Classmates dear, may we all in our hearts with love remember
Our High School which against desire we must leave behind.
And the teachers so true, who have guided me and you.
Will remain fore’er more in the memories of our mind.
We are merry and gay for rewards are waiting for us;
We are glad and rejoice, but we feel, too, a pang of regret.
And we whisper goodbye with a tear in the eye
As we go from the friends that we’ll never forget.
HUGPI KEPLEY.