Draft Speech of Senator Harry S. Truman to the Graduating Class at Gunston Hall, Washington D.C.
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OCR Page 1 of 6address to handwriting class at quaston
Dune 1942.
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Miss hear, this Compton. -1- Young Ladies of the Realistic
I feel highly honored to have been invited here today, not
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enly to take part in the commencement exercises (particularly so
and
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since my daughter is a member of the graduating class) but also
to
join with the faculty, the students, the alumne, and the many friends
of this fine institution in commemorating the fiftieth anniversary
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reasonably say that we owe a debt of gratitude to the founders and
the faculty of this school who have labored so studiously and con-
scientiously down through the years to preserve and perpetuate the
high standards and fine traditions that prevail today.
You of the graduating classes - whether you continue on with
your studies or go into other pursuits of life - have the continuing
obligation of carrying on the traditions of those who have gone before
you.
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Your teachers have instilled within you Characteristics of
loyalty, tolerance and fairness. Now, more than ever, in a world engulfed
in a monstrous war (and, incidentally, 8. war not of our own choosing) it is
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World War, 1939-1945
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