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The original documents are located in Box D13, folder "South High School Assembly, ca.
1948" of the Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at the Gerald R.
Ford Presidential Library.
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SOUTH ASSEMBLY
148-51 file
[ca.1948]
I. Returning home -
Principals office.
I. Teachers -
Excellent background 6), a): college. budiness
Book story - miss Laura Wilson
III Compliment athletes
all around championship
Student body participation
IV. Senior Honor Society & Quill & Scroll
Compliment those chosen
Elogings for those who misaid.
Urge those who high have a chance.
achievements will Be lofty.
Set your goal your newards &
I. My goal you can't make Artprints on sands
of time by sitting drin."
II. your goal don't let it be a Hobols Ytoper
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"a Hobals Utopia is where nobody has
anything, Y you share it with everybody."
reduce
Pope:
Each individual subs a reverolgoal"
Personal gral
Community"
Devation
story of sailor
Conclusion
set - there who
have.
make your goal an unselfish one.
Be a devoted person to your goal.
1)
Introduction
1) Speaking here is like returning home
epcept previous speaking engagements strept before
my contempores.
Having seen the gament from the
7th grade through the 12th 2 put in
many trying but thoroughly injoymble
houns as a student at South. 2
geuss 2 knew every room and
in 6yrs practically
every unfortunately in that period of time, much
for one reason IV another got to know the Principal's office, too
well.
During This period at south
2 was protunate to have many 7th
that
same teachers your are on the party
at the present time Before going
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DEVS
Scholarship
Senior Honor Society
Service
Leudership
Character
Truth
Initiative
Ouill & Scroll
teadership 0 pportunity
(journahstic society honor
Loyalty
Enlightenment
Fellowship
r
purther let me my that in future years,
as you go to college on when you inter #
business world you will appreciate
tremendously a student the excellent truning you
received while, at South High. From
my own experience 2 can truthfully say
that when 2 entered the Your of mich.
I was better prepared to handle the work.
because my teachers at South bad so
well grounded me in the fundamentals. !
fine high school
This, background was very helpful when 2
went on to yale faw School & I has
The benefits
have carried over into my professional
work.
form of you undonttedly have
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on plan to take years of Laten. I did of
although it was a chore at the time 2 am
now very grateful for the benefits have more
than compensated for the time spent. of
understand Miss Wilom is teaching advanced
faten at the present time Miss L Wilson
was Teaching advanced Inter at that Time
and in our Amall class are had one bry
who was a little on The humorous side,
+ not the best student. Im day n miss Wilson
after a particularly trying day incluse
noticed that he write something an the Fly
in big tent
book. as class ended the called him to her
desh & ashed what he He, a
bit sheeprshly, should her and this is what
it said, In case of from, thriw this FORD
tork
in
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Being still vitally interested in high school 4
athletics, I have been following the excellent
record South has been making this
year in artletics Your representatives
have won the City Championship in,
forthall and they the did the same in
In, spring sports your varons
teams am near The typ Do it appears
the cualidy
the all armund Champumoly will be Approve, in
7th Tryang,
as it should, within the compines In pressing
let me complement those of you who have
worked Do deligently to achieve this honor
for your school and 2 wish to compliment
the student andy as a whole as well as the
participants, fruit is the underful school
Souths record, so enscable
spirit over of the each years & everyone I you that BERALD R.FORD LIBRARY
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This assembly however, is in
your fellow
honor of the students asko have goined
destinction in a other filds. Each of them
chosen for the Senior Honor Society on
Quill N Sevill deserves your admination o
respect Election to when of These societies
is a high honor and they should he
proud 7 their achievements. Each you
with audience should be proud of them.
tvery happy that recognition has come
their way.
More of you who missed moking
other Society should strive discouraged more defigently
in the future. Don't be disappointed by
an initial desappointment.
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Those of you who are still eligible
in the future should do your utmost
to be as successful as these who have
been honored today. set your goal high
and your neward will be equally lofty.
what further remarks 2 have to make are
one you
equally applicable to all 8 you for each his
a long life about form years ago
I read a short grip that has stuck with
me & it has been sort of a guiding light
in my sun approach to luving I don't
reall the author but her is what he sail,
you can't make Portprints on the sands 3
time by sitting drin." Set your goal
high + then keep mony toward
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"Each industrial subs a several goal." Pope.
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In setting your goal don't limit
it to a Hoboes aptopen "a Hoboes Stopen
is where nobrdy has anything & your
share at with everybody." make your
good awy a true american goal. Pops,
(1688-1744 most farms Eng Prt Century)
the English poet, said, "Ench interedual
seeks a several goal." you as individual
citizens f our community + of our country
can be
should have a several goal. Few And
entirely unselfrish so me do have
that is human nature
personal aims, hope that more
will combine these personal success with
desire for
a desire for community welfare. We
all must feel that we are a vital part
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of the community, we all must do our
wtmost to make our community the a finest
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place in which to live. an Only by
complete community participation can
we achieve the goal for a better
society, The bend) h society you & 2
want to be a part J. Don't ever feel
that you as intenduals can't do something
for the community. any us can & all
of us must. In setting your good in life
include your community & our country,
of you don't, I know you will
lose much? the satisfaction you might
otherwise gain.
Whatever you set as your goal
to on whatever you do in life be truly
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devoted to the cause. Don't have a
synethete, shallow on false distim. Be sincere,
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he honest I mean what you say on do.
Speaking of devertm I am reminded ?
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