The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-26

lca Wltn her parents, and after aDoRl year came to live in this city, at completed the grades, receiving cer. tificate Of first rank for the five years she attended that school She entered the Bridgeport high school four years ago and has been one of tire time. She stands second among the graduates, being but 13-100 of one per cent lower than the valedfctOrfan, Miss Blanche Julia Chapin. who Is q native Of this city, and each recelv- ing mark of between 96 and 96 per cent. ss
 Following are the salutatory and valedictory addresses: .i tatorian. Miss Betfina Beatrice Buono-' core:
 Citizens of Bridgeport, Friends of the Class Of 1912:-In behalf of the class welcome you to the exercises of this evening when we meet as 8 class, constant cOn1panionship.
 Tonight our hearts are full of the memories ok these four years. and. in-if deed, of all our school days. For most Qf us these memories lie here in our home city. but for me they are far away. Like a dream there rises be- fore me the pcture of gray stone building, old and oversrown with ivy, lifting its round towers toward q blue and sunny sky, the sky of dear old Italy. beloved of artists and poets. I retall the happy days spent here un-. til when had almost finished the elementary school, the parting came with bitter teaxs. Then the long voy-- age and the coming to this strange land, now, however, grown 50 dear to me. The beginning all over again In school with the little children. when I despaired of ever learning English. Marvelously long seemed the words and marvolously complicated the spell ing. but the propunciation--it was fn-. |descrfbable. remember the Kindly teachers who helped me ID those ffrtt dreadful days and one in particular, who learned almost as much Italian az did English. until. before T know itl my days at school were happy one1 again and passed 90 quickly that now it seems as though these were the, dream and the old school the reality. and might be standing before an Italian audience to say "Benventtf'' instead of the EnGitsh gWelconsy to our dear Alma Mater I might take them from the lips Of q young Italian woman, already a poet of no mean rank, who. with untiring perseverance. worked her way up through the schools which in Italy, as elsewnere
 
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 Ever sou forte, per Ia via sassosa, a
 Lasciai brandelf d'anima, e di fede,
 Pur con sunerbo pfede as,. 2, - Ssleo aiacor vs9ro lalba ftrlinora
 Che combatto. che spsro, 6 che ser
 Again II bid you most heartily well come-Con tutto II cuore. Benvenuti.
 yaledictory address by Miss Blanche Julia Chapin:
 The Board q Education, Gentlemen:
 In behalf Of the class Of 1912, have the honor to extend to you our thanks for the opportunities that we have en- joyed and that you hove made possi- ble for uA We hope that we have proved by our earnest work during Of us are not trif1ers but toiIers. We beg you to believe that you have not worked for yus In vain, that we too have worked hard in order to be able to graduate tonight. You may see also by the length of our honor list that many of the members of our class are graduating with very high grade. which is certainly unattainable by. any but those who earnestly do their best. q The Superintendent of Schools-Fsof twelve years we have been under your care. and as our school-year corre- spends with. those of the century, we may fairly claim to De your first 20th century class. We are deeply grate- ful to you for the care with which you have planned our studies, and the excellent methods under which we have been tralned. We kpow you are glad that we have completeds our course successfully, and we share with you the hope that we shall do you and our school and our century honor.
 Our PrincipaI-We are sure that you must be very proud of the many stu- dents from the Bridgeport High School on the honor lists at Yale, and their equally distinguished records in many other educational institutions and in every honorable profession and occu- patton Of life. We hope that you will have reason to be proud of our class also, as we strive to carry out