The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-23
VALEDTCToRY ADDRESS
VICTORIA LINDERoTH

| Miss Victoria Iinderoth's valedic- tory for the class is as below:
 Members of the Board of Educa-
 ton:
 The educational problems of city like ours are no doubt far too invoIv- ed for a graduating high school class to fathom; nevertheless it isg reason able to expect such a class to appre- ciate, in a measure the toll and sacri- fee that have been rendered in its behalf. To say thank you'' is very easy, but it is not adequate com pensation for the vigorous effort that Bridgeport is putting forth to further it's educational interests. Our city would rather have the promise of Ioy- alty, for the present, and good citizen ship for the future.
 ''The class of 1915 would bid fare well to the Board of Education, com posed of men who devote time and en- alty and intelligent citizenship, with the assurance that each of it's mem bers will always be proud of the city whose schools he attended
 fDr. Deane:
 'It is a peculiar privilege that is ours as a. c1ass-that of saying a goodbye that will not be repeated another year. <. During the past score of years, many a class has said fare well to Dr. Deane as Superintendent of Schools. This one wishes to express it's sentiment in a single word-the re- quest that pr. Deane will always re- member that the class of 1915 wished to be considered peculiarly his own, and that we were very glad that he remained to be present at our Com mencement Exercises
 ''NIr. Simonds:
 tFThe word that will ft1y express our gratitude to Mr. simonds will be of the value of our principal, because we have had his guidance for four years We say farewell, not forget full of kindly and generous deeds that he has done and of wise counsel that he has given. Mir. Simonds has both commanded our respect and helped us out of our difficulties in the past; he will be remen bered by this class as l the principal who was friend of his students
 t'Teachers of the High School:
 There is no doubt that you, who constitute the Faculty, are better ac- quainted with us, as a. class, than ] any other group of the people who are present this evening. Our faults
 and fofbles you have kindly endeavor- l ed to correct; our pleasing character l istics you have always appreciated l It is again true that the indebtedness i of a class to it's teachers cannot be | measured in words, because idea. | values are priceless as life itself l We can only thank you for the many l pleasant relationships between teach
 CTS and pupils that have been estab- l lished during the past four years
 and for the influence of the teacher l that will, remain when the lessons o1 l the textbooks have been forg gotten.' | "SchooInates:
 l Whether we will or not, we mus | acknowledge that the high school that will be yours is finer than the one l that was ours. Our loyalty to the
 latter cannot blind us to the truth
 There is another sense in which yoI 1 may surpass us if you will: you may l develop a keener sense of true values
 you may reap a fairer harvest from
 1our school work, because you may | earn by our mistakes. The class o. i 1915 wishes success to the Undergrad
 lates of the Bridgeport High School