Valedictory 
delivered to the Class of '79 
by Alice Eastwood 
Classmates. For four years we have been together, sharers in 
the same studies and in the same thoughts. Our pleasant compan¬ 
ionship is now at an end, and we are to bid farewell to our school¬ 
days, those happy days which have done so much to fit us for the 
real duties of life. Our lives, hitherto mingling together so pleas¬ 
antly, will now be divided-each one starting forth on his own 
chosen path. Though our paths in life may widely diverge, yet 
the bond of truth may unite them. If we pursue truth, we shall 
not wander hither and thither, according to the opinion of men, 
but move straight forward, and the same goal will be our aim. 
There will be found a compensation for all hardships, a solace 
for all troubles, and a rest from all labors. Joy and sorrow visit 
all, they are strangers to the lives of nonej but may our lives be 
so ordered that happiness may prevail, and may our troubles be 
only passing clouds, obscuring for a moment the sun of pros¬ 
perity. However widely fate may divide us, let the bond of 
friendship be unbroken j let the memory of these years that we 
have spent together be preserved, and let our school and every¬ 
thing regarding it ever be an object of affectionate interest. 
Good-bye is always a hard word to say, but doubly so when 
addressed to what we hold dear. With that one word we take 
leave of the school whose benefits we have received; of the 
schoolmates, to whose society we owe so many pleasant hours; of 
