My Dear Graduates:

     Congratulations!  You have reaped the harvest of your four years of study, and have earned your coveted high school diploma.

     In the future, full responsibility for your life will fall on you.  Bog decisions lie ahead.  The next chapter in your life will determined your vocation, marriage, social position, the place where you will live, raise a family and make friends.

     The passion to succeed, to achieve great things, is strongest in youth.  Heed it. I have faith that you will meet this threefold challenge immediately before you; the capacity to adjust to a complex society; the capacity to lead and improve that society; and the capacity to select and pursue a worthy life’s work to add your talents to society.

     Pin-point your goals.  Direct your energies, your talents, your desires to the accomplishment of your ambitions.  Regardless of your preferences for this or that vocation, don’t quickly surrender your dream.  Don’t underrate yourself.  Remember that if there is a realistic aspiration, a combination of inspiration will mean ultimate success.

     Let this be your quest; that will pursue your vocation with enthusiasm and determination; that you will help correct what is wrong in society, as well as help build what will be good; and that you never neglect to treat your fellow man with kindness, honesty, and goodwill.

     Bon voyage and Godspeed.

                                                                                    Jerry A. Tambarello