1:05:02
Let me offer to the class of 1941
this fond farewell.
1:05:07
The world outside waits for you.
1:05:10
It is a world full of love
and rich in opportunity.
1:05:14
There may be dangers, but if you hold
firm to your purpose and your ideals...
1:05:19
...you will storm the ramparts
of success and capture them.
1:05:23
Tomorrow you grow up
and your true happiness begins.
1:05:39
- Thank you.
- My best wishes to you.
1:05:41
Selena Cross.
1:05:45
Norman.
1:05:46
At first a diploma seemed
like a reward for the past...
1:05:50
...but once in your hand,
it became an obligation to the future.
1:05:55
Independence was a distant word
that we suddenly owned...
1:05:58
...and we exploded with it.
1:06:02
Some of us splashed
away the summer...
1:06:06
...or swooped and stretched
with joyfulness...
1:06:09
...and emptied our childish piggy banks
of their play money.
1:06:17
Yet others of us, eager to feel adult
or out of necessity...
1:06:22
...began our work early.
1:06:24
- Put the bottle up on top.
- Here?
1:06:26
And gradually, as the happy confusion
of summer faded...
1:06:30
...one by one, we knew the Monday
morning of responsibility was at hand.
1:06:41
- Hi, Mr. Rossi.
- Hello, Allison.
1:06:47
Did you read those stories
I gave you?
1:06:50
Yes, I read them.
1:06:53
Well?
1:06:55
- When did you write them?
- All summer.
1:06:57
- Ever since graduation.
- Has anybody else seen them?