According to a well-known poet, Bliss Carman, there were three important things given for man to do. The first is to dare, the second is to labor and the third is to grow. It is for these missions that we are living and existing in this world, and perhaps, it is also in the accomplishment of these missions that we may find ourselves truly accomplished.

The four short years of our high school life has been both fruitful and meaningful mainly because we have learned to dare, to labor, and to grow. Here, in this school, we have learned to venture and try on many new but wonderful things. With the people behind us, our teachers, parents and most of all, the Divine Providence, we have learned to take some things seriously, to work hard on them. Fed with good experiences and basic knowledge, we have learned to develop and enrich ourselves. And so, by constantly daring, laboring and growing, we were at last able to make some achievements, achievements that we could be proud of because we know they're pure, good and salutary.

Our earnest endeavors and good showings do not, however, end up in this school, or right after we have received the medals, the certificates or the recognition due for our simple achievements. Daring, laboring and growing is a life mission, it goes on and on, the target of which is an achievement, not so much significant for our own benefits but for those of the others, the unfortunate ones. As we step out of this school, we will find ourselves in newer and wider horizons. We may be exposed to various situations, some of which delightful, others uncomfortable. Things may even become difficult, frightening or embarrassing. But never let those things discourage you, instead let them challenge you. The more complicated the situation becomes, the more you should dare, the more you should labor and the more you should grow. This is, as I know, an effective way of achieving true success.

Once again, we, fellow graduates, belonging to this Youth of Today, have been given another name or a title perhaps. Before, we have been called "The Hope of Our Motherland," "The Nation Builders," "The Leaders of Tomorrow," etc. and now they are calling us "The Achievers" or to be exact, "Youth the Achievers." Well, some may agree to the idea, others may not, but I firmly believe that the youth, who is full of vigor and fresh ideas, should not waste what has been bestowed on him by being idle. He should be achieving something which is not necessarily too grand or too high but at least beneficial for his nation and his countrymen. As you look around in your home, in your community, in your country and in the whole wide world, you'll see that there's really so much to do, so much to work for and so much to strive for to reach a common goal. Those learned people have called us "The Achievers" believing that we, the youth, will be the ones to lead the action. So why disappoint them? We've got to prove that we deserve this recognition, this honor and that we are here to share what we have gained. This we can do not by burdening ourselves with extra, extra loads, but just by doing what we have been doing in the past four years of our high school life, this time with greater enthusiasm and determination, whatever we are, whenever we are. That is, to keep on daring, laboring, and growing. After all, they are what we are here for.

- The Electron, March 1980, p. 3