Belmont High School - Blueprint Yearbook (Belmont, MA)

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MR. GEORGE HIGGINBOTTOM Principals tl c W HE success which characterizes your present achievement will be enjoyed by thousands of other young people throughout th e coun- — S try. Graduation has been the result of a gradual learning process, the assimilation of information which is to provide a rich background for worthy citizenship. It is the realization of a cherished and much desired goal. It now signifies the branching out into many diversified fields of endeavor. Throughout your school career, you have become acquainted with those principles of thought and action which uniquely characterize Amer- ican democracy. These principles have been responsible for the progress which our country has achieved. You must be ever conscious of the ben- efits which you derive from your citizenship: the security of your life, the security of your home, the four freedoms — these, and many more, are benefits which are yours because of a good government. It is, therefore, not only your responsibility but your duty to make decisions based upon the adherence to the principles which have made the framework and functioning of our government impervious to all undesirable elements. 6

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SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS Secretary, Sally McGonagle; Treasurer, Robert King; Vice-President, Jack Jannoni ; President, Owen Cote. WILLIAM T. COWING Class Adviser Do the CdfciSS oj 949 Look to this Day, For it is Life, the very Life of Life. In its brief course lie all the Realities of your Existence ; The Bliss of Growth, The Glory of Action, The Splendor of Beauty. For Yesterday is only a Dream, And Tomorrow is only a Vision: But Today well lived makes Every Yesterday a Dream of Happiness, And every Tomorrow a Vision of Hope. Look well therefore to this Day. (From the Sanskrit) William T. Cowing 8