Beverly High School - Beverlega Yearbook (Beverly, MA)

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DEUIEATIUN lasting gratitude, we, the class of 1948, dedicate these Senior Memoirs to Mr. Pierce, our re- tiring principal. His ceaseless efforts and faithful service in the past years have niade hiin countless friends. Mau he have happiness and success in all his future undertakings. TU U Pi PRINCIPAL Our high school and the city of Beverly sustain a truly great loss this year in the retirement of Frederick H. Pierce from the principalship of Beverly High School. This post he has held since 1924, with the excep- tion of the three and one half years he served as Superintendent of Schools. An able administrator and educator, in the finest sense of the words, he enjoys a state-wide reputation in this field. His interest in young people has always been genuine and far-reaching, and by no means confined to those under his tutelage. With patience and understanding he has helped to guide hundreds of boys and girls in their choice of vocationg and in this phase of his work as in the treatment of the many problems every school day brings forth, he has shown a sense of fairness and an equanimity which are indeed enviable. Furthermore, Mr. Pierce is much more than a schoolmaster. Nu- merous are the facets of his personality. He has always taken an active part in civic affairs. Here again his executive ability has been recognized, for he has served as president of the Rotary Club, the Y's Men, and the Chamber of Commerce. To speak of his interest in photography is to men- tion only one of his various pursuits outside the profession. His fund of knowledge of the outdoors and outdoor life is the side of his character for which many know him best. Though he is now leaving B.H.S., we may rest assured that he will remain our close friend and ready adviser. He takes with him our sincere gratitude for his every endeavor in behalf of the school. We hope he in turn retains many pleasant memories of his years at Beverly High. Since he will apply to his new position the same enthusiasm and thoughtfulness which he has always exercised in administering this school, the new Ven- ture can only prove to be a complete success.

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TU UUH AUVISEH Under the friendly guidance of Mr. Jameson, the class of 1948 has become as Well-prepared as possible to meet the problems and responsibili- ties of a new life. Our adviser, sponsor, friend, he will never be forgotten His efforts to make our undertakings successful have been untiring. Mr. Jameson, as the years go by, we hope you will be able to loo!- back upon our class with a feeling of deep satisfaction for our accomplish ments. But please remember, without your unfailing support, none of our plans could have been carried out. For all your cooperation and help, vw shall be forever grateful. n

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TU MY GRADUATES I congratulate you one and all on completing your years of so-called secondary education. Many of you will go on to higher levels of education in institutions for training in special skills and in professions. My thought to you is that none should feel that his or her education is completed when he graduates from this school. You should all continue your education! In fact, if you are to keep pace with modern conditions of life you must continue learning! How? Life itself is a school if so accepted and so prac- ticed. Opportunities to continue mental growth are abun- dant and present everywhere. My advice is that you do not content yourself with simple exposure to them. Informa- tion and real knowledge are two different things. Knowl- edge leads to understanding, to freedom of thought, to sympathy, and to appreciation and the practice of the prin- ciples which we hold most precious in our democratic way of life. But, above all, you must hold this truth as self-evident. All the knowledge and education in the world will only des- troy it, and that right soon, unless we believe in moral and religious truths and ways of thinking and acting. Your greatest need, and the world's greatest need, in the years ahead will be sound and dependable character among its occupants. Sincerely, isp- U,