Billerica Memorial High School - BMHS Yearbook (Billerica, MA)

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Ojua. JimsA, These are the times that try men’s souls.” So Thomas Paine wrote some one hundred and fifty years ago. We all, young and old alike, are apt to think that our times are the hardest times that ever were. How often we hear people talk about the “good old days” as if there were no problems to solve and no crises to meet in those same days. Such, of course, is not the case, as any student of history can testify. Just as the Pilgrim Fathers of 1620 and the patriots of 1776 met and conquered the difficulties of their times, so must we, and so shall we. Let us go forward with courage and spirit, determined to prove that our souls, too, are equal to the trial. C. D. LOCKE Principal C. D. LOCKE, Principal — 7 —

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“Another year of war has brought many changes into our school life. Many of our boys are wearing the uniforms of Uncle Sam; many others, and girls, too, are working in defense industries. Our traditional school program has been upset by rationings, salvage drives of one sort or another, stamp and bond sales, and by changes in the content of courses. All these have come about because we believe in the American way of life, because we know that many customs and traditions must give way to the needs of the war effort. To each of us is given the oppor- tunity to serve in many ways; no better service can now be rendered by high school students than dili- genJt preparation for whatever call our country may make. Winning the war is our major objective; it demands our best in physical fitness, mental alertness, and patriotic H. D. CHITTIM, Superintendent 4 ' I — 6 —

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SENIORS Cfianlc Eliuood. President Heletv Virgin Vice-President Ruth. Schaffner Secretary Robert Behan Treasurer