Braintree High School - Wampatuck Yearbook (Braintree, MA)

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REMEMBERANCE WE THE SENIOR CLASS WISH TO DEDICATE THE 1976 WAMPUTUCK TO A GOOD FRIEND AND RESPECTED TEACHER ‘TVlary ' MANY OF THE STUDENTS WERE FORTUNATE ENOU GH TO HAVE MISS WALSH AS A TEACHER AND A FRIEND. MORE THAN A TEACHER AND A FRIEND, SHE WAS A BEAUTIFUL PERSON; ONE THAT YOU COULD TALK TO ABOUT ANYTHING, WHETHER IT BE SCHOOL OR SOMETHING PERSONAL. SHE CREATED A GREAT ATMOSPHERE IN THE CLASSROOM. NO ONE WAS AFRAID TO SPEAK UP IF THEY DIDN ' T UNDERSTAND. SHE ' D ANSWER YOUR QUESTION NO MATTER HOW OBVIOUS THE ANSWER WOULD SEEM TO SOME, BECAUSE EACH PERSON WAS IMPORTANT TO HER AS AN INDI- VIDUAL. SHE WAS DEVOTED TO US AS PEOPLE! MANY KIDS WOULD THINK OF MATH AS AN- OTHER SLEEPING PERIOD; BUT REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO GOING TO HER CLASS. EVEN IF YOU HAD A BAD DAY, HER SMILE WOULD BRIGHTEN THE DARKEST DAY. SHE ' D BOUNCE AROUND THE CLASSROOM FROM PERSON TO PERSON AND PLACE TO PLACE; ALWAYS COV- ERED WITH CHALK FROM HEAD TO TOE! LIKE ALL TEACHERS, SHE ' D GET FRUS- TRATED ONCE IN A WHILE. YOU ' D TRY YOUR HARDEST NOT TO GET HER UPSET, BECAUSE IF YOU DID, YOU ' D FEEL AWFUL. BEING ANGRY WAS JUST NOT NATURAL WITH HER. HER PATIENCE AND CONCERN FOR US WAS UNBELIEVABLE... BEFORE SCHOOL, DURING FREE PERIODS OR LUNCH, AND AFTER SCHOOL; SHE WAS ALWAYS THERE TO HELP. EVEN WHILE SHE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL, WITH SO MUCH ELSE ON HER MIND, SHE TOOK THE TIME OUT TO CORRECT A TEST WE HAD JUST TAKEN. SHE EVEN WROTE A LITTLE NOTE TO EACH OF US, TELLING US TO KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK, AND THAT SHE ' D MISS US!! SOME PEOPLE WOULD BE GLAD NOT TO SEE THEIR STUDENTS FOR A WHILE. BUT SHE CARED FOR US, AS MUCH AS WE CARED FOR HER. WHETHER IT BE: BOUNCING DOWN THE HALL ALWAYS LATE... CATCHING TENNIS BALLS THROUGH THE WIN- DOW, AND SAVING THEM FOR HER DOG... EXPLORING THE VINYARD WITH THE HIKING CLUB... CLIMBING MOUNT WASHINGTON FROM EVERY SIDE AND ANGLE... GIVING SKI REPORTS TO MATH CLASS... OR FITTING THE ALPS INTO CALCULUS... SHE WAS ALIVE AND EXCITING TO KNOW!! WE ' LL REMEMBER HER AND THE WAY SHE LIVED, AND LET THAT LIFE INSPIRE OURS!! JUDY WELSFORD 5

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THE TWENTY-THIRD PSALM THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD, I SHALL NOT WANT; HE MAKES ME LIE DOWN IN GREEN PASTURES. HE LEADS ME BESIDE STILL WATERS; HE RESTORES MY SOUL. HE LEADS ME IN PATHS OF RIGHTEOUS- NESS FOR HIS NAME ' S SAKE. EVEN THOUGH I WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH, I FEAR NO EVIL; FOR THOU ART WITH ME; THY ROD AND THY STAFF, THEY COMFORT ME. | THOU PREPAREST A TABLE BEFORE ME IN THE PRESENCE OF MY ENEMIES; THOU ANOINTEST MY j HEAD WITH OIL, MY CUP OVERFLOWS. j SURELY GOODNESS AND MERCY SHALL FOLLOW ME ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE; AND I SHALL ' DWELL IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD FOREVER. i 4

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SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS MY DEAR GRADUATES, YOUR GRADUATING CLASS IS THE FIRST TO COMPLETE FOUR YEARS OF EDUCATION IN THE NEW BRAINTREE HIGH SCHOOL. IN THIS SENSE, YOU HAVE BEEN PIONEERS IN SETTING THE COURSE FOR YOUR SUCCESSORS TO FOLLOW AND TO EMULATE, FOR INDEED YOUR HIGH STANDARDS AND YOUR NUMEROUS ACHIEVE- MENTS ARE ALL NOW A PART OF THE ORIGINAL HISTORY OF YOUR SCHOOL AND AN INSPIRA- TION TO ALL FUTURE STUDENTS AT BRAINTREE HIGH SCHOOL. FOR THIS WE ARE DEEPLY GRATEFUL AND WE THANK YOU SINCERELY FOR YOUR EFFORTS. NOW AS YOU ARE ABOUT TO BEGIN A NEW EPOCH OF YOUR LIVES BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL, WE PRAY THAT THE EDUCATION YOU OBTAINED AT BRAINTREE HIGH SCHOOL WILL SERVE YOU WELL TO CHART NEW PATHWAYS INTO THE FUTURE THAT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO A MORE PEACEFUL WORLD. THIS MAY HAPPEN IF YOU WILL REMEMBER THAT PEACE IS FOR MEN OF GOOD WILL. HEADMASTER AFTER GRADUATING YOU WILL CONFRONT ALL SORTS OF PROBLEMS, SOME YOU MAY ANTICI- PATE AND SOME YOU MAY NOT. YOU WILL EX- PERIENCE DISAPPOINTMENTS, AND, UNFORTUN- ATELY, CONFRONT HYPOCRISY, EVEN DECEP- TION. IT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO CONFRONT SOME OF THESE PROBLEMS, BUT THE IMPOR- TANT POINT TO REMEMBER IS THAT THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT LIFE IS WITHOUT PURPOSE, IT MEANS RATHER THAT DISAPPOINTMENT, PROB- LEMS AND INCONSISTENCIES ARE A PART OF LIFE. IT TAKES COURAGE TO CONFRONT LIFE AND TO SHAPE YOUR OWN FUTURE IN A COM- PLEX SOCIETY. 6