Dedham High School - Reflections Yearbook (Dedham, MA)

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.N as ,HHN SUPERINTENDENT JAMES F. DUNNE As your former Superintendent of Schools, I am happy to acknow- ledge your thoughtful request for a brief message in Reflections. lt was a real pleasure to be associated with the young men and women of this class during your school years, a happy segment of my thirty- eight years of service in the Dedham Public Schools. The lord has given you certain capabilities and the freedom to use them wisely. As citizens in a troubled world you will face many challenging and perplexing problems. Use the talents God has entrusted to you in behalf of others as well as for your own personal gain. ln addition to pursuing temporal advantages cherish eternal values. ' A life lived with faith, peace, ioy, and purpose is a fruitful life. Make your community, commonwealth, and nation feel the good effects of your persevering efforts and you will fulfill your mission in life. May God bless you with an abundance of good health as you pursue purposeful, productive, and successful life careers! G6 0 ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT LYMAN AvERY I wish to congratulate the members of the Class of i967 upon thc-ir graduation from Dedham High School. For the past twelve years, you have enjoyed the comparative shelter of home and school, secure in the knowledge that never very far away, and yours for the asking, was the guidance of interested parents and teachers, As you now go forth into a more complex world, you will have to assume your role as an adult, especially in accepting responsibilities and in making decisions. The success of your own career may well be determined by your ability to make critical judgments and to adapt yourself to self- discipline. Where others have helped to guide you during your undergraduate days, you will have to make an increasing number of choices as to the direction your career and life will follow. To a large degree, your opportunities for success will be limited only by your ambition, your ability, and your willingness to work. To all l extend my sincere good wishes for success in your chosen fields of endeavor. ln the years to come, may you reminisce with pleasure and pride on your experiences in the Dedham Schools. .-gs. 'N FORMER SUPERINTENDENT LAWRENCE L. BROWN Peter Abelard has said, By doubting we are led to enquire, and by enquiry, we perceive the truth. lt is our earnest hope that your years of education in the Dedham Schools have stimulated your natural tendencies to challenge the presentation of all concept and fact, and to accept such presentations only after you have researched and evaluated all the evidence in order to satisfactorily defend your conclusions. We can survive as people only as we perceive intellectual, scientific, and political truth as dynamic concepts to be discovered by inquiry, not as immutable dogmas to be transmitted by authority. Your searching for truth has only begun-we wish you the ultimate of success in the years to come.

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u 1-. -I ADMINISTRATICN Someone recently said that readers and Thinkers are in the minority. Per- haps events of history prove they always have been. My special hope for you graduates is that if you are not already a member of this select minority, you will accept this chal- lenge to use your educational oppor- tunities to establish a basis for con- structive living that involves service to others as well as efforts at self- improvement. Jbulicifa ln September of i961 the Class of 1967 entered Grade 7 and began its many-years' progress towards the eventual goal of graduation from Ded- ham High School. It was my good for- tune to have been Principal of Dedham Junior High School in that year until March of 1962, and now it is my good fortune to have been with you through your entire Senior High School years. The most noticeable quality about your Class is the maturity attained in this final year of your public school atten- dance-a quality which all teachers seek in a class group. We salute you for this outstanding quality, and to the many vvho contributed so much to our High School's progress goes a special thank you. We hope the years ahead bear out our finest hopes for you, and our thanks in full measure to you. I vice PRINCIPAL Nici-ioiAs DeSALVO

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hm.:-J :W K rf, 7 ff Dfw- REFLECTION OF THE FACULTY WHO GUIDED, DISCIPLINED, AND ENCOURAGED OUR LEARNING