East High School - Redjacket Yearbook (Pawtucket, RI)

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CLASS ODE Lyrics by Joseph Kamwi Music bv Mildred Patenaude r fry guid . To-night 1 v e take our leave of y j A - i s tr f rrf ? O ? ° ? ? r'f f f 'fV'f'f f f hour driv 3 near 1 1 ■ To bid 1 fare- fell 1 F to East, 1 fair East, With so ber f f f r hearts sin-cpre.l The echoes of the corridors Shall ring though years may pass: The classroom bells, the friendships true Will in our memories last. We’ll yearn for joys we leave behind. Recall East High ofttime: So let's resolve to meet one day For sake of auld lang syne. And as we strive to reach our goal And earn the praise of men: Well meet each trial with vision clear: Though weak, we ll rise again. The call of Fortune summons us To test each for his prize: Farewell East High, our last good-bye Has blend of pride and sigh. -4 n

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Principal’s Message Y dear Graduates of 1946: Every year, about the time of the mid-years. I find that I am behind in my homework. This annual message to the graduating class is already overdue. For weeks, I have been promising the Editor-in-Chief that I would give this matter my immediate attention, and herewith and now. I proceed so to do. Perhaps the difficulty in starting the message is due to the fact that its publication will not come until late in June and now it is still January and the winds are cold and the ground is covered with ice. It is difficult to believe that the school year is half over. Now our thoughts will be increasingly centered upon the closing events of the school year. Already class rings and pins are being ordered: class books will come next: class pictures: caps and gowns: senior class reception: rehearsals: graduation itself. The cycle once again completes itself. This year has been quieter and more nearly normal than recent years. The shadows of war have lifted to a great extent. Fewer boys have left their classes for the services. Only very scattered reports of casualties have come in this year. But about us still is confusion and unrest. Strikes, shortages, crimes of violence, misunderstandings among nations, radar and the moon, the atomic bomb, etc., etc. It is small wonder if you are puzzled and perplexed. Time alone can bring the answers to these world enigmas. You can but be patient and try to be prepared to do your part in this changing world. A little knowledge today is a useless as well as a dangerous thing. Returned G.I.'s know that that is so. All this year you have seen them coming back by scores to fill gaps in their education so that they may go to college. They know that tomorrow's world will belong to the educated. The colleges themselves are sore bestead. They have been overwhelmed by the returned soldiers who desire to have their education continued. So great is the rush for college that it seems probable that only a limited number of this year’s high school graduates will be able to gain admission to college. Some of you. of great ability and industry, who have heeded Miss Curtis's and my warnings, will undoubtedly make the grade. Others may fail of admission and may have to consider delaying their college entrance for at least another year. Some of you may find it desirable to come back to high school for postgraduate work. In that case you may be assured of a hearty welcome and a promise of all the service we may render. To all of you, those whose schooling is now ended and those who hope to enter higher institutions of learning, I bid Good Luck and Godspeed. May life bring you happiness. success, and contentment. May you keep faith with yourselves. May you recall your high school days with pleasure and profit. May you live long and graciously. May you be good citizens, kind neighbors, and at all times friends of God. Very sincerely yours, Henry J. Winters, Principal 10

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first row, left to right: E. Russell. M. Dalton. E. Nelson. M. DuPonte, V. Clark. M. Moon. A. Thornley. Second row: Y. Cote. M. Johnston. E. Stone. E. Markowski, M. Parseghian. Rhode Honor First row, left to right: E. Cosimini. P. Arrighi. C. Jacoby. I. Hesketh. J. Lavallee. M. Wicrzbicki. Second row: P. McGrath. N. Greer. B. Musket. F. Dudzik. A. Staffopoulos 12)3—