East Longmeadow High School - Aegis Yearbook (East Longmeadow, MA)

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' f-fo P is tfi lowh 9 9 9 President Lyndon B. Johnson This is not the lost generation or the silent generation or the indifferent generation. This is the concerned and the committed generation. And I, for one, believe that adult America should be proud and should be thankful that young America — youthful America — is so concerned for their country, so committed and dedicated to a genuine understanding of all of America’s prob- lems. . . . This world we live in is a restless world. It is a world filled with revolution and even violence . . . , and, whether you know it or not, it is a world with slums and shacks; it is a world without lights or water in the homes; it is a world without food on the shelves or health in the bodies; a world with too few doctors and too few teachers. So, this is a world where hope is too rare and help is too scarce. Wherever and whenever men struggle to escape this misery, no nation ought to be neutral — whatever be the continent or the creed or the color of those who reach upward striving and yearn- ing for a better life. It will be asked of you, and it will be asked of me: What did you do — you, the children of abundance — what did you do to help those who were hungry, and those who were sick, and those who were fatherless, and those who were homeless? You must give the hours of your life, and the fruits of your learning, and the courage of your spirit, and the substance of your home to those in need in every continent of the earth. . . . Then only will you have really met your duty to your God and your country . . . , but most of all, to yourself. To do this you must prepare yourself. You have been doing that in this school. Whether you go on to college or not, you will continue your education for the rest of your life. For to stop learning, at any age, is to relapse into ignorance. — President Lyndon B. Johnson From a speech delivered at the National Cathedral School, Washington, D.C. June 1, 1965. 2

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. . f-fOhP tjlfi J JGOpl! ’ ’ “Whoso neglects learning in his youth, loses the past and is dead for the future.” To our generation, born on a new frontier and destined for the stars, do we the CLASS OF 1966 dedicate our Aegis . . . and ourselves. It is a confidence — a pro- found belief in the spirit of youth that impels us to this dedication. For us, this is the time of perfect idealism . . . and imperfect knowledge. To those who would judge us, we make this appeal: “Guide us toward our hopeful vision of a new world.” Ours is a boundless vision dawning with the abolition of prejudice and the creation of world peace — promising ultimately the freedom of man . . . and the conquest of the universe. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION PAGE 1 FACULTY PAGE 10 UNDERCLASSMEN PAGE 34 ACTIVITIES PAGE 46 SPORTS PAGE 58 SENIORS PAGE 76 PATRONS PAGE 122 3