Leominster High School - Magnet Yearbook (Leominster, MA)

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DWIGHT S. DAVIS, A. B., Ed. M. Principal

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WILLIAM B. APPLETON, A. B. Superintendent

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A Message from the Principal... WASHED OUT Every young man who is accepted for pilottraining will either ‘wash out” or become a pilot. The pilot is rewarded by wings, a commission and the thrill of release from Earth. The washout is likely to think of himself as a failure. Thoughtless acquaintances look upon him as a bit sub-normal. Very few seem to remember that he had to be much above the ordinary run of men even to be admitted to pilot-training. A boy may be admitted to some kind of specialized training. He may camp on until nearly the end. Then he doesn't quite make the grade. Why brand him a failure? He tried to lift himself above the crowd. He deserves only commendation if he has done his best. He accepted the challenge. He dared to try. He stood above the mob the minute he risked failure. . A “washout” because he dared to try? Never! The real washouts are never heard from. They are the gifted but timid people who dare not stake their talents against the risk of failure. They are the earthbound who look up at the venture- some. They are the first to cry ‘Washout’ where the courageous fail. Those who dare are never washouts. They dare and fail, and try again. It is they who build a better world.