Natick High School - Sassamon Yearbook (Natick, MA)

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THE SASSAMON 19 as each backward country advances, increased purchasing power means an increased market for American business. Will Americans deny the records and refuse to learn from past failure in order to bask in prosperity for a few short years? Such a policy would sooner or later result in a standstill or retrogression of civilization. This is a new and entirely different era. Twentieth century maladies will not be cured with nineteenth century remedies. .After the last war although political units were to a great extent revised in social and in economic fields the status quo was largely presented. It should have been evident that return to 'fthings as they were would inevitably lead to a conflict for these same conditions had already terminated in a world war. The strength of the American system and democracy is about to be tested. Can they solve the problems of the twentieth century? I believe that through world Cooperation they can. There is a well known law of nature which governs all science and which is applicable to life. That law is a statement of the fact that output equals input that no more can be attained from any project than that which is put into it. In a democracy for each privilege acquired there is a corresponding responsibility. To-day when democracy is at a crisis these responsibilities are greater than ever before. American citizens are responsible for leadership, for a democracy depends upon its leader. Each citizen is responsible for participation in government and must have an unprejudiced interest in public welfare. These problems of the twentieth century are his problems. He must aid in solving them. The Youth of today is the builder of tomorrow. If youth accepts the respon- sibilities of democracy then and only then will the American way of life be pre- served. JEAN HULEATT

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THE SASSAMON 21 BOYS RECEIVING LETTERS IN 1944 FOOTBALL Arthur Fair, Frank Wigglesworth, Walter White, John McGrath, Roger Casavant, Edward Barnicle, Robert Bryne, Kenneth Channel, Robert Ma- honey, Herbert Parker, Ralph Howard, Edward Clasby, john Rego, Michael Solari, David Sandborn, Raymond Sla- min, Gerald Devereaux, Paul Shakes- peare, Leonard Chiacchia, Thomas Low- ry, Walter Burke, James Lockhart, Frank Arena, James Hamwey, Fenton Lowry, Windsor Lowry, Vangie Sticka. BASEBALL Robert Checani, Edward Clasby, John Rego, Mike Solari, Robert Thur- ston, Kenneth Crumrine, Glen Atkin- son, Leo Grady, john Noonan, Donald Robertson, Bradford Alden, Fenton Lowry, Windsor Lowry, Yangie Sticka, Richard Hesek. HOCKEY Edward Clasby, Raymond Slamin, Edward Conlon, Ralph Howard, Arthur Fair, Roger Casavant, john Marshall, Leo Grady, Fenton Lowry, Windsor Lowry, John Driscoll, Robert Marden, Larry Devereaux, George Morris. BASKETBALL Robert Mahoney, Robert Thurston, Peter Christie, Robert Checani, Thomas Zickio, Robert McGrath, john Noonan, Donald Robertson, George Shaw, James Haddad, john Crowley, Glen Atkinson, Vito Arminio, Anthony Arminio, Joseph Franciose.