Natick High School - Sassamon Yearbook (Natick, MA)

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THE SASSAMON GRADUATION PROGRAMME Processional, March from Suite ..... . Fran: Lachner ' HIGH SCHOUI, ORCliESTR.A National Anthem . . Francis Scot! Key Invocation Rxvxziugxn FRANCIS S. KEANEY Address of XfYelcome Rrmgur IZIIWARII FAIR Prrsidmzf, Class :If 1947 Soprano Solo, The XYind's in the South . . . . John P. Srnft lllLllA Ii1.IzABETIfI BANKS .4ccmIIfmz1i.vl, CQEORGE STocI4BRIIx:E, 1949 Essay, Can America Meet the Challenge? GEORGE FREIIERIUQ Bucmlix' Trumpet Solo. Le Secret ...., . . L. Gautier l':llWlN 'lAcI4 LEE .'ll't'tIlIIf71lllltS'l', GEoIu:Ii STHCKBRIIDGE, 1949 Farewell Addresb Nou'IiI,I, l,El'itlRIiST .loNEs l'1'I'sI'fI'I'11t, Honor .S'0t'1'Cty Selection, Song of Victory from The Ballad for Victory . . Bryant Minot Swim: Crimnis .'lCL'tJIlIf7t1lllSf, CiERALD El,lS'f1S TIIUMAS Address l MR. MARTIN F. OYCONNOR P1'vsif1'mIf, Slate Tmrlzws College at 1 il'Glll'l1lfjllUlll Presentation of Diplomas HAuo1,Im II. -IoIINsoN Chairman, Sclzuol C0m11zillI'z' Alma Mater . ..... . Lucilc Nichols '26 CLASS or 1947 Recessional, Leicester Grand March .... . E. F. lllaybcrger IIIGII Scuuon OReIIIe:sTRA DANIEL RALPH CAIzDIiI.1.IccIIIo, 1948, Illurshal

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I-l Tl-Ili SASSAMON After eating a hardy meal of heans, t'I'ommy wasn't a very good eookj, Pete hrought us to the village where we refueled and headed again for lloston. Aniong the people we met at the airport in lloston were fume! lluffemiy, head of Veterans .-Xdministration in lloston. Her secretary, .llurgurel .S'turk reported she was always on the go. Lou Slltllllltl, mayor of lloston was another, He stood talking to Nulfilz lfiylioli' who ran Hialeah Race Track. lfager to return to Natick we jumped in a cali operated hy tfzmlon Taylor and were whisked to the railway station. l,e.rter l,elunu', memher of the lioston lied Sox, was surrounded hy a moh waiting to get his autograph. :Xinong these were lrrm' ,S'ellur.v, liive and 'l'en heir- ess 1 fum' .SiliHt'ltIl.I', psychologist 3 Jolnz 7iIiI7I7l'f.k', noted accountant of the lncoine 'l'ax llivision of the Federal Government and many more. Hur train had come. .-lle.rc111f1'er Clzrroll took our tickets as we hoarded the train. We found John Driscoll and llozfylux Dnuiz, tired huisness men, reading the stock market quotations. We never thought we'd see the day! Also on the train were Jllurvv .lluillliot and .IQHIIVS Clzulu who have just received a fortune for designing a new eover for lierry's Dog Food. lt's the Berries! Hilly was most generous and they looked happy indeed. Harliuru .S'j2inc1:0lcz and lfurlzuru 'l'orrr-V, teachers at Katherine flihhs, were dis- cussing the good fortune that Viola Urine and litll'IItll'll ljtlfkfl' had enjoyed in their new dress shop. Home at last after a hreath-taking tonr we had many interesting and amusing items to relate. This phase of our journey is ended, And our struggles have not been in vain. For 'we came, we saw, and we eonquered,' That which has long been our gain. C,xieo1,vN Piiiaeii, JOAN Biir,L, ELIC-'XNOR Mustnesxvu.

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I6 THE SASSAMUN ADDRESS OF WELCOME l'arents 'lleaclierss elfriends: lt gives me pleasure as l'resident of the Class of 1947 to welcome you to our graduation exercises. 'llllis evening we are gathered here together as a class unit for the last time. Yery shortly each one will go his separate way. We are very grateful to you parents, teachers, who through your patience and gttidance, have made our education possihle. llc stand ready and willing to accept the challenge of responsilmility and you will not find tis wanting. We hope we may make you proud of Us and that whatever we may do, we the Class of 1947, will prove to you that we liavt-.prolitetl hy your leadership and are hetter citizens of the great tomor- row hecause ot your example. 1 1 f HCAN AMERICA MEET THE CHALLENGEIV' 'lihe lfnited States of America faces a wonderful opportunity for bringing permanent peace to the entire world. Vie. alone, the greatest exponents of free- dom, remain the natural arhiters of peace among nations which are seeking enor- Illolls retrilmutions to pay the price of war. We must continue economically and militarily strong, not to antagonize, but to reassure all people of the determination and sincerity in our aims for peace. 'l'he secrets of the Atomic Bomh must rightfully remain in our guardianship lo guarantee all against the devastating horror of a third world war. Aid must he sent to the starving children in Europe, for the future world will hg the world they make. 'l'o save them now will insure us friends tomorrow. liut what does this aid mean to America? A lower level of living? Unem- ployment and scarcity of the needed things of life? These questions are drum- heats tif pessimism and as depressing as a clirge. The answer is work-opportunity for employment and an equitable income for each willing lahorer. Xyithin our own land prejudices that cause strifes must disappear. Often we talk of freedom, forgetting the mocking paradoxes that surround us. We must ueave a strong cloth of justice that will cover rich and poor, black and white, Jew and tlentile, foreign and native-horn. Unly if we guarantee equal rights to all .-Xmericans may we he qualilied in huilding a foundation of democracy on a world hasis, lluriug the war years many Americans were willing to endure sacrifices that we might have peace. Now discouraged and fearful, they are desperately struggling through strikes, disputes, and economic coercion to regain and enjoy once more all the privileges of a great democracy. Nu one nation can remain secure and prosperous in a panic-stricken worldg therefore, we must lalior unceasingly to huild a structure of peace which no one could successfully challengeg a world court that will completely liberate all people from destructive passions, greed and lust for power. 4 Peace must he planned on a universal liasis. A new world must he created- a new spirit in which nations will learn to approach their difficulties with mutual tolerance. liears of aggression niust cease to exist. Smaller nations must have