Wilmington High School - Hourglass Yearbook (Wilmington, MA)

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n-1--'f 'T.-.-A----f ,5 ig I who am saying good-L7m-good-by and thanks to my teach ers for their kindness and help and good-by and the best of Luck to you, my classmates, ' Anne Buzzell -

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U . They cannot reverse L41 wrucezs to get food again, how- :verg and armaments are net edible though they are probably but little worse than ersatz tread made of wood! Even were our standard of living vastly inferior to that of the totalitarian state, which it obviously is notg I would still prefer our form of government for under it we have as- surance of personal safety. No one is inviolate under a dic- tatorship. Pggroms massacre people who dare to have political views other than those expressed by the state, and for those who are not ercifully killed await the medieval tortures of the Modern concentration camp. In our country we are allowed not only the staff of life but even life itself. In the very short space of a century and a half we have developed from a tiny insignificant state to a world power. All of which was accomplished not through the abridgment of our rights, but through the exercising of them--through the individu- al efforts of the citizens--the logical way for progress. We cannot, however, expect all these benefits to be literally thrown into our laps. To enjoy them we must guard them for ourselves and for future generations. I could expand greatly on this topic, for I verge on the fanatical about itg but I must go on to the true purpose of the valedictorian speechu-a most depressing duty to say good-by. I feel that, for once, Shakespeare is wrong--- Parting is not such sweet sorrowiu I don't at all want to leave. I have enjoyed these last four years too much, It seems incredible that it is time to leave school, iguy ers he Lzewell addresses I have lis toned to in the secure kg-xiao of nary years cf school interven inj between me and gradaatitf. lut those nears are gone and now

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1 5 5 K 1 2 s - E H-'4.-.-.,,w,,,,...1,, ... i E I 1 1 X 5 e S F 4 3 E 'f U-I-lx-,gy :Iri- -J...llsJ .., ..L- 1910 , whom It May Concern: We the twenty-fifth grand class ever to graduate from the Sai institution of learning, wilmington High seneoifin the 1 Zgwgsof Wilmington, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, hereby bequeath all our worldly possessions to the following benefactors and beneficiaries, having completed the happiest days of our life and being now in a saddened state of mind, and with that certain feeling in our hearts, Without influence of past favors, disfavors, likes, dislikes, kindnesses and unkindnesses, I hereby, make, publish, and declare this our last Will and Testament. ' First: s H As one of'our big needs in the'High School is a trophy case, we leave to Mr, JL Turner Hood, Jr., our loving Principal, this ' little glass case, We hope that some day he will really get one, so he can always cherish the thoughts of those outstanding athletes who worked so hard this year in acquiring for him those three un- defeated teamsg namely, the boys' Football Team, the girls' Hockey Team, and the Girls' Championship of the Lowell Suburban League in Basketball, Second: To Miss Marland, our class adviser, who is very highly res- pected by everyone in our class, and who was always willing to do everything she could for us, we leave our class group picture to add to the Art Gallery in Room 201, If ever she should get in a glodmy mood, all she need do is look up at?us, and I know she'll flash a smile at all those funny old facesi ' Third: A To the Faculty, we can leave nothing but our sincere thanks and gratefulness for everything you have done for all of us. Fourth! To Mr. Stephen G, Bean, our Superintendent of Schools, whom we all know is the master mind behind this wonderful school system of ours, we leave our most sincere thanks to him for everything he has done for us. He is always willing to work for us and give us everything we want to make our school days those unforgetable happy days, Fifth! sks To the Q tiers, who are our successors, we leave all the do 3 and chairs in 1, and a few sprinkled about in 202, realizing thoiz inability to fi, them both physically and mentally,