Agawam High School - Sachem Yearbook (Agawam, MA)

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Iu Memoriam ANTHONY HARRY RICCO “Sometimes on pathways that we tread We think we see the end ahead But when we get there, instead— It’s just a bend in the road. And we do not grieve or worry when A loved one goes ahead; for then We know that we will meet again— Around the bend in the road.”

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In Memoriam DONNA LEE GRAY “You cannot say, you must not say That she is dead. She is just away! With a cheery smile and a wave of the hand She has wandered into an unknown land And left us dreaming how very fair It needs must he, since she lingers there; So think of her faring on, as dear In the love of There as the love of Here, Think of her still as the same, and say She is not dead, she is just away.” JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

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CLASS POEM With eyes uplifted towards our shining goal. With raised heads and hearts enlightened still, Alone we now begin our glorious course Along the obscured, beckoning path of fame. Long years of toil and work are now behind. Engulfing in their midst a tear of waste, For error on our then unknowing part. But knowledge, with the aid of guiding hands, The sweetened fruit of time, has to our lips Been but a taste of learning’s sweeter gains. Past too are wholesome years of comradeship, Of gleeful bliss in happy, carefree days When youth unburdened by the pangs of age Lived free and bright with the future’s radiance. With knowledge gained from tasks of work and life, With mem’ries of our youth within our hearts, Before us now we mark our steady path To conquer worlds of time and light and space. By ALLAN MORGAN