Agawam High School - Sachem Yearbook (Agawam, MA)

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ADMINISTRATION

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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

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“Congratulations to the Class of 1961 on the completion of senior high school. The pressures of college entrance, of preparation for business, and of preparation for hpme and family living have been increasing each year. You, as the Class of 1961. have faced these increasing changes in a positive manner. It is our hope that you have been equipped with an attitude towards work, a philosophy of life, and a standard of morals which will help and guide you. We have tried, as administrators and teachers, to stress the importance of liberal education to include appreciation of the academic, the arts, music, industrial arts, and physical education. Your dependence upon these areas of preparation will be more and more as the years go by. The Agawam Public School System will assist you through recommendations and counseling at any future time in your life where we can be helpful. Good luck to each of you. We look forward to seeing you at future reunions. JAMES CLARK Superintendent of Schools 6