Amherst Regional High School - Goldbug Yearbook (Amherst, MA)

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The death of Mr. Perry saddened all of us. He was our principal for the last twenty years. During that time our school has grown in size and stature. The impact of Mr. Perry on edu- cation in Amherst will be sustained in the future by the scholar- ship established in his name. Mr. Thayer A. Greene, pastor of the First Congregational Church, described the sort of man Mr. Perry was when, in a prayer offered at the funeral, he said: We remember with gratitude and apprecia- tion many of the qualities which made him a unique person: a keen mind alive to ideas, a mind eager to read, to know, to explore; a love of art and the theater where much of the feeling locked up within his soul could find expression; his talents as a teach- er; his impulsive generosity; his years of service to this community. For all the creative qualities of his life we give thee thanks and praise thy name.”