Ashland High School - Echoes Yearbook (Ashland, ME)

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F b Welcome, graduate! On June 11th you cease to be a teen-ager and become a member of the adult community. What will your impact upon it be? ln short, so what? The world would be different, and you would be different from most people, if you make it your pledge to .stand for something. Most of you will not be statesmen or executives, and perhaps you think it is these, the big people in society whose decisions count. This is partly true, but in our democratic nation, leaders can lead only when people will follow, or when a majority of people dismiss public affairs with a shrug of the shoulders and say, What difference does my opinion make?,' It does make a difference. Right here in Ashland, the most powerful group of people in town affairs are those who do not attend town meeting, and who, by their absence permit anything to be done that is desired by those who do take an interest. These absentees are the most powerful because they are the most numerous. In clubs and social organizations all over America there is a great mass of people who are social zeros, who assume no leadership, accept no responsibilities, and with a shrug of the shoulders, even refuse to express any opinions. At best, this spineless silence makes it difficult for an organization to function, at worst, it creates the vacuum of indifference which makes possible the rise of corrupt politicians or dictators. You, graduate, will fulfill the hope that rests in you if, throughout your life, you will decide what you stand for, and speak out for it. The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. eEMERSON Front row: Mr. Grant, Mr. deFrees, Mrs. Tilley, Mr. Fish, Mr. Torrey. Second row: Mr. Baxter, Mrs. Morris, Mr. Byers, Mrs. Byers, Mr. Belyea, Mrs. Rogerson, Mr. Libby.

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Mr. Hazen N. Belyea . . . In recognition of your superior work with the argiculture students and your sincere devotion to the-interests of all of us, we dedicate to you this issue of The Echoes of A.C.H.S.

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Front row: A. Rolstridge, M. Hancock, ,I. Searway, E. Sylvester, P. Davenport, R. Wakefield, G. Cote. Second row: ,I. West, A. Coty, J. Bembe, C. Morrison, D. Winslow, C Savary, M. Burby, P. Eastman. L. Mountain, C. Poitraw, S. Baxter, Mrs. Tilley, Advisor. sag 7955 Editor-in-Chief ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, , ,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,, E VELYN SYLVESTER Assistant Editors , ,,,, MARY HANCOCK, ALICE BOLSTRIDCE Business Manager ,,,, H , .,..,,,,..,,,,,,,.,, ,,,, ,....,,, .,,.,... P E R LEY EASTMAN Assistant Business Managers ,, ,,,,,,.,,,,,, ,,,, , , ,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, JANET WEST, PETER SAWYER Advertising Manager , , ,, ,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, , ,, ,, ,, ,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, , , ,, PERLEY EASTMAN Assistants ,, ,, ,, CHARLES SAVARY, .IERI BERUBE, LILLIAN MOUNTAIN Artivities ,,,., ,, CYNTHIA MORRISON, PAULINE DAVENPORT Sports Editor , , H , ,..,,.,,,.,...,,.,.,,,,.., ..., ...,..,,.,,,.,,, D O NALD WINSLOW Boys' Sports .,.,,,,,.,., RAY WAKEFIELD Girls' Sports , , ,,,,,, ,,,, ,,,,,,, C L AIRETTE POITRAW Art Editor ,, ,,,,, ,,,,,.,,.,,., ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, B E TTY CASEY Snapshots . , .,,,,, ,,,,.,,,,,,,, GLADYS COTE, SALLY BAXTER Alumni Editors , ,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,, ,,,, , ,,,,,,,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, A R LENE COTY, JANICE SEARWAY Exchange Editor , ,, , ,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,.,,,,,,,, M A D E LINE BURBY Typists , , , ,, PAULINE DAVENPORT, JANICE SEARWAY, CLAIRETTE POITRAW