Avon High School - Sonnet Yearbook (Avon, MA)

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YEARBOOK joyously For since time decrees that we must go on let us do sc with a brave and light heart We do not fear the future On the contrary, we have high hopes for what it will bring--nor will past failures mar our confidence They are forgotten We know we will do better in whatever line of work we ' pursue We w ill live up to our ideals and keep our illu- sions With a hopeful heart and a firm pose each takes up his burden and goes his way® But before we part, classmates, let us clasp hands on ground dear to all— the Avon High School® Let us resolve to visit the school often, in order that we may renew old friendships, recall pleasant memories, and keep alive a warm school spirit® Up and onward I Live in the present with glad thoughts of the past and hopes for the future So shall you do the work that is yours to do well and bravely®” ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft % ft Since December seventh there has been a let down in the schools® The marks have lowered and the absentee list has grown longer and longer. All the students have a sort of carefree manner- brought about by the long vacations, the blackouts, and the many different things going on which are connected with the war effort. Some of the students don’t care if they graduate or not® They fig- ure that they can quit school and get a job in the war industries.. After this war, the educated people will have the jobs, A fellow has to have an education to get anywhere in the army. If he wants to get in the air corps he has to pass rigid mental and physical tests. One also needs a great deal of mathematics, A gunner in the Navy has to know triganometry and geometry. We should buckle down and do more studying. We should study harder so we can help Uncle Sam much better. If we learn all we can in school, we won’t have to pay to learn something later we could have learned in school. If w e don’t study we may find the axis on our necks and we won’t have any use for any brainpower, John Sherman

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YEARBOOK THE TURNING POINT Seniors our first goal has been reached , We are soon to graduate® Through four long years we have followed the path Avon High has blazed for. us® Some of our classmates found it too steep and they fell by the wayside® Most of us however persevered, and overcoming the many obstacles along the road we have at last reached the turning point® Prom this turning point we review the happy years we wisely spent in Avon High since we entered it in ' ®38® Yes they were happy years now that we are leaving behind us everything connected with them® How long ago that seems when we think of the things we have learned and accomplished but how short it seems when we lock back over those years and think of the good times we have had In school® Thinking of it in that way the time seems almost too short and we regret that we must leave the place where we learned and enjoyed so much and must part from the friends with whom we have shared that learning and enjoyment® Even the tragedy of the first red ,, D H , the real ' ‘Scarlet Letter” of shame to high schorl students is somehow bearable to recall® We have forgotten, the exasperating algebra problems the torturing exams even the sting- ing pain we felt when she cut” our dance at the Prom” to please a rival® It is the light not the darkness that we see when vre lock back® Every kind word and every little, triumph stand out sharp and clear like solitary pines against the blue sky of our consciousness® f Time is a kindly green Ivy growing over the ruin of our school days hiding the dark spots and rounding out its ugly corners® But let us put aside the glamour of the past® Those days can never be ours again® We are looking ahead; some of us to college others to business all of us to something greater than where we are now® Our lives are deepening down to manhood and womanhood® We must look ahead to a new existence that will soon begin for us® But in our planning anticipating and working we shall not forget our high school , the good times we enjoyed there and the friend- ships we made there® Let us go forward to meet it w bravely and

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