Barre High School - Barretone Yearbook (Barre, MA)

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DEDICATION With knight of learning ' s trodden way A common bond is shared today. For we the graduating class of 1950 claim a singular privilege this year, in enjoining our own departure with the simultaneous leaving of our superintendent of schools. The contrast is a startling one: for him the educator the pursuit of a noble vocation now culminates in a pro- spective harvest whose seeds knew an early planting. In the con- tinued growth and fruition of his sowing in the educative field, we wish Mr. Rush joy and happiness enduring. For us th e educated the produce of our giv- ing is yet to come, as we, the planters, emerge from school life into life ' s school, where the pastures are green and a- waiting fertility. Forearmed for our venture, the tender roots of knowledge upsurging in our young hearts, we look for inspira- tion to the mark of the educator. And in it confide Our hope and our guide 1