Bedford High School - Missile Yearbook (Bedford, MA)

Page 20 text:

IT ' S YOUR CHOICE I have tried to make this statement to the graduating class simple, direct, and profitable. This was reasonably difficult to do, as there is so much that needs saying, and so little space for the telling of it. You have been told that the age you enter is a fantastic age— this is true. You have also been told that you are the nation ' s potential— its promise for the future. This is also true. Above all this, you have been told that the opportunity for a lived life, for being somebody that counts and enjoying it, lies within yourselves. It is this latter point that I would like to elaborate upon. The satisfaction derived from any effort, whether it be academic or vocational, varies in direct ratio to the amount of effort put into it. This appears to hold true, whether the activity is academic or vocational— of high prestige value or menial in nature. We can safely assume that the people who usually profit most from any human activity are those who give it all they ' ve got! It is also realistic to recognize that we cannot all profit from a college education. We cannot all work as technologists. We cannot all spend our lives in contempla- tion of the esthetic. In our society, someone must manufacture and produce the materials necessary for our complex social structure to exist. Someone must perform the labor that makes it possible for others to bring theoretical advances into being. Is it not better to be a reasonably good office worker than a poor administrator? Can we deny that a skilled craftsman may contribute much more than a discontented or inept engineer? Granted the need is great for the thinker and the creator, but is not the need equally great for those who labor to bring their plans to fruit? Do not emphasize having and getting to the detriment of being and becoming. Consider less the idea of whatness and develop the growth of whatever. To sum up: give yourselves the opportunity of experiencing the feeling of worth and completeness that comes only from attainment and self-realization. How to go about this? Understand your potential and your limits. Set your sights on a realistic, desirable goal, and do your best to attain it. If you can profit by college or technical training, by all means do so. If such is not the case, accept this fact and utilize your effort elsewhere. And lastly, but most important, be a contributing member of society. Find completeness by giving of yourself to others. Feel con- tentment in the realization that you have done, and are doing, everything you can to attain your place in society. Good luck. ROBERT MORGAN Director of Guidance

Page 22 text:

MRS. LOUISE DAVIS Home Room 1 9 Grade 1 1 MISS LOIS BLAKENEY Home Room 20 Grade 1 1 MR. LAWRENCE HEALY Home Room 1 8 Grade 10 MRS. ESTHER KAHN Home Room 5 Grade 10 MRS. DOROTHY CLOUTIER Home Room 3 Grade 9 I o p H O M O FRESHMEN