Boston Latin School - Liber Actorum Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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To The Graduating Class Of 1978: The accomplishments of your class are an indication of the tremendous importance that you, as students, place upon acquiring the educational experience needed for future success. You have maintained a dedica- tion and interest in the realization of your goals at a time when it is common to downgrade our insistence upon academic excellence. Our goal at Boston Latin School continues to be the preparation of young men and women to become educated and worthy members of our society. You have the opportunity and the means to make a constructive contribution to the improvement of mankind. It will not be easy to accomplish your goals without a continuing dedication to hard work and a continuing devotion to duty. Every freedom, every right, and every privilege have their prices and their corresponding duties without which they cannot be enjoyed. You have been given the means to succeed. What you do with your lives will be an indication of how well you have learned the lessons taught at Boston Latin School. Much has been asked of you during your stay with us. Often you may have questioned the value of your experience here. The fact that you have completed your education indicates the importance you place upon completing our rigorous course of study. As graduates you have earned the recognition and respect of those that have preceded you. Recognize that with maturity comes the responsibility to ensure that your Alma Mater continues as a viable institution of learning. You must support us in every way so we may continue to provide your successors with the same opportunities that you have received. Anything less than maximum effort on your part will diminish the her- itage and tradition that you now enjoy as graduates. Your graduation this year adds a further bit of history to the Latin School. It marks the first time that young women have successfully completed the six-year course of study. Your success as a class is a source of pride to your teachers, your parents and especially to your Headmaster. We will always remember you and hope that you will continue to share with us your future thoughts and successes. May you experience happiness and joy in the years that follow. May God Bless you all. Michael G. Contompasis ' 57 Headmaster