Boston Technical High School - Technician Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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Ds fans (lec Jo the best of Uour Ability To the Senior Class: The Class of 1952 has conferred upon me a signal honor in dedicating The Technician to me, and I truly appreciate that honor. I am pleased because I realize that in choosing me as its dedicatee, the Class acted so not as the result of any pressure but because it really wished to do so itself. Such loyalty makes the work of a teacher, like the work of a clergyman, very worth while. Teaching has been called “The worst paid and the best rewarded of all professions.” If that is so, such a dedication as this is a splendid reward for three decades of work with and for the schoolboys of Boston. To you, Members of the Class of 1952, I wish to leave a word of advice. 1 do not intend to flatter you with paeans of praise because you have completed your high school course, nor am I to promise that the world will be yours because of this initial success. I do not intend to expatiate on the duties that naturally fall to you because of your education. I am not going to picture for you a puzzled world that is waiting for you to solve its intricate problems, nor a harsh world that is lying in wait for you like a hidden enemy. I am, however, going to repeat what I have said to you so many times in the past four years ... that essentially the world is morally good and not morally bad. The average man and woman of America is a God-fearing, upright, respectable citizen, a person who honors decency and rectitude as your own parents honor these same qualities in your own home. Those parents hold you in deepest affection—never disappoint them, for they are your most devoted friends and your most ardent champions. And one more point must I repeat once again. A person gets out of life just exactly what he puts into it, and if you wish to be the success that you and your parents and your teachers hope you will be, aim high and ap ply yourselves to your utmost capacity. We teachers of Boston Technical High School wish you every success ... that success will come to you if you but do your part to the best of your God-given ability. NATHANIEL J.-HASENFUS

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Dye Were: 4 See us Os DY Bari: It is with the greatest of pleasure that we, the Graduating Class of 1952, dedicate “The Technician” to Dr. Nathaniel J. Hasenfus, an outstanding man and a splendid teacher. The many years he has spent in unselfish toil for Tech- nical High deserve far more recognition than we could ever hope to give him. We have, therefore, in a vain attempt to show our full appreciation for his faith- ful work, selected Dr. Hasenfus as our dedicatee. Dr. Hasenfus has had charge of the Year Book since its inception and has done such a fine job that the “Tech- nician”’ is second to none. His leadership also as Head of the English Department has shown his willingness to make laborious efforts to better the young men he works with and for. Dr. Hasenfus was awarded his A.B. in 1922, his Ed.M. in 1923 and his Ph.D. in 1931, all by Boston College. With the completion of seventeen years of teach- ing at English High School, he came to old Mechanic Arts in 1940 as head of the English Department, succeeding Mr. Charles Lane Hanson. He is Vice-President of Chamberlayne School and Junior College, Vice-President of Stratford School, President of the Boston College Club of West Roxbury, and President of Boston College High School Alumni Association. He is a special writer for the Boston Globe and the Boston American. Dr. Hasenfus has written three successful books: “We Summer in Maine,” “More Vacation Days in Maine,” and “Athletics at Boston College.” He also has a fine family of five sons and two daughters. He isa past adjutant of West Roxbury Post, American Legion. Sir, we sincerely hope that some day you will receive the great rewards that we believe you richly deserve. We extend to you our thanks for being so patient with us, and we wish you continued success in any undertaking you may devote your many talents to in the coming years.

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