Bridgewater Classical Academy - Mercurius Yearbook (Bridgewater, ME)

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MRS MARAGET MURDOCH We the graduatrng class of 1955 srncerely dedrcate thrs MERCURIUS to Mrs Margaret Murdoch It IS her patient unclerstandrng and warm frnend shxp that make us thrnk of her not only as an Enghsh teacher but as our loyal frnend whom we have known all our hves To her we wlsh the world and everythlng 1n 3- .1 ' 1-:T TO Q Q I ' ' ' it.

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7 l'U'lCl Ll 5 0556Lge CHARLES A DAVIS Pr1nc1pal Brldgewater Clwsrcal Academy One of the thlngs of wh1ch all of us need to be remmded rs that education IS a contnnuous process To use an oft repeated chche Educatron begrns at brrth and con txnues unt1l death Accordmgly anyone who belreves that he or she has received enough learmng rn thelr course of hrgh school to last them a lrfe tune rs really takmg a backward step Not a thousandth part of what we know was gamed or ever could be garned 1n any school Knowledge IS conveyed from all facets of lrfe through eye and ear through taste and touch through success and farlure and much to the surprxse of no one the greater part of ones educatron comes elther before or after school To you the graduatmg class of nlneteen hundred and f1ftyf1ve I leave the re mmder that educatton does not end at three oclock It does not end rn june It does not end at graduatron Awa1t1ng you are the responsxbrhtres of a democratrc soc1ety fostered by un fettered men and women who earned the freedom to practrce and perpetuate a way of r tuated onl b an 1ntell1 ent c1t1zen Crtnzens who not onl take an mterest rn Y Y Y the affaxrs of then- soc1ety but cmzens who actrvely partrclpate ln that soc1ety of wh1ch they are a unrque part Your graduatxon only marks a perlod tn your lrfe wh1ch IS construed as bemg a preparatnon for the perrod wh1ch wrll follow It follows then that you must keep yourself contrnually prepared for the future lS a perpetual medrum wh1ch can be rn telhgently dealt wrth only by understandmg the present and the past Keep yourselves abreast of the t1mes Contnnue your readnng of good books Connnue to develop your love for muslc and your apprecranon of all the good thlngs rn lrfe F1nd opportum t1es wherever you are to be of real ers 1ce to your fellovt men Afflllate yourselves wrth those 1nst1tut1ons and movements that have for thexr purpose the makxng of a better world Lastly remember that genu1ne and lastmg success comes to h1m who can lose hmm self 1n the mterests of others It IS my vush that you may have such success 5. life for themselves and their posterity. A way of lifewhich can be preserved and '1 I'