Bridgewater Classical Academy - Mercurius Yearbook (Bridgewater, ME)

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FACU LTY CONSTANCE MAXELL Languages Cony High School, Augusta, Maine, 1950 University of Maine, B.A., 1954 WILLIAM E. YERXA Social Studies Bridgewater Academy, 1943 Ricker College, B.A. in Business Administration, 1950 CHARLES A DAVIS, Principal Mathematics and Science Laconia High School, N.H. , 1942 Dickinson College, 1943 New England College, B.A., 1953 University of Maine, M.Ed.. 1954 DOUGLAS E. HARRINGTON Commercial Studies Bangor High School, 1941 Husson College, 1948 University of Maine QSummer Sessionj MYRNA SPENCER Caribou High School, 1949 Gordon College 1949-1950 Madawaska Training School QSummer Sessionj -atQ 4 3

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PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE CHARLES A DAVIS Prtnctpal Brrdgewater Classlcal Academy At thts txme of year probably more than at any other ttme you are prob ably expertenctng a feeling of nostalgra m the realrzatlon that although this commencement IS the one you ve been eagerly awamng you also wlsh you could retatn forever perhaps those wonderful and happy exper1ences of the four years past that gettmg out of school IS really not a release of the happt est order lnstead you are confronted wtth a soberlng expertence It IS a sobermg experrence because you now are much l1ke the sculptor who ts about to mold a bulk of shapeless clay 1nto some meamngful form may be good perhaps ev1l but whatever the case may be II w1l1 be the sculptor s dolng So too the years that he ahead of you may be full of nch and rewardmg expertences happy and prosperous Or they may be sad and unrewardrng ew en degradlng Whatever the case you are the sculptor your future and how you mold rt ltes rn your own hands On the road that wtnds before you you wtll frnd many people who appear and only you can decide what avenue of thought and action to pursue 1n mold mg out the future best sulted for you nor wrll you know ll unttl you ve trted Don t be d1SCOl1.l'3gSd by fallures Tenac1ty1s the matnx of the clay wtth whrch good and lastmg ambmons are molded tnto reallty Fear not declsxon or rn declslon nor hesttate to ICVISC It was Emerson who so wrsely wrote A foollsh conslstency IS the hobgoblln of lrttle mmds It IS w1ser then to be conslstent tn our mconsrstency where new facts alter our Judgements To you the class of 1956 I wtsh the best of health and happlness physt cal mental and sp1r1tua1 these are rnankmd s prxceless commodmes and greatest wealth when possessed and they can be prolonged and enjoyed by pur sutng good wlth labor and oblrteratlng evtl for pleasure Good luck to you rn all your endeavors and may all your undertaklngs strengthen your self your commuruty and your country to know betterthan yourselfthat which you can do best. Don't be misled. You