Brookline High School - Murivian Yearbook (Brookline, MA)

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FACULTY TO FORM A MORE PERFECT N ON

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A ckno wle demerits o Mr. William L. Snow After forty years of zealous endeavor, Mr. William Snow, accompanied by the deep admiration of students and faculty alike, retires from active participation in the work of the school. Mr. Snow was graduated from Wesleyan University in 18 94, receiving the degree of A.B. Later, he was awarded his A.B. and M.A. degrees from Harvard University. We are indebted to Mr. Snow, a member of Phi Beta Kappa, for the establishment and supervision of our honorary society, Alpha Pi, and for his inspirational guidance of the Latin de- partment. As a teacher, Mr. Snow’s indomitable spirit, mag- netic personality, broad education and experience have imparted to his students his enthusiasm and enjoyment for the classics. Mr. Snow’s great knowledge of the masters of literature re- flects the culture and gentility belonging to the classics. Mr. John E. Corcoran During our Freshman year at High School, we of Packard House were especially fortunate to be under the guiding hand of Mr. John Corcoran. His willing help and understanding inspired a fine beginning to our high school careers. Mr. Corcoran, a true son of Brookline, is now principal at the Pierce School where all who work with him respect his fine judgment. Members of this year’s graduating class appreciate the in- valuable encouragement rendered them and remember with pleasure their first year at Brookline High School. 6

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Wilfred H. Ringer Headmaster Today is a period of seeming confusion. If you and I follow the ordinary course, we shall permit ourselves to believe that all roads to advance have been closed to us. Such a conclusion can but make us untrue to our trust. Today is also a time of greatest optimism. Opportunities which are now ours may never come again. Your high school has kept one great ideal constantly before you — the teaching that there is always a place in life for the young man and young woman to whom education has been an experience in THINKING. Never has the world been so much in need of intelligent reasoning. If your training has given you the power to master new problems, it has also given you a firm hold on life itself. The test is in your ability to discriminate between the true and the false values. Thorough scholarship is a province in which one’s place is EARNED. Nothing worthwhile is to be had merely for the asking. Today the field of exploration lies in human endeavor. To wish for success and happiness is not to win them. Thorough scholarship means brains that are qualified to think beyond their present store of facts. Insist upon your knowledge assuring you of an opportunity. Then THINK, REASON and WORK your way to the top! My best wishes go to each of you. 10