Brookline High School - Murivian Yearbook (Brookline, MA)

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WILFRED H. RINGER Headmaster To the Graduates of 1945 : Within the very short span of time that you have been with us, you have seen a world move swiftly through a period of civilization unparalleled because of man’s inventions. In your early days, the world was poised upon the brink of decay with its aggression, dictatorships, and persecution. As the United Nations became better organized, the scene changed while we passed through a period of disappointment, disaster and personal losses until the new machinery of a common democracy could be thrown into high gear. Then came the steady climb forward under the leadership of people who were willing to give and to compromise in order that we might write of peace in the book of life. Losses have been great. We will return soon to constructive production rather than destructive. In this era, you, as new graduates of Brookline High School, have an opportunity to make great personal contribu- tions. If you are to have, you must give. If you want results, you must w 7 ork. If you want freedom, you must be tolerant. If you want obedience, you must perform your duties. In the work that you do, may you remember that we have tried to help you be prepared for decisions that are fair and just. May God grant you the grace to make these decisions wisely. 8

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DEDICATION WE, THE CLASS OF 1945, THINK IT FITTING TO BESTOW THE HIGHEST HONOR IN OUR POWER TO A MAN WHO HAS UPHELD THE PRINCIPLES OF PEACE AND, THROUGH HIS HONOR, INTEGRITY, AND FAIR PLAY HAS FOSTERED THE STANDARD OF “AIM HIGH”. WITH GRATITUDE WE DEDICATE THE 1945 MURIVIAN TO OUR BELOVED HOUSEMASTER, MR. BERTRAM H. HOLLAND

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My cordial greetings to the Class of 1945 with the wish that the years may bring to you true success and real happiness ! As you go on from the home school to broader fields of endeavor, remember that we stand ready to help in any way we can. We are anxious to hear of your undertaking; we regret the disappointments and rejoice with you in your successes. In the fateful years just ahead there should be no place for laggards. In the midst of world chaos there are sacrifices to be made, there is hard work to be done that is not of your choosing, vital effort to be put forth by all of you before you can think far ahead and plan for peace time years. Through it all, Shakespeare’s charge “Let all the ends thou aim’ st at be thy country’s, Thy God’s and truth’s.” is a challenge to real living. To aim lower than that is to be false to our heritage as Americans. To ap- proach that goal will take the best that is in us. May God grant you his richest blessings ! Loyally yours, Mary W. Sawyer, Dean of Girls 9