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Town of Swansea, Massachusetts Department of Public Schools RICHARD B. BREENMAN. SUPERINTENDENT December 1, I960 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT JOSEPH CASE HIBH SCHOOL OSBORNE B-8326 To the Class of 1961: In honoring the fiftieth state by making Hawaii the theme of your yearbook, you recognize the new status of a distant land. Although three thousand miles separate Honolulu from San Francisco, Hawaii, once a territory, is as secure in the United States as if it were located in the Middle West. A land of natural beauty with year round temperatures between seventy and seventy-five degrees, Hawaii has developed from a trading center in the days of whaling to a modern agri¬ cultural and industrial giant. Sugar, pineapple, coffee and banana plantations kept packing plants and ocean freighters in competition with the world market. Education, the territorial legislature, and vacation industry have strengthened the young commonwealth. A day will come when, like distant but valuable Hawaii, some of your personal possessions, not yet fully discovered, will be developed and thus increase your total value. Possibly you have a half-hidden ability to speak in public, solve a problem in human relations, find an an¬ swer in scientific research, or advance an argument in open debate. Possibly you have some other dimly seen or far away talent to be revealed through study or experience. There may be a professional baseball player in the class, or a doctor, engineer, manu¬ facturer, teacher, or leader in government. When your special talent is developed enough, then like the territory that become a state, it becomes an important part of your total personality. Hawaii reminds me of you and your future, in which I wish you rich rewards for your young talents. Sincerely yours, 73 6
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PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE To the Class of 1961: Today you graduatel And as you stand at the threshold of your school for the last time as members of the student body, I feel that our roles are reversed. For the time you become the teacher and from your glowing self- confidence and hope I find a renewed courage and faith and again I recall the words of the poet: How beautiful is youth1 how bright it gleams With its illusions, aspirations, dreams 1 All possibilities are in its hands. No danger daunts it and no foe withstands. These qualities - self-confidence and hope - courage and faith - are your natural birthright. With these as your vanguard your success is assured. To you it matters not that the state of your country ' s economy is porten¬ tous; that your immediate future is overcast by world conditions that are ominous, or that your very way of life becomes uncertain amid the stark and heinous threats of Communism. With the characteristic bravery and persever¬ ance of youth you will override all threats. This qonfidence I take from the lesson of your youth. Now let my experience and knowledge leave these words of counsel with you. The time has come for you to take your place on that vast race course over which there are various tracks leading to a common goal - worldly success. Continuing to seek knowledge and experience, it is important that you exercise your ability to apply this knowledge and experience. Be sharp to recognize opportunity, for it comes in many a guise. Know that neither success nor opportunity will be handed to you freely. You must make it your¬ self and you must recognize it when it comes. At best, success comes slowly, but to those of you who are particularly fortunate it will be yours and you will surely reach your goal. Unfortunately, others of you will fail because you lack the necessary attribute of endurance. Yet there are others in your group who may not attain a brilliant hoped-for success and who may even be accounted failures as the world judges, but who will be comforted by a personal satisfaction. To you the final achievement will not have been denied through lack of effort on your part. You are destined to be among those chosen to advance in years and still cherish the dreams of your youth. It is you in particular that I would reach, for: To seek is better than to gain. The fond hope dies as we attain; Life ' s fairest things are those which seem. The best is that of which we dream. May God bless you with the vision and the courage to attain that degree of success for which you aim. May He help you to make our world a better place than you find it today. r 7
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