Clinton High School - Memorabilia Yearbook (Clinton, MA)

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A TRIBUTE “To tlie most responsible, the least advertised, the poorest paid, and the most richly rewarded profession in the world.’’ We A ’ish to take tliis ()]ipoi‘tunity to ex])i‘ess our appre- eiatiou to tliose who liave so siieeessfully eonpileted the task of oui‘ footste])s aloiiii ' the ])erilous ])aths of oin- school ( ' ai eer. Since our entrance to Clinton Ili li as meek and lowly fi-eshnien, a change has taken place in our i egai d for our ])i ecei)toi‘s. As Fi eshnien we thought of the faculty as an august body, unapiiroachable and relentless, befoi ' e whom we must tremble in fear, and against whom we must unite oui utmost efforts. Now tte know bettei . We have become acciuainted with our teachers during the last foin years, and we have found them strangely human, with all the human virtues and all the human Aveaknesses. We have found that they are Avorking not against us, but for us; that they are ever ready to meet us half-Avay; that they gi ' ieA e over oui ' failures, and rejoice in our successes. We begin to aiijireciate noAv the magnitude of the debt Avhich Ave OAve the teachers of Clinton High, and Ave realize that all success Avhich Ave achieve in the future Avill in a measure be simply an indication of their success in the jiast. 8

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Our TeacKers

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LAWRENCE F. O’TOOLE, Principal Within your hearts be writ This single line memorial: — He did his duty — and his bit! 9