Clinton High School - Memorabilia Yearbook (Clinton, MA)

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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

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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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Mr. Cobb, our former vi(:e-i)rincii)al and now our acting? i)rinc:ii)al, is one of our favorite teacliers. He in- structed us in History and ( ' lieniistry, and those subjects were always inter- esting. His method of substituting modern colloquialisms (shall we say slang) for the prosy woids of the text ahvays made the idea clearer to our undeveloped minds. He gets excited once in a wdiile. Then it is time to get out from under, for something is sure to drop. But these times are infrequent. EBEN S. COBB To all graduates of Clinton High there is one teacher wdio wull ever he held in loving remembrance. That teacher is Miss Kent. Wherever we go, w ' e will ahvays remember the pleasant hours w e spent in her classes — hours w hich were as useful as they were pleasant. Mathematics became a pastime rather than a drudgery, and w e ahvays looked for- w ard eagerly to a period in Room 7. NELLIE KENT Walking down the corridor w e are sure to pass Mr. IMatthew s, our com- mercial teacher, guarding the door to Room 4. Twirling around his right thumb is a watch charm, wiiile on his face is an expression of supreme repose and dignity. We all remem- ber his good work in coaching foot- ball and baseball teams, also his pop- ularity with the female members of the class. THOMAS MATTHEWS 10