Clinton High School - Memorabilia Yearbook (Clinton, MA)

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BY AVAY OF TRIBUTE It is the happiest duty, the most cherished privilege in the narration of our class history which now presents itself. On the expression of our sentiments towards the faculty of the Clinton High School we are deterred only by the rush of emotions which fills our being at recollection. Unfortunate it is that only the end of the relations with our teachers, lasting through four years, brings some faint realization of the part they have played in our lives. It is only now that we have a dim vision of their unfailing effort, their unwaning patience, their affectionate interest for our blindness, for our seeming ingratitude, for our careless ac- ceptance of their unstinted effort, we apologize with humble hearts. For all those gifts of knowledge, of example, of pa- tience with our manifold faults and love for our poor virtues, come our grateful but inarticulate thanks. 8

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FOREWORD In presenting this book, the seventh volume of Memora- bilia to the graduates of 1920, we, the authors, beg of you, gentle readers, your indulgence in the faults of matter. We solicit no praise, and humbly crave your sympathy in our interpretation of the spirit of farewell. The purpose of the work is not to perpetuate the mem- ory or fame of 1920, but rather to strengthen and quicken, in the future, the old ties of fellowship and loyalty among the members of our class. It is to serve as a reminder of the days when cares were few, when lives were smooth, when all of us dwelt in the warm glow of mutual appreciation and esteem. The highway of life, weaving into the mazes of the future, is not less toilsome than it was in the past, if these few pages can ever bring hopes or peace to the hearts of one weary traveler your mission is fulfilled a thousandfold, Mem- orabila of 1920. 7

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