Cole Trade High School - Hilltopper Yearbook (Southbridge, MA)

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I948 - HILLTOPPER - 1948 TO THE GRADUATES OF THE COLE TRADE HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1948 You are about to receive the reward for the investment you have each made in yourselves. You have come to the end of an important stage in your education: that in itself is worthy of the warmest congratulations. Your education has been a preparation to fit each of you for your vocation as a member of society and as a citizen of your community, of your country, of the world. Your school has stressed those facts, those abilities, those attitudes that have to be developed in order to make each of you effective citizens. You have been taught the lessons of life itself to better equip you to step forward into a world still fever- ishly groping for the ways and means of a lasting peace: to respect the worth of the individual, to work together for common purposes, to apply an intelligent method in the solution of the difficulties that must be faced in living together, to control our increasing scientific and mechanical inventions and discover- ies only for the welfare of mankind. Your next step is to assume your respective places in your community according to your chosen fields of endeavor. Your community now expects a return from the investment it has made in each of you in providing you with the facilities to acquire the training of your choice. You will continue to illustrate the principles of good workmanship and of good design in every aspect of your lives. Be proud of your achievement: it was Gladstone who said, Technical education is the exaltation of manual labour, bringing it up to the highest excellence of which it is susceptible. Your school is proud to have participated in your formationg and, in so far as you carry out those aims and purposes of the school itself, so too your community will be proud of you. WILLIAM L. BOURGEOIS Superintendent of Schools, -4-

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1948 - HILLTOPPER - 1948 OUR DIRECTOR CLARK HIBBARD MORRELL TO THE GRADUATES OF 1948: You are trained to meet the exigencies of life. Your attitudes, abilities, and reasoning have been geared to a pattern which can be readily shaped to a confused and shifting economy. I have great faith in your ultimate success in finding security and happiness in this confused era. The threat of war, the inflated economy, and the fear of business re- cession will be a challenge to your judgement. Time alone will prove your preparedness. To the Veterans I wish to state: Success and happiness must certainly come to those who go through life with the same loyalty, perseverance, patience, industry, and cooper- ation, as you have displayed while a member of this school. Your interest in school af- fairs and diligence in promoting school work has elevated its status considerably. May you all ind health, happiness, and prosperity for yourselves, and experience joy while providing still more for others. Sincerely yours, C. H. MORRELL Director - 3 -

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l948 - HILLTOPP ER - 19 STAFF OF HILLTOPPER fini Assistant Editors PAUL SNYDER JOSEPH DEMERS HARRY DIMETRI JOHN LIPSKI HENRY BOUCHER LELEND MILLER Faculty Advisor WILLIAM V. DELANEY Student Editor NORMAN A. LAPOINTE Paper Technicians am, ' .PQ 97 , gg., ,f ' -V f L, ' Y . , . ye, ty ,. O JOHN RYAN RAY RICCI PAUL MATIRO V ,, P QQNEET . I Student Editor ROGER G. BRIERE HAROLD ANDREWS-Painting and Decorating Instructor CARL AUSTIN EMIL GAUCHER RONALD AUCOIN FRANCIS FITZGIBBONS BERNARD RUTAN RAY LEMIRE -5-