Deerfield High School - Arrow Yearbook (South Deerfield, MA)

Page 10 text:

EDITORIAL A Yearbook such as THE ARROW is a strange and won- derful thing. Like old Janus, it looks in two directions--back- ward over the past, and forward to the future years when, from time to time, the graduates of '55 will be looking again at the pictures, remembering again the people and events portrayed, and for the moment perhaps, reliving the days of our youth. In recent years much has been made of themes and unifying ideas, among other things, particularly in the var- ious Yearbook contests and critiques sponsored by universities and their attendant organizations. Much has been made, too, of the literary quality of the book, of its layout, its cover design, its photography, its planning. Well and good, say we, quality in every phase of the work is not only desirable but necessary. Yet we believe that the most important critique of the Yearbook is that which comes from its own class. With pro- found and sincere respect to the professionals in the field, may we say, this is our book--your book, the 1955 Arrow is pub- lished by the CQ of '55 forthe class of '55, Its theme is the basic theme: a segment CEM lives, in the fantastic, exciting, slightly terrifying but wholly wonderful years, 1951-1955. The writing is not the work of Time's editors, but ours. The whole is' the result of ideas, thought, planning, hard work, drudgery and a great amount of endurance on the part of the Arrow Staff. We offer no apology, nor is one needed. Our sincerest hope is that when, in ten years or twenty, you look once again through the book, you may feel the warm glow of the memory of the mellow years, when we were young and the world lay bright before us, that you will truly feel that This is how it was, that in these pages we may have captured, in some measure, the laughter, the tears, the singing and the gold. THE EDITORS 6

Page 9 text:

Within these four walls we spent four prosperous years . . . . . . . ,shared joys and sorrows. . . . . . . .made friends and, gained experience ..... . .became attached to our Alma Mater for our lifetime.

Page 11 text:

'tic Superintendent of Schools, SIDNEY OSBORNE I N JAMESJ. DOWD, Principal Deerfield High School