Diman Vocational High School - Artisan Yearbook (Fall River, MA)

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JOHN P. HARRINGTON Director As you, the members of the 1959 graduating class at Diman, leave your home away from home of the past four years, it is well that you pause a moment to consider the road ahead. Fortified as you have been by a diligent faculty with technical skills and academic learning, imbued with all the spirit and confidence of youth, you eagerly await your chance to show what you can do in the iob that lies before you. But it is our fond hope that you will bring more than this to the task ahead. We hope that in the four short years you have been with us that you have developed a philosophy or outlook on life that recognizes the dignity and importance of all men regardless of their station in life, that you hold to the belief that all things in life have not only a material value but also a spiritual value, and that you through your own individual effort at work, at home, and in society can make a contribution to the welfare of your group. With this philosophy and your technical and academic training you cannot help but be successful in your chosen endeavor which is the wish of the administration and faculty for each and every one of you.

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Superintendent of Schools WILLIAM S. LYNCH TO THE MEMBERS OF THE GRADUATING CLASS OF DIMAN VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL: My deepest congratulations and best wishes to you on the occasion of your graduation. It is indeed a privilege to be allowed to express our hopes for your future and our assurance that as graduates of Diman you will bring credit to yourselves and to your school. The fine combination of the practical and the theoretical which has been a part of your training should stand you in great stead. The technical skills you have learned in your shops and laboratories-the academic education you have received in your classrooms - comprise a balanced program of special value in a society which needs informed technicians and practical men. of ideas. When this is permeated with ideals of good citizenship and God-fearing, decent living then we have every reason to hope that fate will be kind to you and that our city and nation will find in you the qualities to make them great. My very, very best wishesl Sincerely yours, William S. Lynch Superintendent of Schools.

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CHARLES E. MATTE Assistant Director Again it is my privilege and pleasure to wish all the graduates of the Class of 1959 prosperity and success. Industry offers many opportunities to well qualified young men who show signs of being matured, adaptable and able to make adiustment. The work experiences you have had in this school were to coordinate your hands and mind, to plan, to do, and to think things through. This is a natural approach to adult living as well as giving expression to youthful energy. It is my sincere wish that you will be most successful in accomplishing whatever goal you seek with God forever guiding and inspiring your lives. CHARLES E. MATTE Assistant Director.