Durfee High School - Durfee Record Yearbook (Fall River, MA)

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1954 MARKS THE COMPLETION OF 25 YEARS OF SERVICE TO B. M. C. DURFEE HIGH SCHOOL FOR SIX MEMBERS OF THE FACULTY. THE GRADUATING CLASS TAKES THIS MEANS OF EXTENDING TO THEM ITS HEARTFELT THANKS AND FELICITATIONS ON THE OCCASION OF THEIR ANNIVERSARY AND BEST WISHES FOR MANY MORE HAPPY YEARS IN THEIR PROFESSION. Left to right - seated - Charles D. Smith, Joseph J. Lawlor. Standing - Stephen Nawrocki, Miss Katherine F. Lomax, John T. Crowley, John J. Harrington.

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. . . and Best Wishes I reioice with you as you approach graduation from B. M. C. Durfee High School and offer my sincere congratulations and best wishes for vour continued success and happiness. Your training at Durfee has helped demonstrate, I am confident, that true success is not measured in material gains alone. The value that an individual places upon himself, his integrity, his freedom and willingness to think and act for himself with due regard for the rights and privilege of others - these, together with his sincere religious and moral convictions, are the mirrors in which his true worth is reflected. It is one of the paradoxes of modern living that with mirac- ulous means of communication available to us, individual men and women are less eager to share their convictions than in the past. Having created the marvels of radio and television, we seem content to be enslaved by them, listening subserviently to others who presume to do our thinking for us. That there are dangers in this kind of complacency is evident. l know that you will not be satisfied to be observers and listeners alone. You will wish rather to be active members of your community, contributing always to its improvement. You will all go on, I trust, to further education, some in the colleges and specialized schools and others, in such hours as you can spare from your work, in self-improvement of a cultural or vocational nature. As you do so, and in your daily living, I know that you will maintain a constant awareness of the importance of the individual in our democratic society. You have the power to make independent decisions. You can hold fast to values which you know to be permanent. You, as educated persons, can help shape the future of our nation. I know that you will bear your responsibility with dignity. F-77

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AMBROSE F. KEELEY, Principal HERBERT W. PICKUP, Vice-Principal AMASA F. WILLISTON, Vice-Principal THOMAS P. CULLEN, Assistant Director of Vocational Guidance YOLANDE B. LALIBERTE, Associate Dean of Girls ALICE C. HARRINGTON, Assistant Dean of Girls Myron T. Ashley Eugenie W. Bent Paul G. Buckley M. Dolores Burns Emily B. Campbell Joseph 0. Carroll Mildred V. Carroll William A. Carroll William M. Cleare James F. Conlin Mary F. Corcoran Angeline B. Crispo John T. Crowley Joseph B. D'Adamo Frederick A. Dagata Margaret G. Dailev Armand A. Dallaire Edna U. Delahanty Margaret G. Doran Ruth N. Dow Edward B. Downs Romeo J. Dufour Grace M. Dunn Ralph J. Fletcher Carrie T. Foulkes Virginia W. Frost Elinor F. Gilbert Frederic J. Gottwald Mary C. T. Grandfield Mariorie Gray Frederick J. Harrington John J. Harrington Margaret M. Harty Joseph R. Hathaway George C. Hoar Katherine L. Hogan Mildred A. Hogan Gladys Jaworski Frank J. Jordan Mary E. Judge Margaret F. Keefe Helena A. Kelley Daniel Kelly John E. Kiley Alice G. Langford Joseph J. Lawlor Herve B. Lemaire Elizabeth L. Leonard Katherine F. Lomax Margaret F. Lowney Harry P. Lynch Margarett E. Macdonald Earl V. Malmborg Grace L. Martin Anna G. McCarty Rose E. McHaIe William B. Mcllwaine George A. Mitchie Stephen Nawrocki Ruth W. Newkirk Caesar Nobrega William A. Nugent Anne L. 0'Neil Margaret H. Powers Antonio A. Serpa Marie V. Shalloo Henry J. Shea Eva M. Shediack Charles D. Smith Dominick R. Sperduti Anna L. Sullivan Dorothy C. Sullivan Helena V. Sullivan Mary E. Sweeney Marion L. Torphy Louis J. Urban Barbara Wellington Margaret J. Whalon A. Wilson Whitman Helena H. Withrow Lauretta K. Dahill, clerk Kathryn A. Lenehan, clerk Florence M. Burns, clerk Anne T. Coughlin, clerk