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ongratulations . . . TO THE MEMBERS OF THE GRADUATING CLASS OF THE B. M. C. DURFEE HIGH SCHOOL: To those of us who were able to watch your progress through school, it is almost incredible that you have reached the threshold of adulthood. The fleeting years of youth may not seem to speed by to you, but as you grow older, you will find that they have indeed, been fleeting. So many of the things we would like to say to you have been said many times, but they are none the less sincere. Mostly, at the moment, we want to congratulate you and to wish you well in the life that lies before you. With you, indeed, go all our hopes and fears-our hopes that you will bring credit to yourselves and to your school, our fears that an uncontrollable world will vex and burden you. You must be prepared for both. One little thing we would like to have you remember is that you must iudge your success or failure by something more than strictly material values. I do not mean to under-rate your desire to achieve a comfortable way of life, but l do hope that somewhere in your mind and heart there will be a place for those more abstract spiritual, moral, ethical and esthetic values which are the ones which raised men from the lower orders of animal life to half-way toward the angels. While you have met the requirements for a high school diploma, there is so much more to learn and know that at times, it is almost frighten- ing. Many of you will go on to college and other schools of higher education. Still others of you will continue your learning in more practical fields, but wherever you continue, always remember that the quest for knowledge and attitude is one which the truly civilized man or woman continues until his last breath. Remember, too, that the civilized man measures actions and thought in terms of what he can do for others as well as what he accomplishes for himself. This is particularly true in America where we are steeped in a sense of the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man, and where our democratic tradition makes keen and alive our sense of human fellowship. These things, I know, you will remember and live by. These thoughts you will bear in mind, I am sure, as you rush eagerly into the exciting unknown of adulthood. With you go the sincerest congratulations and the very best wishes, not only of myself, but of all of us who serve the public schools of Fall River, and of all of us who as citizens of Fall River have made possible to you the education which the generation which preceded us, made possible to us. My very best wishes. Sincerely yours, I Superintendent of Schools.
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Page 9 text:
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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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