Duxbury High School - Partridge Yearbook (Duxbury, MA)

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THE PLAYWRIGHT Marion Pratt, Business Editor, Jean Cope, Literary Co-Editor, Mr. McGarigal, Business Adviser, Lucie Butler, Literary Co-Editor, Miss Stover, Adviser, Lois Jenner, Editor in Chief, Richard Ragazzini, Art Editor, Barbara Seaver, Layout Editor. We have reached the goal toward which we have been striving for twelve years - gradua- tion. lt has been a long and hard struggle for many of us, a struggle which we are glad to see end. There were times when we became discouraged with .the books we studied, the papers we wrote, and the marks we received. With the exception of those of us continuing our schooling, these labors and worries are over. This is but one aspect of graduation and .. ...2....n.- -..- KAI- -L-,,I,l ,,-,I', .I . I accomplished an important educational aim, we have taught our brains to work and our minds to think. As adults we shall be expected to shoulder responsibilities and to solve problems we never had before. We will have'to make decisions about things far more serious than we have yet faced. Above all we must be able to dis- tinguish the right from the wrong, the true from the false, and the advantages from the disadvantages. We must weigh the facts. ln doing so, we will be fully aware that gradu- ation is indeed commencement, the commence- ment of the longer struggle of Life.

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PARTRIDGE All the world's a stage, And all the men and women. merely players. They have their exits and their entrancesf And one man in his time plays many parts. DUXBURY HI DUXBURY, IVIASSACH ETT Duxbury Free Library

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THE PRODUCER Your twelve-year-long rehearsal is over. Your pro- ducers, directors, and technical advises have coached you through arduous months of learning and playing. You have missed cues, fluffed lines, encountered interruptions, but you have progressed steadily. Now, all you have been taught during re- hearsals is behind you. Each one of you can play the role he chooses, and each role, though maybe not a leading one, can be important. In this materialistic time, the props and settings seem to dominate the individual dignity of players on the stage - a lavish scene may often get more plaudits than a well-played part. Sometimes we tend to iudge not by accomplishment and character, but by possessions. The scriptis yours to write, and you are audience as well as players. If you can relegate the props to minor places, put emphasis on character and indivi- dual worth, give credits for knowledge, skill, and service to the world, keep your respect for self, and man, and God, who is your Final Critic, you will have mastered, not the art of acting, but the greater art of living. Play the part first! Trim the stage last. Mr. Hugh O. Macfarlane Principal of Duxbury High School Education has always been one of the chief con- cerns of the people of Duxbury. As long ago as 1642 the General Court of Massachusetts established laws concerning the education of her young people. This date, it should be noted, was only a few years after Duxbury had become incorporated as a town. Through all the years since then graduates of her schools have maintained this interest and have en- deavored to provide better educational opportuni- ties for the youth of the community. You are now privileged to be numbered among those who have graduated from the Duxbury schools. lt should be remembered, however, that with this privilege goes a responsibility to maintain an active interest in these schools in order that they may meet the needs of generations to come. I urge you to accept this responsibility and help continue our traditional interest in education. Dr. Everett L. Handy Superintendent of Schools