East Bridgewater High School - Torch Yearbook (East Bridgewater, MA)

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Class of 1965: Your accomplishments in the public schools of East Bridgewater are a source of pride for your community. Your successes are iust dividends paid to all the citizens for their investment, both economic and civic, in public educations. Be thankful for your blessings and be mindful of your continued responsibility to yourselves and to each other. Over the years your parents have counseled and worked with you and for you. Humble about their own con- tributions, they have been ever eager for oppor- tunities to commend your efforts. Our citizens have recognized their re- sponsibilities to youth and have worked to provide opportunities in depth and in value a little better than were ever given before. Their ardent hope is that you will reward their faith in you and in turn surpass their own accomplish- ments. To do so, Class of 'l965, each of you must devote constant attention to the obligations to yourself and others. There must be for you, and for all of us who say we love our community and nation, a never-failing attention to respect. Respect is wise discrimination in thoughts and actions, a measurement of our admiration for people and ideas, and a scale for self-examina- tion. To strongly condemn a man we say, He has no one's respect. For highest praise of a man we say, He has the respect of all. Each of us normally wants the respect of others, for in such esteem and love comes happiness. To merit this honor we must exercise extreme care and concern. To this duty to oneself, members of the Class of l965, may you ever be alert. Very sincerely yours, Stanley B. Goldman

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SALUTATION The budding of a new idea - untried - untaughtg Opinion-born and bold sent on a whimsical thoughtg The eye that looked with pity on all worldly strife - This was the man that we knew in his spring of life. The friendly warmth to beach a spirit sinking, lone, Turned suddenly once more to drifting thought, and blown Upon the yet unharpested minds of us began To grow again 4 . when we had later left this man. Remembering still the dedicated spirit, will We think on him as one with dreams - remembering still The man who'll leave a better world behind him when The winter of his life leaves him for spring again.

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l i -:-:it 1, PRINCIPAUS MESSAGE purv- To the Class of 'l965: The day of graduation is about to dawn. My personal best wishes accompon ou as Y Y you assume the responsibilities of adulthood. It is basic that one of the first things we all learn is to face responsibility. A person is always responsible for himself and his actions, he s I' h ' ' ' oon rea izes e must make his own choices and cope with the results. The demands on our responsibility increase with our years. Maturing to adulthood your I aim is one of self-responsibility and happiness, your choices become completely your own. Eleanor Roosevelt wisely wrote, We are the sum total of all the choices we have made. Weigh your decisions carefully. Value your opportunities. Realize nothing is ever l h d accomp is e by the person who claims lt can't be done. Tackle each task as it comes your way. Most of all, find truth in the James M. Barrie philosophy, The secret of happiness is not in doing what you like but in liking what you have to do. , Very truly yours, Raymond Hamilton, Principal