Fairhaven High School - Huttlestonian Yearbook (Fairhaven, MA)

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WALTER DAVID WOOD, A.B., M.A. Clark University Assistant Principal, Physics DORIS D. BRUCE Bridgewater State Teachers’ College, Boston University Dean of Girls, History, Economics ROSE C. BETTENCOURT Hyannis Normal School Science, Penmanship, Spelling DORIS RITA BOUCHER Rivier College, Laval University, Middlebury French, Spanish

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THE OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAF FAIRHAVEN HIGH SCHOOL To the Class of 19 50: Cut in stone over two entrances to our school are Eatin inscriptions. One is Ad astra; the other, Carpe diem. The first of these simply means To the stars”, and is so common an expression that it is hard to say who first used it. The second inscription is found in the Odes of Horace and may be translated, Make use of the day”. One of these sayings obviously points the way to high ideals and accomp¬ lishments, even when these seem unattainable, for while guided rockets are no longer confined to the pages of Jules Verne, few of us expect to set foot on a star. Nevertheless, we like the idea of setting our sights high and we remember that Robert Browning said, A man’s reach should exceed his grasp.” The other saying may suggest its original counsel to enjoy the present and let the future take care of itself, or it may provide the loftier thought that we best make use of the day when we refuse to waste time. There is no reason to consider these two bits of advice together, but I like to do so. Morning after morning as I walk beneath one or the other of them they admonish me that if we are to reach the heights, we must make good use of our time. The stars, to be sure, remind us of the night and Carpe diem stresses the day; but if when the sky darkens and the stars appear we are to have reached a lofty place, we must not wait until evening to begin our climb. Then I remember how a New England poet expressed it, The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept Were toiling upward in the night”. You are about to leave Fairhaven High School. Each of you has his own ideals and ambitions. The teaching of home and church and school should have combined to make these aims high and worthy ones. Some of you have employed your time so well that you are already conscious of progress toward your goal. Others realize that wasted time pays poor dividends and that there is no substitute, even in the Atomic Age, for hard work. But to all of you the high achievements of life beckon. For no one of you is it too late to begin to climb. Happy family life, successful work in a useful career, intelligent participation in the civic life of your time, — these are among the durable satisfactions of life toward which young people in America may make their way. It is not so everywhere in the world. The lines have fallen to you in pleasant places. You must love this land that has given you so much and that offers you so much in the future. You must pay your debt to America by developing an honest character, by being willing to work to provide the things you and other people need, by interesting yourself in the issues that confront the nation and that in a democracy must be understood and controlled by the citizens, and by putting your trust in the same God to whom the founding fathers turned when they felt the need of guidance and strength. If you do these things, your faces will be turned up toward the stars, and you will truly make good use of every day. Sincerely your friend, Chester M. Downing Principal

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RAYMOND G. BOYCE, B.S. in Ed. Fitchburg State Teachers’ College, Boston College Chemistry, General Science ALEXANDER M. CLEMENT, B.S.E., Ed. M. Williams College, No. Adams State Teachers’ College Director of Boys’ Physical Education, History MARY I. COOK, A.B. Wheaton College History, Economics, Social Science CATHERINE DELANEY, B.S. in Ed. University of Maine, Boston University Shorthand, Typing i LOUISE F. DENNIE, R. N. Truesdale Hospital School Nurse