Fairhaven High School - Huttlestonian Yearbook (Fairhaven, MA)

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FAIRHAVEN HIGH SCHOOL OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL To the Class of 1956: In one of his soliloquies Hamlet asks: What’s Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba That he should weep for her? Perhaps some may ask: “What’s Shakespeare to us, or we to Shakes¬ peare, that the Huttlestonian should be full of references to him?” When I think of the interesting Shakespeare classes I have visited in our school, however, I think this question unlikely. From the Eighth Graders reading A Midsummer Night’s Dream to the Seniors studying Hamlet there must be a realization that three hundred and fifty years ago a great English dramatist wrote with universal appeal. His genius was such that we still laugh at his comic characters; we see people around us who resemble people in his plays; and we find truths about the conduct of life that are safe guides for each generation. Moreover, what we discover in Shakespeare’s work, people of other tongues and nations find also. You have had an opportunity to read some of the greatest plays and to fix in your memory some of the most familiar passages. I sat down this evening to turn the pages of some of plays less often read in school and I found many lines I had underscored because they appealed to me. Let me mention a few. In the play that bears his name, King John says: How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds Makes ill deeds done! This is doubtless true. Can we work it in reverse and encourage good deeds by the people and the things we choose to have around us and the thoughts we allow our minds to dwell upon? People sometimes return and tell me they are handicapped because they did far less than their best while they were in school. I recall King Richard’s lament: I wasted time and now doth time waste me. I urge you to build your life, not hit or miss, but step by step ac¬ cording to a well considered plan. Note the words of Lord Bardolph: When we mean to build, We first survey the plot, then draw the model; And when we see the figure of the house, Then must we rate the cost of the construction. As you go out into life, keep your conscience clear. Remember the words of King Henry VI: Thrice is he arm’d that hath his quarrel fust, And he but naked, though locked up in steel, Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted. And now I close with a line from King Richard II that I found I had marked years ago: A while to work, and after, — holiday! Best wishes for your happiness and success. Chester M. Downing, Principal

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ffriuripal CHESTER MILLER DOWNING, Ph.B., Ed.M. Brown University, Harvard University Principal

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WALTER DAVID WOOD, A.B., M.A. Clark University Assistant Principal, Physics WILMA E. BAKER Vesper George School of Art, Hyannis State Teachers’ College, Boston University Art DORIS D. BRUCE, B.S. in Ed. Bridgewater State Teachers’ College, Boston University Director of Guidance, Dean of Girls RAYMOND G. BOYCE, B.S. in Ed., Ed.M. Fitchburg State Teachers’ College, Boston College Chemistry, Driver Training DIANA M. CABRAL, B.S. in Ed. Salem State Teachers’ College Bookkeeping, Junior Business Training ALEXANDER M. CLEMENT, B.S.E., Ed.M. No. Adams State Teachers’ College, Williams Assistant Director of Boys’ Physical Education, History