Fairhaven High School - Huttlestonian Yearbook (Fairhaven, MA)

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IN TRIBUTE Ever since mythological times, men have been doing noble deeds or performing services to benefit mankind. Very often, however, these ser¬ vices are rendered without reward, and, perhaps even without recognition. It is for this reason that the Huttlestonian would like to pay tribuate to Chester M. Downing, principal of Fairhaven High School. For more than twenty years, Mr. Downing has worked unstintingly to give the best edu¬ cational training possible to the youth of our community. Moreover, he has taken a personal interest in the many clubs and activities in the school, thus helping to strengthen the moral fiber of the students. This job is surely a difficult one, and it is probably very often a discouraging one. Certainly one cannot help but admire a man who has devoted so much of his life to the service of others.

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Poema Fairhavena Of books and the students I sing; as they first from the primary schools, E. Anthony, Rogers, Job Tripp, and the rest, did converge at that place, Which is known as old F. H. S. An edifice stately and grand, an opus in marble and stone Built high on a hill; from its portals is seen the great Flumen Acushnet. So it stands, this great temple of Pallas. The torch did our warriors hold high as they marched forward onto the field, In deep blue and white, row by row. And they valiantly pressed on to gain Splendid victory over the foe. They’ll always remember the gala festivities — dances and proms; When gentlemen came in their chariots with fair nymphs in gowns bright and gay; And they danced till the first light of dawn. This sacred domain of Athena is cherished by students all; And though they may never return here, they know that their spirits for aye Will linger in these hallowed halls. Of books and the students I’ve sung; as they now from these portals depart To lands where they’ll seek joy and peace, and where wander they must as Aeneas of old, ’Til the crest of Olympus they reach. Jonathan Botelho ’59

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( v PRINCIPAL CHESTER MILLER DOWNING, Ph.B, Ed.M. Brown University, Harvard University