Fairhaven High School - Huttlestonian Yearbook (Fairhaven, MA)

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Education From the first moments of our existence To our high school graduation day Life has been our teacher She has taught us To speak, To walk, To play and To love. From our first incomprehensible cry To our present articulate discussions; From our first wobbling steps To our carefully timed strides down the graduation aisle; From the sandbox days To football games; And from adoration for our parents To our very important “first love,” Life has been our teacher. Education is life! 6

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Mr. Chester M. Downing Ph.B. Ed.M. To educate, as derived from the Latin, is to lead out. A teacher must be able to do more than instruct. He must be able to make his subject live for his pupils. To do this a person must have more than knowledge; he must have that indefinable magic, that warm feeling toward his subject that distinguishes the true teacher from the instructor. A teacher must be able to draw out the reticent child, encourage the gifted person, and understand the complex youngster. This takes patience and understanding. Mr. Downing is a man with this patience and understanding. To us, he was more than the prin¬ cipal of the high school. He was a man with whom we could discuss important matters and feel we were being understood. When one of us was honored in any way, Mr. Downing was as pleased as if he were the one honored. His fine speeches on such occasions made us all the more proud. Mr. Downing did more than instruct us; he taught us about people and feelings and morals. He taught us by his actions. Not only is he present at church every Sunday morning, but also he practices re¬ ligion all week long, as if to guide others by his example. It is to you, Mr. Downing, that we dedicate our book; to you who have taught so many; to you who have been able to educate so many more. I 8