Fairhaven High School - Huttlestonian Yearbook (Fairhaven, MA)

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Our new principal, Mr. Charles C. Entwistle B.S., M.S., University of Massachusetts Members of the Class of 1960: As you look through this, your yearbook, you will realize that these pages are but a summary of a few years which have gone all too quickly. Some, no doubt, will think of Fairhaven High School as the last step in the process of their education. In the years which have slipped by, some of you have profited more than others. Yet, all of you should sense a hope for the future, your future. As you grow and open your minds to new things, your education becomes a more valuable possession, for the educative process will not cease as long as you live. Your departure from Fair- haven High is not a signal for the door of life to close. No form of life can stand still and so you will go forward through doors for which you, alone, have the keys. Many decades ago, Leonardo da Vinci wrote, “There is no perfect gift without great suffering.” Those moments of your life which seem to be most pleasant are those into which you have put your most vigorous effort. So it will be as you meet the future. If this book causes your spark of determina¬ tion to glow more brightly, then this is not just a yearbook, but is truly a living symbol. May it inspire you to reach out toward new horizons while you hold fast to your memories. With each turn of a page, the past will whisper to you, but remember, the voice of the future is one you cannot ignore. Answer it with all your heart, secure in the knowledge that the fruit of education is sweet. For each of you, I wish the best in meeting your opportunity to challenge the unknown. CHARLES C. ENTWISTLE PRINCIPAL 9

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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

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1 Here we see a hook, a candle, an apple. Simple, common. Yet special, symbolic. I he hook Sturdy and steadfast Stands for all that we have learned From it and From our teachers. The candle Tall and white Is as the 1 ijiht Of honor Of friendship and Of true being. The apple Only half-eaten Reminds us That knowledge is but half ours. That the other half may he consumed Only through experience. These three. Book, candle, apple Stand as a symbol of All that we have done and That which we may yet accomplish In this life of learning.