Fryeburg Academy - Academy Bell Yearbook (Fryeburg, ME)

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THE FORTY-NINERS ONE hundred years ago our ancestors surged across the continent in a mad quest for gold. This rush originated near Sacramento, at Sutter's Mill, in 1848 when laborers observed specks of gold scattered about the area on which they were working. Other deposits were found and many of these proved to be fabulously rich. Like an electric shock, the enchanting word GOLD spread across America. People went by overland trail, across the Isthmus of Panama, around the Horn, and, by the latter part of 1849, California had a population of over 1oo,ooo. For- tunes were made and lost, some made use of the gold they acquired, and others foolishly squandered it in the typical rough living of the Barbary Coast. These were the famous Forty-ninersf' ' If one simply substitutes the word EDUCATION for ooLD, and rearranges a few sentences, he will have the story of the present graduating class. We are also for- ty-niners, but our quest is for education. As freshmen we didn't quite realize the value of what we were seeking, but as we advanced, we discovered rich sources of education and enlightenment in mathematics, sciences, languages, and arts. We have received invaluable training in cooperation through sports and extracurric- ular activities. Like our ancestors, few have failed to dig for all we could get, un- like our ancestors, we are not likely to lose what we have acquired since education can in no way be taken away from an individual. Many of us will undoubtedly continue our schooling and specialize in some branch of these subjects, in order to achieve our vocations. Let us hope that we all make good use of our secondary education so that when our grandchildren look back at the record, we will have made a better showing with our education than our forebears did with their gold. RONALD W. HILL, '49

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jfrpehurg Slrahemp jfarultp ELROY O. LACASCE .,.,.,...,...........,.......... Principalg Mathematics B.A. Bowdoin Collegeg M.A. CI-Ionoraryj Bowdoin College RALPH M. LARRABEE ..................,.........,..,..,.....,.., Science B.S. Colby Collegeg M.Ed. Bates C RUTH P. HEARTZ .... B.A. Middlebury College CLIFFORD L. GRAY . . B.A. Bowdoin College Ollege Dean of Dean of Girls Boysg English CLARENCE G. WALKER ..,,.,....,.........,,,.... .... M echanic Arts Gorham Normal School GEORGE D. GRIERSCJN ,........................... ..., M athematics B.A. Bowdoin College STELLA N. GRAY . , ,... .........,,.......,..........., H ome Economics B.S. Farmington Home Economics ELSIE M. LANE ,......................,,.............,.. , . . English B.A. Colby Collegeg M.A. Boston University BARBARA W. LEIGHTON .....,.....,..,,..............., .... C ommercial B.S. Nasson College CHARLES A. COTTON ,...........,.............,.,..,. .... A gricalture B.S. University of New Hampshire MARGARET KILLMAN , , ..,.,.,..... Elementary Busincssj Physical Education Sargent School for Physical Education ELDON W. I-IEARTZ .........,..,.,.......... B.P.E. Springfield College ABBY E. BALLARD . . . . Farmington Normal School PRISCILLA L. HIGGINS . . . . B.A. Colby College THEODORE P. BLAICH ..... B.A. University IOHN V. SHEA .........,...........,.........., B.A. Bates College LOUISEA.HURD,..,... ..., . .. Gilman Commercial School FRANCES E. Dow ,... ............,.........,. B.A. Colby College MARGARET HAGUE ..,.....,......,............., B.S. Gorham Teachers Collegeg M.A. Bost IASPER C. HAGGERTY, IR. ...............,....... . B.S. University of Maine PEGGY KLOTZ . . . ............, ,...., . . . . B.S. Iuillard School of Music Physical Education Officeg Library Frenchf English . . Director of C urriculumg Social Studiesj Guidance of Michigang M.A. Western Reserve University , . . . . Science . . . . . , . School Secretary , ,,,, Latin ,' English on University . . . . , f-Iistory Agriculture . . . Music

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