Gardner High School - Wampanoag Yearbook (Gardner, MA)

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GARDNER H GH SCHOOL FACULTY

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Iprmczpal A of GDS if Earl Ziillllllams Garbner 'high School

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ICLJYETUJI Address of Welcome Martun Nucholson We the class of 1953 are assembled here th1s evenmg to celebrate the culmlnatxon of our school days at Gardner Hlgh We W1Sh to extend a hearty welcome to you our parents teachers and frlends who have done so much for us and to whom we owe a boundless debt of gratltude wh1ch we can never hope to fully repay You are the ones who have made thxs achlevement DOSS1blC for wlthout your guldance encouragement and falth We would have found lt lmpossxble to contlnue on the rugged path of knowl edge I am sure not one of us could adequately express our feelmg of thankfulness Wlth mere words but thls entxre graduatmg class IS deeply cogmzant of what you have done for us and we w1ll show our appreclatxon by whatever success we make of our llves 1n the years to come As we are about to leave the class room of our Alma Mater many memo rles well up whxch have made our four years IH thls school so satlsfymg If you were able to turn back the clock to September 1949 you would see us movmg tlmorously through the corrl dors of Gardner Hlgh Yes we were once the neophvtes of thls school Durlng the four years that have passed slnce that day a growth has occurred that has transformed us mto reasonably responslble and mature young men and women Durmg those years we gradually began to realize and appreclate what was being done for us ln order that we mlght galn a sound and well balanced educat1on Our study of the academlc subJects combmed Wlth such related act1v1t1es as the school clubs athletlcs and dances contrxbuted greatly to the change 1n our manner of thmkmg and our Hblllty to get along wlth others Today educatlon has reached m credlble proportlons ln the Unlted States No other expanslon of our democrat1c 1nst1tut1ons can compare m magnltude or IH slgnlficance w1th that of educatlon Just as one example IH 1870 about 350000 attended hlgh school now we have more than 7 000 O00 m our secondary schools As our secondary tra1n1ng comes to an end we may as well ask Just what does It mean to have a hlgh school ed ucatlon It certamly does not mean merely an academlc background What good IS any klnd of educat1on unless that knowledge IS functlonal ln our hves 1n brmgmg us success and happ1ness'9 We must utxllze thls edu catxon to asslst us ln lmplementlng and developmg our mdlvldual 1nterest Graduatlon from school does not mean the end of our educatlon Whether we go to college enter the armed serv lces or take up employment IH some 1 1 ' 1 1 1 ' 0 1 1 1 1 - 1 , . 1 1 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - 1 1 ' ' 1 1 - 1 , . , .