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To the Members of the Class of 1956: For four years you have wrought to create your part of the tradition we call Gloucester High School. Your contribution has taken its place beside all the contributions of all the classes which have gone ahead of you. The sum total is the essence of our wonderful educational labo- ratory. You have made many friends among us; we wish you the best of good luck and remind you that we are here to help you if the need arises. ARTHUR N. SMITH Principal To the Graduating Class of 1956: A grain of beach sand with facets reflecting its individuality among other grains are as you: entities being launched upon the sea of humanity where reflected, will be your skills, knowledge, and ambitions that are yours to insure a safe journey for a happy and satisfying worthwhile existence. Be not wrecked upon the shores of disillusionment, ineptitude, jealousy, but remain on your course till you reach port. Remember, the wind and tide is on the side of the best navigator. Bon Voyage! Sincerely, HAROLD B. GEARY Director, V ocational School We of the faculty and administration most sincerely hope that you have become people to whom the challenge of self-responsibility is welcome and to whom the new experience of adulthood is natural and becoming. In so working you have given shape to yourselves; you are formed by what you do rather than by what you receive. To the Class of 1956: Now you are entering that stage of your life called “manhood” or “womanhood.” Your experiences in high school have prepared you to make this important transitory step. No single subject, no one activity, no association was offered to you as an end in itself, but rather as a means to the ultimate end — that of developing youth into men and women to live in and to main a free society. John Stuart Mill, speaking on the training of men, said. “Men are men before they are lawyers or physicians or manufacturers or laborers; and if you make them capable and sensible men, they will make themselves capable and sensible lawyers and physicians and business men.” You who are on the threshold of manhood or womanhood, achieve that end and your life will be both happy and fruitful. WINSLOW S. PARKHURST, Vice Principal
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To Members of the Graduating Class of 1956: This class and graduation has a personal significance to me. We have been Fresh- men. Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors together, you as students, myself as Superin- tendent. In many ways the class of 1956 is my class. It is my sincere hope that you. in the various programs and activities you have pursued, have gained in maturity and knowledge. Seek balance in your lives and he earnest in your purposes. We are living in a world whose horizons are continually being raised by men and women such as you. Be alive to the times and the needs of the times. Sincerely, L. MUNRO GRANDY Superintendent of Schools To the Members of the Class of 1956: Four years seems long when you look ahead, but very short when you look back. As you reflect upon your years in Gloucester High School you suddenly realize how much these years have done for you. You entered the doors as children. You are leaving as young men and women. Your high school experiences can be very valuable to you in the future. How valuable depends on you. Congratulations and best wishes. J. STANLEY THOMPSON Assistant to the Superintendent
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