Gloucester High School - Flicker Yearbook (Gloucester, MA)

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The Class of 1957 is one of the finest ever to have graduated from the Gloucester High School. Your contributions to the school have been generous and significant and your mem- bership in it will be remembered for many years. Each of you has acquired a certain store of knowledge which by itself is not adequate for any particular purpose. Those of us who have tried to work with you in school hope that you will use your present information to enable you to go further, to help you learn more; after all, you are graduating into a world in which success, more than ever before in history, is de- pendent upon the possession of a body of skills and knowledges which can be acquired. In this world the rewards of success are greater than they have been ever before. We hope that you will combine determination and hard work with your knowledge, add some imagination, acquire direction, and so live the best life it is in you to live. The best of luck to you. Sincerely, ARTHUR N. SMITH Principal To the Class of 1957 : I sincerely wish for each of you a life of happiness, success, and usefulness. One of the many factors that will insure such a future will be your ability to adapt yourself and adjust your thinking to the rapidly changing world in which we live. Think how it has changed since your graduation from the eighth grade — new machines, new political thought, a new mode for living for many. You must realize that much of this change has been for the betterment of society. From now on you will exert an influence for change. You will have to develop the judgment to evaluate the worth of many new, even revolutionary, proposals and you must have an awareness of the need for change if we as a nation are to continue to progress and be strong. The only constant things today are the truth and the right as you see them. With them tamper not. WINSLOW S. PARKHURST To the Graduating Class of 1957 For four years you have wended your path to your school bringing to it, let us say, diamonds in the rough in the form of your mental and physical being, to be examined, cut, shaped, and polished, not by you alone but by your teachers and school personnel. You now have an identity of your own, adding to the total reflective brilliance of your class. Some will engage in areas of home life and others will continue formal education for further polishing. I exhort each of you to shine your best as your contribution to an enlightened mankind. Sincerely yours, HAROLD B. GEARY Director Gloucester Vocational School

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L. MUNRO GRANDY Superintendent of Schools To the Members of the Class of 1957 — You must have a feeling of great pride as you approach the time when you will take your places among the graduates of Gloucester High School. It is an honor and a distinction to join this group. Gloucester High is proud of the record of its graduates. A firm foundation has been laid for you. Take the opportunities that are yours to build well. Congratulations and best wishes. J. STANLEY THOMPSON Assistant to the Superintendent To the Members of The Graduating Class of 1957 — I congratulate you on completing what is, in your total life span, a comparatively short time. How- ever, these past twelve years are most important to you, your community, your state, and your nation. During these years you have been learning to do better those things you will be doing in the future. Those should encompass active and effective citi- zenship, moral and spiritual quality, and earnest- ness of purpose to succeed in your chosen field. May you realize your hopes and Godspeed. Sincerely,

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V J To The Graduating Class of 1957: Many people have congratulated you upon your completion of high school work. May I add my sincere congratulations and my hearty good wishes for future attainments and successes? I have liked working with you, and I shall miss you as I do each class as it is graduated. My interest in you will continue, and I am ready to help you as alumni. The alumni of Gloucester High School are important in their interest, concern and loyalty to the school; as one of that group I say Welcome Alumni.’’ Sincerely, MISS MARGARET C. TUFTS Chairman and Girls’ Guidance Counselor To The Graduating Class of 1957 : Life and its multitude of varying experiences might be likened to a text with many chapters. Now you are in the process of start- ing a new chapter. It is our sincere hope as teachers that we have been able to contribute our proportionate share to your ever- broadening philosophy and increasing fund of knowledge. It is our hope that you are morally, spiritually and potentially prepared to live and lead in the world of today and tomorrow. L. C. SPRAGUE, JR. Boys’ Guidance Counselor ■■ ,,4Y iwh BH tf.C. I® To The Graduating Class of 1957: Yours has been an active class in extracurricular affairs, and I have enjoyed working with each individual, committee, and club. Participation in activities should have given you an opportunity to develop leadership, to promote individual interests, and to work with others . . . true democratic principles. Best of luck to you all. MARJORIE H. GALE Director of Extracurricular Activities