Gloucester High School - Flicker Yearbook (Gloucester, MA)

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ARTHUR N. SMITH, Principal To the Class of 1 958: You are the largest graduation class in the 108- year history of this Gloucester High School. Your record while in school indicates that you are also one of the most capable. You are graduating into a world where capability is at a new premium. The amount of knowledge, the kind of knowledge and the ability to apply this knowledge are today, perhaps more than ever before, essential to the person who wishes to carry on his life with the greatest satisfaction. Native intelligence and shrewdness will always be assets; today, by themselves, they cannot carry the whole load; they must have tools with which to work. Your community has generously provided these tools: your foundations have been well established. Those of us who have worked with you know that you will readily and capably take up your tasks, assume your responsibilities, and win your battles. Good luck. To the Graduating Class of 1958: During these times of celestial exploration and the attendant quest of space-possession, a resurg- ence for love of country and all that it offers you should be your paramount concern. Without it, we as a nation will fade into the abysmal role of a follow nation. Transmittal of our culture is yours to receive, from family, church, and school; and in turn, yours to give to others, we hope, with added strength so we may continue as a leader among nations. Will you meet the challenge? Sincerely, HAROLD B. GEARY, Director Gloucester Vocational School ARTHUR N. SMITH Principal , , 76e at 0,. ‘fty. S. WINSLOW S. PARKHURST Vice Principal HAROLD B. GEARY, Director, G.V.S. 7

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Gloucester High School Graduating Class of 1958: Congratulations on completing a phase in your total span of life! I believe that I express the feelings of your parents, teachers, and citizens of the city when I say that it is our hope that in these past twelve years of your formal educa- tion you have been given the tools and developed attitudes that will help you to take your rightful place in society. The sacrifices of your parents, your teachers, and the oppor- tunities made available to you by your community will be more than repaid if you, as future parents, diligent workers, and active citizens, help make your community, nation, and the world a better place in which to live. Godspeed! L. MUNRO GRANDY Superintendent of Schools MR. L. MUNRO GRANDY Superintendent of Schools r cd t uCCiven at ( eatnot School , . . The goals of education have been stated in many ways. One widely known objective outlines the task of the school as the development of health, a command of the funda- mental processes, a worthy home membership, vocational interests and skills, civic competence, a worthy use of leisure, and an ethical character. Regardless of the day special goals are listed, education in the United States seeks to develop each individual for the fullest possible participation in the American demo- cratic way of life. Because American schools are for all of the children and youth— not merely for the gifted or academi- cally inclined— though these areas are important and are taken care of— the individual child and his needs must take precedence over arbitrary standards and narrow academic achievement. We expect the school to take every pupil as far along the pathways of learning as his interest and abilities will permit him to go. The goals of education emerge from the culture they serve. The nation that exalts force and violence will have a very different set of educational aims from one that exalts reason and peace. Through its schools a nation seeks to transmit to each succeeding generation whatever its people regard as good. MR. J. STANLEY THOMPSON Assistant Superintendent 6

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s4 td 6e dae tt t . . . Miss Margaret C. Tufts and Mr. Leon C. Sprague, Jr., Guidance counselors. They attempt to serve the students in several ways The testing and group meeting programs serve as the basis for individual work. Interviews, career days, parental interviews, placement, college night and other ac- tivities of this nature, together with a great number of pamphlets on vocations and catalogs of all types of institu- tions, constitute the tools with which the counselors work. The individual student is the focal point of all activity. . . . Miss Marjorie H. Gale, Director of Extracurricular Activities. Extracurricular activities afford an opportunity for every stu- dent of Gloucester High School to develop leadership, to promote individual interests, and to work with others in groups which emphasize, among other things, service, schol- arship, music, military, hobbies, journalism, languages, sports, and dramatics. . . . Mr. Winslow S. Parkhurst, Mr. J. Vincent Elmer, and Mr. Vernon C. Hooper, floormasters of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd floors respectively. Mrs. Pauline Gouin, Mrs. Grace Munroe, Mrs. June DeWolf, Miss Catherine McEachern, and Miss Olive G. Hodgkins, school secretaries.