Holbrook High School - Echo Yearbook (Holbrook, MA)

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SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS We are pleased to welcome as our superintendent of schools, Mr. I. D. Reade. We hope that his stay in Holbrook will be a long and most enjoyable one. ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL SECRETARY Mr. Robert Mulloy, capably filling the position of assistant principal and teacher of science at Holbrook High School, comes to us this year from the Holbrook Junior High School. Mrs. Hartshorn, poised and ready to accept any and all of the numerous chores inflicted upon her. 6

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A WORD FROM OUR PRINCIPAL TO THE GRADUATES— It has often been said that you, the graduates, stand on the threshold of a glorious future and that the future is yours. We who have preceded you know this to be true, but to you that future is clouded with uncertainties. Rest assured that the future is there, ready to be what you make it. Very shortly, all of you will step into that future. Some will start immediately to earn a living, some will fulfill their service obligations, and still others will go on to higher education. We hope that you have profited by your short stay with us. We know that Holbrook High School has given you the knowledge and the experiences that will stand you in good stead in your future. The administration and faculty would have you remember that although you are leaving us, Holbrook High School will always stand ready to help you whenever possible. In return we ask that where- ever you are, whatever your endeavors, you do your very best so that you will always be a credit to your parents, to your school, and to your community. 5

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Mr. H. C. Gilgan IN MEMORIAM The passing of our beloved Superintendent of Schools, Mr. Hugh Carroll Gilgan, brings a loss not only to Mrs. Gilgan, his devoted family, and friends, but to the community as a whole. His was a great figure in the life of the Town. However, his chief interest was in the future citizens of this great country. Hugh Carroll Gilgan was a man of great wisdom; his advice and counsel was invari- ably correct and far sighted. He was every ready to help those who needed help, and to inspire those who needed inspiration. How well he served the children, teachers, and people of Holbrook during the thirteen years of his superintendency with his great talent and wis- dom. Mr. Gilgan loved Holbrook and took great pride in the conduct of its schools. His greatest pleasures came to him when he learned of the ed- ucational achievements of his students. He was as thrilled by the first faltering utterances of the first grade child as he was by the brilliant accomplish- ments of the graduates of Holbrook High School who went on to scholarships in colleges and uni- versities throughout this great nation. Even though he was a quiet and modest man, he was a valiant and determined advocate of the causes which he considered right. He believed that an education was the greatest gift of a free people, and as he believed so did he work and live. If I were asked what were his greatest attri- butes, I would answer that he possessed three great qualities of heart and soul: first, his quiet, enthusiastic love for all people; second, his deep humility; and third, his desire to lead a life com- pletely pleasing to God. The work that he was given to do has been completed, and let all of us bear testimony to the truth, that it is a better world because he has lived in it. (A Tribute To Hugh Carroll Gilgan, Supt. of Holbrook Public Schools. July 1, 1948- August 23, 1961.) 7