Holten High School - Onion Yearbook (Danvers, MA)

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ADVISOR’S COMMENT You are now reading your yearbook. The Heritage. It is at once both commonplace and unique. In its organization, tone and appearance, it is not unlike countless high school annuals. Yet, in its subject matter — you and your four years at Holten High School — The Heritage is without parallel. Perhaps you are disappointed in the book; perhaps prone to criticize too quickly. If so, one need not be surprised. Few objects produced by man (least of all a book) escape some criticism. Perfection emanates from divinity. Before you judge the efforts of your classmates reflected in the following pages, I ask you to ponder the following statement of Alexander Pope: In every work regard the writer’s end, Since none can compass more than they intend; And if the means be just, the conduct true, Applause, in spite of trivial faults, is due. To most of you the yearbook is little more than an object of tem- porary interest which will soon be stored on some shelf to gather dust. But, to a few — the members of The Heritage staff — this volume repre- sents much more. It is a symbol of countless hours of toil and tedious tasks; of creating order out of chaos. The Heritage is literally their book. To all staff members I offer a very simple but a very sincere, “Thank you for a job well done.” To all members of the Class of 1960 I offer my warmest congratu- lations. May you find true happiness and unlimited success in your future years. Holten High School has endeavored to prepare you well for the future. I trust you will, like Ulysses, face the world strong in will to strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. Page Seven Henry Mooney

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LETTER THE EDITOR The book you now hold in your hands is the result of the untiring efforts of certain members of your class of 1960.1, along with many others, have spent a great deal of time and energy editing your yearbook. We real- ize as well as you that this book has its limitations, but nevertheless we did our best in the time allotted. We hope you are pleased with our work. You will probably have this yearbook among your possessions for several years to come. And as the years go by and you sit down to thumb through the 1960 Heritage you will come across many things and many people that will make you stop, look up, and recall your high school days. As you do this I hope you will remember the finer qualities of Ilolten High, the more constructive activities of the Senior Class, and most of all the better characteristics of your classmates. I hope you all will look for the good in man and the fine in life. And because there is so much to praise here on this old earth, it seems quite foolish to seek out the mean and small and to pry about for flaws and faults. I sincerely wish all of you a very happy and prosperous life. Best wishes and may God bless you, Malcolm J. Ford Page Six

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NOTE FROM OUR PRINCIPAL Mr. April This has been a year of moral evaluation for our nation. At every level of national life we have witnessed the disclosure of questionable practices in the entertainment field, in union activities, and in government. Education, with the exposure of “diploma mills”, has not been exempt from the taint of moral deterioration. At such a time it is well for us as individuals to take stock of our moral inventory. Perhaps the major objective of our high school training is to develop the ability to think clearly, to read and listen with discrimin- ation. There is no question about our ability to tell right from wrong. The great test of life is our determination to stay on the side of right and our tenacity to actively support moral issues. Turning away from responsibility, ignoring the presence of a prob- lem, or “leaving it to George” are only temporary solutions. The belief that we are not affected is but a pretense, for evil of any kind leaves its brand on all mankind, and ultimately we are sullied, if only by association. The keystone of happiness is self-respect, and there is no better expression of this than the words of Shakespeare’s Polonius in Hamlet: Page Eight “This above all, — To thine own self be true: And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.’