Holyoke High School - Annual Yearbook (Holyoke, MA)

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Our character has been developed here. If we are weak, it is not the fault of the teachers in our school. As Ion ; as we have been under the guidance of our school teachers, we have been drilled in the fundamentals of character building. Honesty, straightforward- ness. self-reliance and the spirit of fair play are among the many assets we have acquired. I feel that our class will always be a group that will have and will show these traits. Let us hope we have learned to put our leisure time to good advantage. We have been trained in Holyoke High School to ap- preciate the finer things of life. We can always find comfort and happiness in good books. Our minds and eyes have been so de- veloped that we find appreciation in good paintings, sculpture and the beauties of nature. Our club life and athletics have trained us in the ways of enjoying social contacts with our fellow students. We feel a tinge of regret and sadness when we think that tin- fine friendships that have been made here now must be severed. Hut let us have the thought and determination to make these friendships live on. Let us attempt together to make their life long. For what are so enduring as the friendships made in youth .’ How often in these high school days has a helping hand from one’s fellow student kept one from becoming discouraged! As we enter into our future work, let us be ever mindful of the contacts made here, for they will be a source of encouragement and consolation. In tin- future years may we look back on our high school days and think of the pleasant companions of those times. May those friendships be lasting and live on forever. At this time it is fitting that we pay tribute to Miss Fay, who this year leaves Holyoke High. ' For many years she has been one of the outstanding teachers of the faculty. In the library she has been an invaluable asset to many pupils in their history work. Miss Fay will live in the minds and hearts of the pupils who have come under her influence. She may have the assurance that each and every pupil will always carry with him the memory of her great work.

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Farewell Address THOMAS MAHER z' N THIS occasion we are (fathered together as a class for I the purpose of saying farewell to Holyoke High. This is not tlie end of our education; it is really only the begin- ning of it. For the first time in our school life we shall be left to our own responsibility. Shall we be prepared to meet it? Let us hope that each one will reach a height of success in his own way. We. as Holyoke High School Seniors, have completed the pre- scribed amount of study, but we hope we have gained the more im- portant factor, strength of character, which is so essential in present day life. Today, in this age of machine and specialty, we must know and choose our own calling. We must not attempt to go forth with a limited knowledge of each thing, but we must prepare definitely for our own work. Whether we continue our education in higher schools or begin in the business world, we must know our definite aim, for it will be practically impossible for us to compete with our fellow men and expect to gain ultimate success without preparation in our chosen work. We, graduating Seniors, are ready for the journey into our life work. We have for these three years in Holyoke High been pre- paring for this time. Whether we have taken a college or commercial course, we are ready for our respective tasks. Our education has been under the competent and helpful guidance of the teachers of our school. We have gone to classes day after day and have been encouraged in all our endeavors by them. Let us hope we have grasped the finer things of our education: the ability to appreciate art. music and good literature. I think if we have been able to appreciate these subjects, the years spent in moulding our education have not been in vain. twenty-five

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