Holyoke High School - Annual Yearbook (Holyoke, MA)

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Mr James Bower a natlve ol Holyoke w1ll le ve our school thxs year to assume the duties of the prm Clp8lShlp of the Lawrence Junlor Hlgh School Mr Bower s blography provides a background whlch we feel especlally tits hlm to carry on the splendid work whxch has been the tradltlon of the Lawrence School smce 1ts foundmg Graduating from the publlc schools of Holvoke he entered Goddard Semlnary at Barre Vermont 1n 1921 He matrlculated at Mass achusetts State College m the followmg year belng graduated wlth the degree Bachelor of Sclence m 1926 He contmued h1s graduate study at the same college which conferred on h1m the degree Master of SCIENCE ln 1932 Mr Bowers experlence ln Educatxonal work ln cludes the followmg schools Wllmmgton Hlgh School Vermont Dean Academy The Westmmlster School The Northwood School He came to Holyoke Hlgh School ln 1938 as teacher of Sclence Mr Bower s experxence has not been confined to the school room he has had actlve SCIVICC with the Crocker McElwa1n and wxth the Chemlcal Paper compames In transferrxng hls field of act1v1ty the Student body as well as h1s colleagues of the faculty extend the1r heartlest good wlshes for along successful and prosperous pr1nc1palsh1p 1n the school whlch has already won the affectlon and admlratxon of the c1ty which xt serves. . , , 1. Y - , . . . 1 1 r 1 ' ' 1 1 1 1 , . , . . . . 1 1 1 , . , . , - 1 1 1 1 1

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Dear Frlend we would not let you go Nor dare we b1d you stay So many memones come to m1nd We know not what to say T IS wxth mmgled feelmgs of congratulatlon and regret that the Faculty and Students of Holyoke H1gh School greet you Mxss Powers w1th God bless you and good bye' We are glad that you are to have more lelsure to enJoy the amemtxes of l1fe and the cherlshed values whxch you have helped so many others to understand and appreclate Yet we can t help regrettmg that the students of our school w1ll no longer profit by your helpful counsel and guldance or know the 1nsp1rat1on of your buoy ant personallty that they w1ll not have the opportun 1ty to enjoy the talent and the power of mterpretatxon whrch for us gave l1fe and personalxty to the charac ters m llterature and drama that they w1ll miss the tine sense of humor and of sympathy whlch gave us lHSlgl'lt mto many of the Joys and sorrows of lxfe We appreclate you untlrmg effort to help us all to read well and thmk well and talk well and the more g1fted to achleve success 1n oratory and dramatxc pro ductlon which brought credxt to our school We congratulate you on fulhllmg to so hlgh a degree the 1deal expressed m the Prayer of a Teacher 'May my humble school of brlck and stone be transformed mto a temple of the Sprrltl May the flame of my enthuslasm envelop ltS lowly atrlum and Hll 1ts bare room l May my heart and my endeavor be to lt a more 'abldmg support than the strongest p1ll Irs or the Hnest gold of the schools of the lofty ' 1 n . . H s n rv , . Y - Y - 1 u , ' nh v ' ' u n 4 . . x . . . x . X . . q v Y . . K . , C K , S N Z . , . , , .

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UNE brrngs the retrrement from servrce of John J Lynch for forty five years a brrllrant and esteemed leader rn the crvrc and educatronal lrfe ot Massachusetts We the members of the class of 41 wrsh to extend our congratulatrons to thrs beloved prrncrpal and srncere frrend He has been an rnsprratron to many of our class mates who have come under hrs krndly gurdance at the West and H B Lawrence Junror Hrgh bchools he has the respect and admrratron of all young people attend rng Holyoke s rnstrtutrons of learnrng We feel that no more httrng trrbute can be pard Mr Ly nch than that whrch appeared rn the edrtorral column of our local Transcrrpt Telegram Excerpts from thrs artrcle appear below NONE QLITE LIKE HIM There rs just one John J Lynch among us There wrll not be hrs lrlee agarn The rrpenrng years of hrs lrfe were spent rn VS ard One The rnfluence he must have had down there on the lrfe that has even been a crty wrthrn our crty rs beyond countrng because rt rs passed on from those who grew under rt to those who are yet to come rnto lrfe There rsn t a good work cause that has been thought of rn Holyoke for forty frve years that has not drawn Prrncrpal Lynch rnto rts orbrt Many of them he actual ly founded Hrs passron for commumty socral servrce as a help towards the solutron of human problems has led hrm to actrve seryrce for years and years rn our Communrty Chest ind the socral agencres rt carrres At trmes he has been very rmp itrent of the publrc lassr tude rn facrng rtsown problems He has belreved that every man has hrs duty to rarse hrs communrtv to rts hrghest possrble level All teachers have that feelrng They see so much of the famrly srde of the crtv as lt mar hes rnto tberr classrooms wrth the revealrng chrldren W hen he saw men unmoved or not adequately ahve to therr responsrbrlrtres he ached for the chrldren now and to come who are gorng to grope rn the shadows where they should have full lrght rf onlv those respon srble for human chrldhood could get the vrsron I-or ill of thrs Mr Lynch has been a most generous grver 'I hrough hrs lrfetrme Mr Lynch has been helped by some hrgh lrrendshrps Those who have great joys lr rve to face the parn ol losrng them But here we rre trll rng of John J Lynch the schoolmaster who c in we rr the trtle great because of hrs servrce here rn llolxol e and no teacher rn the crty has ever loved hrs Job more Ther have been no rdle places rn the seventy years of John J Lynch s lrfe There has never been 1 day when he has not had refuge wrth the great mrnds and souls of the past Hrs readlng has been volumrnous He could go freshly rnto hrs classroom every day wrth somethrng strmulatrng from hrs l rtest readrng rnd studv And to hrs teachers and hrs puprls md hrs ertylet us take Emerson s words and put them rn the mouth of John J ynch l rn not r e cher rfcllow trryelcr whom you lSlxLd the w IW I orntcd I If myself as well as of you l ' K. , . ! v l . - 1 v ' . . .' ' .5 c K. C. 'Y 1 ' . . . , 1 . . A - P . . . . ' ' , . V ' ' ' ' ' . . . . Y ,' v , A . i X N . 4 ' -1 r A A L' I s '.l Z Q- , , I . , , ' . ,2 ,,2 ' 3 ' ' . . . . C ' ' f c - ' 1 -' s s 'S ' , c e. . 0 ,, x s . 'z . z . ., , . s sz .' X Q- 1 'L , . c J V C X . . . H . . , y . , , . , , , Lj . el r t-rr only 4 4 f of ' ' - 'z p - :rn-acl zrhez lol ,,