Kimball Union Academy - Concordia Yearbook (Meriden, NH)

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WILLIAM R. BREWSTER, Headmaster

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BARN ES LIBRARH

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TO THE CLASS OF 1946 This Kimball Union Class of 194-6 has real character. You forty young men have accom- plished a great deal, especially during this, your Senior Year. You have recovered from the war time jitters and, on the whole, you have turned in a good quality of scholastic work. More than that, it appears to me that you have worked very faithfully and intently. You have made good the many athletic heart- aches of the two past years. You have piled up a goodly number of clean, hard-earned victories. Along with these you have given of yourselves generously for the future welfare of Kimball Union. I can only compliment you as a class and extend to you the hearty thanks of our whole K.U.A. family. As I have so often told you, it is how you con- duct yourselves as graduates and products of Kimball Union that most endears you to Mum Brewster and myself. The men retuming to see us from the services gladden our hearts, for they seem so wholesome and unspoiled, in spite of all they have been through. As long as we're alive, we hope to be in contact with you, and we will be interested in every phase of your life and work. It is my hope that you will continue your en- thusiastic efforts for Kimball Union and give every possible assistance to the task of fulfilling our dreams and plans for the K.U.A. of the fu- ture. We must keep our sights high if we are to attain our goal. We all admit that the general equipment at Kimball Union during your attend- ance has not been what we hope it will be in the near future. As the years roll on, however, I can see you returning and saying, When I attended, it was . . . I want you to look with pride upon whatever changes take place and never feel that they were unnecessary. I want you to realize that you have already done a great deal to make these developments possible by the good name you have given Kimball Union in several fields of endeavor. The colleges are our most severe and logical critics because it is they who are in the best posi- tion to judge correctly human products of this school. It is disheartening to see a boy enter col- lege on our recommendation and become a Joe College. This is bound to happen, I fear, in some rare cases. Why, I canit understand. I some- times think the Army has had a better influence than college life. Carry on, men of 1946! Keep up the good work wherever you may find yourself after leav- ing us. I believe you will realize that all the things we've tried to tell you will come true and have not been said in vain. As Mum,' Brewster convalesces in the hos- pital, she lives by some verse each day. I pass on to you the last two she has written me: Love all, trust a few, do wrong to no one. F or I have learned in whatsoever state I alll, therewith to be contentf, I want to give you, too, her favorite hymn, I would be true, which ends with the line: I would look up and laugh and love and lift. My affectionate best wishes- always. Sincerely, HCHIEFK E71