Leominster High School - Magnet Yearbook (Leominster, MA)

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These folks here, our Administration, Help us to “‘git’’ our education. ADMINISTRATION... THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE The School Committee is a very important group in Leominster. Its decisions affect every member of the Leominster school system. It has control of our school curriculum and even of our teachers. This group has done a great deal to estab- lishthe friendly atmosphere around the school through its efforts to provide and maintain the best possible standards for our educa- tion. WILLIAM B. APPLETON Harvard—A.B. Superintendent of Schools Mr. Appleton, a former principal of L. H. S., has proven himself very worthy and capable of the highly respected position of Leominster’s Superintendent of Schools. His intelligence, interests, and personality and his capable under- standing of student problems have made him very well liked by all.

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Our Alma Mater, L. H. S., Community of friendliness. FRIEND TO ALL Friendliness is priceless.’ Without friendli- ness, where would the world be? The reason the world is in so much turmoil today is that that there is excessive rivalry among our fellow men. If there were more friendliness and co-operation among governments, the world would be a better place in which to live. At L. H. S., you see friendliness everywhere, friendliness between students and teachers, friendli- ness among classes, friendliness among students, friendliness in preparing school affairs, and friendli- ness and teamwork in sports.

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OUR PRINCIPAL... A DOLLAR’S WORTH Today's dollar will buy only two thirds as much as it did in 1941. In such times as these (“‘inflation’’ is the economists’ word for it) many people are inclined to decrease the amount of work they turn out. The wealth of our country, in whose government you will soon have a share, is not measured in dollars. It is measured in the goods we produce. Goods cannot be produced without labor. Labor cannot be paid unless goods are produced. Do not feel sorry for yourself on being graduated in a period of inflation. Be glad that you will soon have a chance to show an employer that you can and will produce more goods or more services than he is paying you to produce. Let those around you call you names for getting on the job a few minutes early, for working a little harder than they do, for doing extra bits of work, for being pleasant to the boss. The name-callers will still be at their same old jobs long after you have been promoted. So rare is the worker who will do more than he is paid for doing that he is easily spotted. So few are the workers who see their jobs through the employer’s eyes that they are soon picked from the crowd. To such workers are given added responsibilities, increased honor, and bigger pay envelopes. It’s as easy as that. ‘‘Responsibilities gravitate to the man who can shoulder them, and power flows to the men who know how.” Have faith, the world has much to give.” —DWIGHT S. DAVIS, Principal