Leominster High School - Magnet Yearbook (Leominster, MA)

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PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE In November, 1948, only half of the registered voters in the United States cast their ballots in the presidential election. On January 18th, 1949, two-thirds of the registered voters of Leominster cast their ballots for mayor. All this in a year when everybody is complaining about mounting costs of local, state, and federal governments! All this in a year when the red arms of Communism are attempting to encircle the earth! Most of these voters have attended school, What did we fail to teach them that they should be so indifferent? What can we do with the pupils yet to sit in our classrooms that they may not inherit the indifference of their parents? We are asking you to tell us just what we can do to create in each heart a zeal for American Democracy. Should the United States, so dearly bought with the blood and toil of our forefathers, ever vanish from the earth, the cause will not be Communism but indifference. Civilizations and nations have vanished because their people have preferred ease and luxury. You who are being graduated this year will live to see your country succumb to the awful inertia of an indifferent citizenry, or take its rightful place of leadership in the world.

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Adminishation ... Left to Right—Mr. Claude Letarte, Dr. James V. McHugh, Mr. W. Herbert Green, Dr. I. W. Smith, Mayor Ralph Crossman, Supt. William B. Appleton, Mrs. Gertrude Houde, Mrs. I. M. Carluccio. WILLIAM B. APPLETON Harvard — A.B. Superintendent of Schools Mr. Appleton, who previously held the position of principal of L.H.S., is well aware of the problems that are at all times confronting our school. He handles these problems with the understanding and tactfulness that only a man of his caliber could possess. We students of L.H.S. are very proud to have William B. Appleton, a truly fine man, as our superin- tendent of schools. THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE We of Leominster High School are proud of our school committee. We real- ize the necessity of such a group, and we are happy that the school committee of Leominster is one of the most efficient and progres- sive ever seen. The small group of people who com- pose t he committee are well known to us all. Their conscientiousness is re- vealed by the many deeds which they have per- formed. To know that the schools of our city are being backed by such a co-operative committee is indeed gratifying.

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Assistant Principal Dean of Girls John H. Coburn Frances L. Lockey We wish to thank Mr. Coburn and Miss Lockey for their untiring efforts on behalf of the students of Leominster High School. Through their assistance we have come more and more to realize our motto, ‘Onward and Upward. ALMA MATER WORDS by Robert Cormier, 1942 MUSIC by Alphonse Piermarini, 1942 Upon the hill you stand upright Against the storm of time and tide. Your glory is our guiding light; Your nobleness, our pride. We raise our voices now in song And send your praise across the sky. You served us faithfully and long; Your spirit shall not die. CHORUS Hail, O Alma Mater, hail to you, Your noble heart, forever proud and true. And though years are dark and long, This will be our song forever more. The trust you gave us we shall not forget, For faith can never know regret. The star of truth, symbol of our youth, We praise you, Leominster High.