Lowell Trade High School - Key Yearbook (Lowell, MA)

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THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON TO THE 1972 HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES: Graduation is a time for celebrating because it marks the completion of the longest experience you have all shared: twelve years of education. But it is also a time of invitation, of looking toward tomorrow as well as reviewing the lessons of yesterday. It is a time to step back for a moment, and to ponder what the whole of your life might be. At the beginning of this Nation the times were, in a sense, like today is for you. They were times of youth, of freshness and of opportunity. More than half the people in America were less than twenty years old. Jefferson authored the Declaration of Independence at th ir ty- three ; sixteen other signers were in their thirties; and three were in their twenties. The young Nation and its youthful population were setting out together on a great new adventure. Today we often hear it repeated that youth is the hope of the future. Yet, no matter how often it is said, it remains true. No previous generation of high school students has been so well educated as you. The America which you create can be a Nation even greater than your dreams -- if your wisdom and spirit equal those of the young patriots who first created this land. I am confident about America ' s future because I am confident about you. Today, I congratulate you not only on your graduation, but also on the splendid opportunity you have, to help make this an even better land for yourselves and for all Americans.

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In Memorial)! To Raymond Walsh a teacher who possessed: The strength of gentleness The kindness of wisdom The humility of reverence The consistancy of dedication The awareness of responsibility and The graciousness of understanding MR. WALSH GUIDANCE COUNCILER Dedication This Space in the Key is Respectfully Dedicated to the Men and Women Responsible for Educating the 1972 Graduating Class of Lowell Trade High School and Lowell Girls Vocational School