Mansfield High School - Hornet / Green Years Yearbook (Mansfield, MA)

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Lae mean Superlatives BEST DRESSED: Randy Stearns, Julie CLASS FLIRTS: Robin Maxcy, Chuck Stearns. Campbell. BEST PALS: Michelle O’Donnell, Sherry Antaya. BEST PALS: Joe Mahoney, Brian Koppy, Dan Waible. St 200 RECON 5 LIVELIEST: Dan Waible, ta ger ies Donlie Wood. FRIENDLIEST: John DuBeau, Sue Wellman. 21

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SALUTATORIAN WEDNESDAY MCMILLAN ah Our creation of an era of raging fads, grotesque wealth, and violent competition shows clearly our transience and our instability. In our quest for a life purpose we allow society to whirl us from one diversion to the next until, obsessed with enjoyng ourselves, we cease to realize that still we are founded upon nothing. We forget that society cannot ever give us a sure purpose; indeed, today’s ephemeral trends and attitudes show that society is merely the outward manifestation of all our inner doubts and insecurities. Turning to the world for a purpose, then, amounts to no more than placing trust in our own weaknesses and coarse desires. Parents, teachers, and guests, welcome to the graduation of the class of 1987. Though we do find brief happiness in living according to whim and popular fashion, we find lasting joy only in living by the universal constants upheld by a philosophy, a creed, or a religion. Free from our human weaknesses, these higher laws provide a solid, unchanging base upon which we can base our selves and our lives. We recognize that these principles represent an ideal “us” and we make our every action and thought bring us closer to that ideal. We let everything we do help us to fulfill the tenets of our faith. And when we acknowledge that lasting joy in life comes only from living out a faith, we see that true living is not a continuous following of whim to a superficial physical goal, but a constant striving to an enduring external one; and we see that greatness comes not from the amassing of wealth or the acquisition of fame, but from the quiet fulfilling of beliefs. We discover success when another watches us act or hears us speak and knows beyond a doubt our values and our deep trust in them. And so I call not only my fellow graduates but you, our parents, teachers, and guests as well, to commit yourselves--to honesty or to charity, to one virtue or to many--so that you will be remembered both fondly and well. Let your lives stand for something more than the indulgence of every passing want. Believe that you are too important to be merely generic members of a moody, restless crowd. Believe that you are of great value, worthy of your own love and respect. Seek your happiness not in the turbulence of the world, but in the constancy of the spirit.

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‘Si uperlatives MOST ATTRACTIVE: Joe Mahoney, Holly Pruell MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED: Al Tupaj, Wendy McMillan MOST INDIVIDUAL Deb Matoian, Shawn Lyons MOST SCHOOL SPIRIT: Donlie Wood, Dan Waible 22