Mount Hermon School - Gateway Yearbook (Mount Hermon, MA)

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Walking from lhupel to West Hall FUREWUHD CHOOL days, those wonderful tlmes of work and studv and play that leaxe wlth us memorles which Tlme klndly does not dispel' As years pass and we gaze ln retrospect at our preparatorv st hool career at Mount Hermon, there are hundreds of cherished recollections that will creep lnto our mlnds happenlngs on the Hlll and acqualntances we made here which ln a large part wlll have determlned the men we shall he It IS the wish of the lnllewav Board that thus hook m ay ln 1 source of warmth and famlllar feelmg when, ln future vears, Hermonltes leaf the pages with then' lingers and the contents with their hearts YY 1 hope that the putures ot lDlllllllll S will ruall hour-s spent ln toll and 1l6N0ll0ll, that the pictures ol classmates will hrlng to mmd llfctlmc friendships begun here Thus mav the l1llfPlLllV stand not only as a rf 1 ord of ac hu we-ment, hut also as an album ol our most trcasurul memorus n . . . . Q ' 1 ' . f - a . . ,. . - . . . ' .. I . . . . . . V . 1 . . . v 4 V, V 1 , 1 . . v . - - 1 - ,. , f V g ,g .. . . V 1 - , . .f . - . . . -v . v . . . 1 I 1 1 - ' nn ' ' ' B ' - . . . - . . - . . . . . , . 1 - . . . -1 . - ln f- 1' . . . f , u 1 . . , ,-

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llElllUA'l'l0 N each of the past years the Gateway has been happily dedicated to some master who had helped mold the llves of Hermon men into proper forms, and had, hy his help and guulance, made their Hernlon years more pleasant ones a rlch period of tllelr hves on which thev could reflect ln later decades Now no less happily, hut at the same time sadlv, we dedlcate our yearbook to the many Hermonltes whose devotlon to thelr country equaled thelr devotion to the Ideals they had learned on the Hlll These Hermonltes cut short hves whose solld foundations stlll remaln as monuments to them It may he argued that they had no other cholce hut to light and cle cannot, however, the same he sald of fhr1st'7 It IS not a questlon of cholce that IS lmportant, the thlng that counts IS the Splrll thev possessed, the courage they exhlhlted the knowledge they held that thev were fighting for somethlng preemlnentlv worth whlle Wltllout exec ptlon., the rea ord of these Hermon men IS enough to make their st hool and tlu lr countrv justly proud For their gallantry many medals wc re struqk, tor the-lr sacrifice mans gold stars sewed W4 humlrlv add our small ruognltlon As I lI1t0ll'l sand, ln a sense we cannot dedlcate, for the men who once vrott these pages and who haxe glitll their Inns haw enshrined themselxes ln the hearts of Hermon forex er YVe of the Flass of 1946 only hope our records may approach thelrs 1 1 1 1 1 1- 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 .......' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 , 1 , 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 T 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 11 , 9 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 -1 1 1 1 1 , , 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1, 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 , 1 ,, 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 5' 1 4 , 1 '1 , 1 1 1 1 1 . ,, ,, 11, 1 . . I 1 , 1

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I APPRECIATIU LREADY, m only hls second year on the Hull Dr Howard L Ruhendall has made a plau for himself ln the hearts of hoth facultv and students llls ll'lt lltlllI'ltSb, his good wlll, and his understandmg of dellcate problems naw nu reased the rc spect lu ld for hlm lw all IIIS personal lnterest In every hoy makes lnm a laxorltc lmong thc student llody, and he. ahowe all othcrs, ls the one consulted ln tmus of need when guidance IS sought When a Hermonlte has erred, Dr Rulrendall IB more concerned wlth the rfasons for errmg than wnth deahng out the necessary punishment Manv an athletlc team has lreen msplred hy his presence on the slde hnes, cheerlng and urglng the players on to greater feats One cannot help hklng a man who IS so concerned with the well llelng of the school as a whole and each hoy as a personal friend The flass of 1946 wishes to thank Dr Ruhendall for hls lllsplflflg alnhty as a leader and his uprlghtness oi character, Wlllfh hawe set an example for all Hermonltes to follow The melnhers of the qenlor flass wlll long rellsh thoughts of so fine a man with a purpose lngh who auled and cncouraged them all 6 1 1 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 111 1 1 1 , , , 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ,.a - 1 1 9 1 1 1 1 1 1-'1 1 1 1 1 1 1 , , ,1 1 . 1 1 1 1 - 1 , 1 1 , , , L , , , 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 .1 1 1 1 , 1 , , 1 1 1 1 1 1 - , , 1 f 1 1 1 1 nf 1 1 1 , , f 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 .1 1 1 l 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' ' ' 1 1 ' 1 1 1 . f 1 ,R , 1 ' 1 1' ' 1 ' 1 1 I l W