Natick High School - Sassamon Yearbook (Natick, MA)

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IC ISSVIXWQN: 1937 America. Knowing that an exceptional man was necessary to Carry through the work of educational reform, Horace Mann was invited to become its secretary. On accepting the appointment Mann said: Henceforth, so long as I hold this office, I devote myself to the supreniest welfare of mankind upon earth, I have faith in the improvability of the race-in their acceler- ating improvabilityf' In order to do his work thoroughly Mann gave up all of his private activities. He made a complete survey of educational conditions, collect- ing data from all souroesg he gave many lectures, held conventions alld each year he made up annual reports which stated educational needs so forcefully that they were real all over the world and are still used by workers in the educational field. While on the Board, Mann eliminated the idea of pauper-schools. He made common schools entir-ely free. He instituted state supervision so that everyone would get practically the same training. He did away with sectarianism. Finally he at- tacked the problem of obtaining efficient teach-ers for the public schools. He in- fluenced the legislature to establish the first public normal school in America at Lexington, and later organized several others. As an educator Mr. Mann worked un- oeasingiy. He was never satisfied. No sooner had he made an effort or completed a task, then he was tormented by a sense of inadequacy to the demands of the oc- casion. He took more than his share OI the work upon his none too strong shoul- ders. He felt that the role of educator was the highest possible position in the world. Affter twelve years of exhaustive and fruit- ful service as Secretary of the Board he accepted an election to Congress on the anti-slavery sid-e in 1848. His idea was. that a man must be free before he can be educated so he was really championing his and hoping for larger-scale own cause educational reforms by holding a position in the Federal Governlment. After a brilliant Congressional career he became President of Antioch College, a new co-educational normal scnool in Ohio. In 1859 while laboring to make this ex- perimental school a. success Horace Mann the Great Pioneer in American Educa- tion passed away. This Centennial Celebration serves to remind us of the real value of such a great man. His wide influence is most easily seen when we learn that in every state of the Union there is at least one memorial to Horace Mann. We owe everything which we cherish in the schools of today to Horace Mann who said: Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity. HELEN MANGLE THE ISLE OF HAPPINESS Some think of life as a bridge That srans eternity, I like to think of it as A trip on an unknown sea. Now we are leaving the harbor And 'the breakwaterls sheltering form. And setting out on the sea of life With all its roughness and storm. Let us hope that our trip in smooth water And our minor worries and cares Mlill have strengthened us for the larger ones Life holds, with all its snares. Lighthouses, bells, and buoys, Mark all the hidden shoals Of jealously, anger, and hate That turn us from o11r goals. With the help of our parents and friends Our course should be straight and true So no matter where our journey ends Our errors will be few. When our last eight bells has sounded, And A-ll is well echoes soar May we all have dropped our anchor On that dim and distant shore. BARBARA MAE FENTON PAGE FIFTEEN

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ze .5571 N: 1937 Jfacultp Ziannor Roy W. Hill Elva C. Coulter Clayton E. Gardner Harold C. Sears Emily L. Shannon Edward N. White Florence E. Belliveau Charles J. Bridey E. Grace Church Everett D. Crumrine Isabel C. Currier Madelyn Derrick John F. Donahue Frances M. Hayes John T. Higgins Helen J. Keily Alfred A. Maffeo Ella L. Mowry Elizabeth G. Murphy Edith M. Nutt lvlarguerite L. Rafferty Ethel W. Ratsey Mary Scarry Louise M. Sullivan Daisy V. VVildbur A. Hilda Worthen Kathleen VV. Young ull atinnal Ziaunnr Society CLASS OF 1937 Arline Esther Arrington Robert P. Bell Frank C. Bennett, Jr. Helen Isobel Buell Barbara Mae Fenton Jean Elizabeth Graham Raymond Charles Hoey Robert Lawrence Johnson Ruth Shirley Jordan Mary Margaret Keating Helen Mangle Dorothy Catherine Moir Ruth E. McKechnie Henry Peterson Mariolyn Quast Catherine Souckup Robert Earle Stearns Grace Caroline Ward Marion Ruth Whittier George VVoods Williams Robert Hildreth VVright CLASS OF 1938 Dorothy F. Bernstein Ann Millicent Davis Lois Patricia Forster Betty Graham Emma Sladen Loring Rita Anne Marciano Sports ersunnsl BOYS' BASKETBALL FOOTBALL John LeClair, Captain Warren Thompson, Captain Paul Hastings, Manager William Jackson, Manager Mr. Donahue, Coach Mr. Bridey, Mr. Maffeo, Mr. Cronan, GIRLS' BASKETBALL Shirley Hopf, Captain Barbara Hammond, Manager Miss Currier, Coach BASEBALL William Daley, Captain Edward Lee, Manager Mr. Donahue, Coach Coaches TRACK Henry Peterson. Captain Mr. Payne, Coach GOLF Leonard Hanna, Captain Mr. Maffeo, Coach PAGE SEVENTEF N