New Bedford High School - Crimson Log Yearbook (New Bedford, MA)

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DEDICATION To Miss Mary Lawrence, friend, advisor, teacher. We the Class of 1945 dedicate this Book. We feel that without her help, her helping hand, and her willingness to shoulder our burdens, this Class Book and our graduation would not have been possible.

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LAE TIMESORSVOUR LIFE In the time of your life, live —— so that in that good time there shall be no ugliness or death for yourself or for any life your life touches. Seek goodness everywhere, and when it is found, bring it out of its hiding place and let it be free and unashamed. Place in matter and in flesh the last of the values, for these are the things that hold death and must pass away. Discover in all things that which shines and is beyond corruption. Encourage virtue in whatever heart it may have been driven into secrecy and sorrow by the shame and terror of the world. Ignore the obvious, for it is unworthy of the clear eye and the kindly heart. Be the inferior of no man, nor of any man be the superior. Remember that every man is a variation of yourself. No man’s guilt is not yours, nor is any man’s inno- cence a thing apart. Despise evil and ungodliness, but not the men of ungodliness or evil. These, understand. In the time of your life, live — so that in that wondrous time you shall not add to the misery and sorrow of the world, but shall smile to the infinite delight and mystery of mt: Published by permission of William Saroyan Copyright 1939, 1940 by Harcourt, Brace Co., Inc.

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IN MEMORIAM In memory of Eleanor Fontaine, former classmate, who passed away in March, 1944. To those of us who knew her kind, sym- pathetic nature, who recognized her keen sense of humor and gay wit — to those of us who shared the grievance of her suffer- ings, the pleasure of knowing Eleanor will never be forgotten.