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

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ee ——e= - — TN a NS it Oo ae Foreword Democracy is a representative government where there is equality of rights, a government by the people. Yet democracy is more than a system of government alone. It is a way of thinking, a way of acting; it is a whole way of life. In the latter sense it applies to New Bedford High School and especially to our beloved senior class. Individuals from every walk of life and from many different countries enter our school and are treated equally and according to their own merits. We see our fellow seniors, different in race, color, and creed, working together in harmony. Each student in our school represents democracy in his own way by taking his part in activities, both academic and social. There is a saying “Practice what you preach.” We believe that our senior class has practiced as well as preached democracy. We are fortunate to have spent our high school years in a community which endeavors to aid in the spread of democracy. During our senior year, our community sponsored a series of Heritage lectures, engaging several famous speakers to interpret democracy, both as a system of government and as a prac- tical and realistic philosophy. This year, New Bedford has been chosen as a Freedom City, a real part of the democratic ideal of the United States of America. As we, the graduating class of 1960, leave our Alma Mater and go out into the world, we know that democracy as a way of life is one that can be practiced and followed by every one of us, because we have seen and known it at New Bedford High School. ‘THe Epirors

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: Roe Z JOHN F. GRACIA Principal Administration MELVER C. FELTON Assistant Principal CLIFTON M. SOUTHWORTH Assistant Principal ANNA M. BRADY Dean of Students 4