North Providence High School - Summo Collis Yearbook (North Providence, RI)

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JAMES L MCGUXRE upeflnlen As intelligent educated young cit izens with a loyalty and devotion to democracy you appreciate that our democratic Way of life our democratic heritage are the result of slow and pain- ful development. You are also cogni- zant of the fact that there are still many wide gaps between our democratic ideals and our practices. As good citizens all of you must accept responsibility not only for living worthy prixate lives but also for help- ing to solve the serious and challenging social problems that confront the Amer- ican people in their local state national and vworld communities. l am fully coniiaent tiiat you will faithfully discnarge your obligations in this respect, and that to you such basic concepts as freedom, justice, equality and personal dignity will not be mere empty words, but living realities, 4 mf Page 8 The common responsibility of all Americans is to become effective help ful participants in a way of life that blends and harmonizes the fiercely competitive aernands of the individual cron the indiviaual good and the com mon good is the essence of citizenship in a free countrf THOMAS F MLGOVERN 'T' 'fffh . . . fgifzfzyncf ' y fx and of society. tl'o blend without coer- 4

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F O R E W 0 R D VI ATHLETICS xx ,-.JY-NA, Hn fl Ill fl V ACTIVITIES I 1 , exif Iliff? VIII ADVERTISERS A, 'X l R V Q .QUFPAUII W The sands of tlme w1II etch thelr llnes and hadows Of tfns you are well aware S too w1II they d1ssolve old tr1endsh1ps and change fam1I1ar s1tuat1ons yet m sp1te ot the1r ceaseless dr1It1ng and sw1rI1ng they w1II Ieave untouched the pages of your year book Engraved herexn are the 1nd1v1duaIs the teams the groups and the sketches ranged and fltted together 1n harmonlous pat tern to tell the story of nmeteen hundred and forty n1ne That th1s story recounted by you who have known rt and hved It may unfold you have but to turn through these pages from sect1on to sect1on Whether you turn through them tomorrow a month from tomorrow or ten years from tomorrow they WIII always be the same for t'1e1r rare her1tage IS agelessness And through the years as many trmes as you 'nay w sh to rehve and know aga1n the hte N1th1n them then as many tlmes shall you see them and th1s book as a garden an orchard a storehouse a party a company oy the way a counc1lIor a rnultltude of coun lllors Cpzlge 7 mul ,I,. M! I I fic' lx X. vxcxxx . , . . N s , 1' , . o, Mc-, 'Lk 4 ' I I I A ' - O fl 1- ' II. I I , QQ , , , ar- 1,T ' t 4 - I I . . . . u p - uf 'S t'j 1 ' I ' A ' . ' N 1 ADS, .L A I If X I 5' . 1 ' I ' ' ,QTL we I I Nl , I I ' 5 Q 1 F, ,, 1 II V I

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ACKNOWLEDGME T Up'- l ' 0 L5 G, GILHCL Ol' HILDA A CALABRO KATHERINE C1 PACHEO 'T' INSTRUCTOR IN ENGLISH SPANISH FRENCH graduate of Pembroke dorng graduate work at Brown lrkes tore1gn tllms ballets musrcals translates pretat ve dances to classrcal musrc as hobbres INSTRUCTOR IN BIOLOGY graduate of Pembroke and Brown l1kes good theatrtcal and symphonlc musrc hobby CCllGCI1I 1q and mountmg Vermont trys to please everyone apable For trreless and urtselflsh gurdance you have won the respect and admtra IIOTI ot the class of l949 In a Nay you have been l1ke foster parents to unwrelaly progeny ever 'mdmg the path of least resrstance and ever seekmg the means to worthwhrle ends Srnce the outset ot our Iumor year have your respons1b1l1t1es ln our rnterests become rncreasmgly numerous It has been your duty to see that we held class meetrngs that We named comm1ttees that we came to WISE dec1s1ons that we charted a defrnlte course of act1on and most rmportant ot all that we fultrlled all our oblrgatlons to the school Durrng these two years you and we haxe shared together and achreved together We smcerely hope the harvest ot reward and sat1sfact1on com1ng wrth our graduatron shall be as much yours as rt shall be ours Though a small trrbute mdeed tor such a large contrrbutlon may the words of thrs page stand as an acknowledgment to you from those whom you have served rn forty nme 4 CP-'nge 9 ' ' a A 04 ' - t t , . 'V 'f NV 'iv fb isoecs L vy 'joy ' its xy ' foreign masterpieces, composes inter- art reproductions . . summers in X I I I 1 I , o