Peabody Veterans Memorial High School - Meta Yearbook (Peabody, MA)

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OUR FACULTY “What greater or better gift can we offer the republic than to teach and instruct our youth?” — Cicero. We of the Class of 1925 have been indeed fortunate in having such a capable staff of teachers to instill in our adolescent and at times unreceptive minds the funda- mental principles of a thorough education. True to Cicero’s maxim, they have spent long years in prepara- tion for their vocation, and they have entere d untiringly into the pursuance of their lifework. Their time, their U ror, their energy have all been sacrificed to the noble cause of directing rightly the youthful minds of those committed to their care. It is not an exaggeration to say that in the hands of our teachers has rested the shaping of our destinies. Suc- cessful in their own profession, they have labored long and well to help us be successful in the work that we un- dertake. Always enthusiastic, always sympathetic, they have never once resorted to Byron’s counsel, “Oh ye! who teach the ingenious youth of nations, I pray ye flog them upon all occasions, It mends their morals — never mind the pain,” but, ever patient and painstaking, acting more as friends than as superiors, they have made our acquaintanceship with them one of the happiest remembrances of our High School days. It remains with us now only to express our gratitude to our teachers, past and present, for their service and co- operation, and to assure them that they will always be re- membered by us most affectionately. We shall strive to profit by their labor and advice; we shall endeavor to attain the achievements which they ex- pect of us, that in future years they may with Shakes- peare be proud to “Say, I taught thee.”