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

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Memories, like the corners of my mind. Misty water color memories of the way we were. Scattered pictures of the smiles we left behind. Smiles we gave, to one another for the way we were. Can it be that it was all so simple then, Or has time rewritten every line? If we had the chance to do it all again, Tell me would we, could we? may be beautiful and yet, iat’s too painful to remember, we simply choose to forget, it’s the laughter we will remember ien “vf r we remember the way we were.

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My dear Graduates: On this happy occasion of your gradation, I extend to the class of 1974. my congratulations. Graduation from high school marks the termination of a most important cycle in the progress of your life, but simultaneously opens a new and often more challenging era. You are the first class in many to have had a year in which your country was not at war, but you are aware that people are not afford- ed the opportunity to rejoice in the peace and happiness that should ensue. Instead our country encounters ecological problems, energy crises, food shortage, infiationary living, and unfortunately, a diminishing of spiritual values. These are the ills from which we suffer, the cure of which is the challenge confronting your generation. It is a serious but not frighten- ing challenge that will demand an intelligent understanding of the necessity of spiritual values, a prudent establishing of priorities, and the determination and perserverance to improve the standard of living for all people and resultantly make this world a better place in which to live. 1 have the greatest confidence that you will intelligently face this challenge and in your dedication to your country and your fellow man, your efforts will bring about a medical, health, scientific and social era of progress in which people live peacefully and happily. May your future be rich and rewarding a nd blessed with health and happiness. Sincerely, Principal 4