Plymouth High School - Profile Yearbook (Plymouth, NH)

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Doors hase real meanrng as well They conceal what lres ahead They srgnrfy prrvacy or retreat There are many krnds of doors The revolvmg door rs typrcal of our brxsk hurried way of modern lrfe And rn addntron there rs the trapdoor the double door the slrdrng door the stage door the prrson door and the glass door A glass door does not have the qualrtres of a real door for rt does not hrde anythmg from srght Doors may be opened cheerfully carefully brrskly suspxcnously or sadly dependmg on the xndnvldual who opens rt The openmg of a door brmgs a sense of change It may be rellef smce rt brrngs a new pattern of life The begrnnmg of a new pattern marks the closing of a door upon the old pattern We as a class are about to close the door on our hugh school course We are about to become explorers rn a world full of new rnterests new Ideas more drfhcult problems and new respons rbxlrtles The closmg of a door rs often sad srnce It brings something to an end There are degrees of emotron rn the closing of doors The slamming of a door rs a confessron of weakness It rs often brought lbout by one s mlbnlrty to face some drfhcult problem A door gently closed rs often much more tragrc th in the banging of a door When a door has been gently closed the one who closed rt lb stnll near yet already fir away There IS a sense of hnallty too m the elosmg ofa door When rt lb closed forex er The openrng and shuttrng of doors rs a definrte part of lrfe for lxfe wrll not stand strll and leave us alone nt rs continually carrying us onward to new thrngs Srnce l1fe wrll not let us be even though we sometrmes wrsh rt would we are closing now the door that opened for us four years ago Let us close rt gently wrth reverence and wrth respect for the lrttle experrences that are now only memones and let us open the new door that stands before us wnh hope wrth determmatron wrth eagerness and wrthout fear MARY AVFRY 3rd Honor Halrhtrtnrg Down through the countless ages the word Farewell has held a meanrng known to all It rs not only a word of meanrng but also of feeling and no matter whether lt rs spoken rn Englrsh French German Spanish or any other language the same feellng and meamng rs there Today rt rs my prrvrlege on behalf of the Class of '42 to say lsarewell to all of you to Mr McCurdy our superintendent who has spared no effort to further our Interest to Mr Moors our headmaster to whom we have looked for guidance and who has neser farled us ln the past four years to the faculty who has always been ready and Wllllllll, to help to the lll1klLl'yljI'ldLIlfi.S who haxe cooperated with us at all possrble trmes to the Mothers md D ads who rre our StlLll'1Lll supporters and to every frlend of Plymouth Hrgh beeause you are the ones who made thrs school and our four years here possible We want you all to know that we yes ex eryone of us appreciate ' y 1 ' 7 ' l 7 3 - 7 L ' . 3 I . Y Y ' ' ! 7 l - , . ' 2 e 'z N . ' ' . I ' I y' i . y' y , I sf . s y s - Lv 1 , . . W x- a door in life has been closed, it is of no avail to go back and reopen it. Once the door is closed, 1 Y 1 Y - , . y . . . 1 I , I I ' I O 4 ' l Q 7 .- 7 7 ' I Y ' ' I . . . Y 1 W Y ' , ' v 7 , ' - l f -- f - ' ' 7 . - . . yi 3 .V 1 . v X ' Y Q ' V D Qfl h 'Q ' ' .' 2. L .D ' L A r' X 1 , W K . , 'S I ' , Y ll V v!

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Qalutaturp We the graduatrng class of 1947 welcome you members of the faculty parents frnends and schoolmates to thxs our second graduatron We haye come here today to yutness an ex ent the fulfillment of our scholastxc efforts oxer a perxod of four years We haye completed a certaxn stage ID l1fe s deyelopment and we are now prepared to enter the wrde ustas of another We are about to leave the days of carefree youth behnnd us and to face the future as responsxble young men and women We have come to the same turnmg pomt that so many before us haye already taken What hes ahead7 Some of us may contnnue on to hxgh rnstrtutrons of learning some of us may go mto tramnng some of us may go to work and no doubt many vnll become members of our goy ernment s land axr and sea forces It would seem to us that the importance of thns partrcular graduatlon IS greater today than ex er before We don t hase to ask the reason why It IS eudent to all of us world condmtrons our mode of hfe the uncertalnty of our day to day existence We may not esen be able to determme our futures or the part vue would hke to play rn the mouldrng of our hy es War progress may determme them for us But we as loyal Amerrcans can determme the sp1r1t wxth whlch we accept that vuork gn en us The motto Impossrblc ns Un Amerrcan seems to me to be qulte httmg and approprlate at this tlme The so called rmposslble IS usually the most drfficult but the reward for domg the xmpossxble comes rn much greater returns Today as our hrgh school hfe ns nearmg completnon we face the future with a feehng of prrde We are proud that our four years of work has not been nn yarn We are proud that rt has brought us to thls 1mportant day our graduatron We are proud and also happy to thxnk that you haxe come here to wntness thus graduatlon wrth us and so once agaxn rn behalf of my classmates I welcome you to the commencement exercrses of the class of 1942 of the Plymouth High School DOROTHY LIBBEY Bnnra Let us thlnk of hfe for a moment ln terms of a serres of doors The Roman God Janus rs sometrmes called the God of Doors He has two faces one youth ful and the other old and wrinkled One face xs lookmg forward mto the future and the other back mto the past The month of january recerves lts name from thns two headed Roman God The name IS appropriate for anuary xs the begrnnlng or the openmg of a new year The opening and closing of doors plays a yery slgmficant part ln everyones hfe At the begmnmg of each day we open a new door a door whlch closes behmd us at the end of the day The venl of mystery hes behrnd these doors for hfe rtself IS a mystery to all of us A door creates suspense for when we do not know what IS ahead, a feehng of suspense and antncnpatnon 15 created No one knows what awarts one when one opens a door for even the most famrhar places have mysteries that need only the openmg of a door to chsclose x V '-a 1 x s A v -1 ' ' V V V' - 7 ' v 4 4 . . . . . . V V r V V V , ' . . - - 1 y y 1 v. V ' f r a 1 , . .. V V V V T -- V . V .... Y N ., . V V V V 4 . , , ,. . . . ,, . . . , . . ' , V 1 QV- . ,V - , V - , - s - - u . I L V . y Q y s Y 9 ' s 1 ' s ' 1 Q V . . . . . , . , - . , . v ' 1

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your efforts and the four years we haxe spent here worlung studyrng playing and growmg up together wll grutly rntluencc our future hyes As we my firewxell to eich other here IU thus audrtorlum rt rs 'tn rmportant and serlous ocea snon But pause and thmlk a moment IS our farewell is rmportant and as serrous 1s many of the farevy ells that 'tre bemg sud throughout the world todrty ' lor mst mee the farevsell ofthe soldrer or the s11lor to hrs fimrly Is our ftrexyell is rmportint ind as serrous 21SlllSD On first thought we s y XVhy no' Of Course not Why should rt be' Then perlnps rt 18 Our frrevyell IS yust 18 rmportant as the soldrer s or the sulor s only rn a drfferent sense Xlife the Class of 12 are settmg out on a yourney as unknown 1nd as uncertun as therrs We mll hue our struggles for existence 'md our trrumphs our hrtppy md unlnppy moments XVQ h ue 1 lnttle to fight 1 hrttle yust 1s detlared 'lhe lnttle to hrrny, order out of tlnos 1nd to preserxe peue foreser H es rn mmy ymys our ttrexxell rs yust is rmportmt ls theirs heertuse rt mlrlss the end of one exrstente md the heern num: of mother C l1ss ot N I srnterely hope th xt vue 4 tn make the most of our expernences here tor ether md Vklll the lmportint htttle wyhreh hes the ld I vyrsh you the hest of lutlt md rememher l uth Hope and Chxrrty these three but the grmtest of these rs Charrty So vuth Iarth rn God and yourselyes Hope rn your hurts for the l uturt md Chtrlty tor all peoples you tan not f'lll of xrctory nor ot the preserx rtron ot rh lt pe ue th tt must he aheid To ill of you l sly learn l lreyxell yr ts Dm E Autngraplra 7 k 7 1 7 V' .t v ' 1 1 ' - rs. ,x Y ' .4 Y t 2 V A k A I I V .e . - , . I., t ' -N - el ' A . . .W 4 . ' ' , ' t. I . t t l t ' f t . R' ' t '. ' f t , A ' ' f ' :ng f, . 3 , ' Af - , ' . 3 ' 1 - '- ' 5 . 4 . f ' t n . . '- 4 ' ' '. .' ' l important as that of the Army' and the n.1x'y', only' our hrtttle will Come later after peguc has heen '. ' . ' ' r ' I ' ' ' . .t ' .' ' . 'il' 1 ' '. It 4' l' l ,l ef 4 . tl tl .K Axe .Q V e ' ' ' A.,-.Q ' K1 1 ' xl- ' t L A ,r h' ' 1 4 v 1 v 4 ' 1 n K' m ' A 4 ' xy' 1 'll . A 'h 'n . t ' V' -fi 'Q , ' ' 1 ,nhl , ', ' ' a L ' - ' 1 r ' 1'1 R, 7