Rogers Hall School - Splinters Yearbook (Lowell, MA)

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Headmaster 8L Mrs. Ralph J. Bills 6

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EDITORIAL Probably the most universal theme of life is change. Nothing is absolute or perfectly stable. We are all affected by this phenomenon in countless ways. Man will forever be searching for new and better ways of life, may- be he will never be satisfied completely with what he finds. He is constantly growing, moving, winning and losing, seeking and finding knowledge about life and his place in life. Thus, change has become a fact of life. For Rogers Hall too, it is time to change. lt has existed for eighty years, for eighty years it has contributed to the knowledge and growth of many, many girls. Rogers Hall will always remain spiritually in the hearts and minds of its daughters, faculty, and friends, although physically it will no longer exist. As adaptable human beings, we must accept the inevitability of this change - of the truth that All things must pass. Undoubtedly, Rogers Hall has been a great school and much more. We must hang on to the hope that somehow the solid values of Rogers Hall will live on. 5

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A MESS-AGE FROM THE HEADMASTER In order to produce a fruit, a flower Must die. The bowl of every star-filled night, Emptied into grayness, swiftly fills with light And yields its stillness to the waking hour. Each soaring summer cloud gives down its shower Each glistening winter day must fade from sight, And every whirling golden leaf in flight Gives witness to an inelastic power. Yet every change whose moment seems malign, Whose advent so conducive to regret, ls but the singing of another voice, Grating at its onset, growing line, As with past voices it is gaily met To swell life's chorus, sing out, and rejoice. 7