Salem High School - Witch Yearbook (Salem, MA)

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Chester R. Arnold— Principal -High School My hearty congratulations to the class of 1961! There has been much recent talk of new frontiers. In a very real sense, you are going on to new frontiers in your own lives. Changes of such scope are taking place that you cannot help being involved in them, whether you want to or not. However, no matter how extreme the changes or how wide the new frontiers, the ancient standards of human values will always be valid — integrity, loyalty, courage — all the values that we at Salem Classical and High School have tried to make clear to you. With this heritage to guide you, may you find happiness on your new frontiers. 8

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EDITORIAL As we grow into the world of men, each of our lives will assume its own particular pathway. Some of these courses will be winding, the lives being a series of ups and downs. Many of these paths will continually broaden as we develop in experience and wisdom. A few life paths will dwindle in the other direction. One or two may even be straight and narrow. No matter which course our lives may eventually follow, there will be an alteration in their courses marked by graduation from high school. Although some lives will seem to change more than others, everyone is actually verging on new and untried experiences. We enter the future with the mixed teelings of joy and sorrow, of confidence and apprehension. The future means enjoying new privileges and undertaking more responsibility. It will mean, before long, gaining the freedoms of independent individuals, but losing the shelter of comforting protection from elders. Graduation from secondary school means more than the close of formal learning or a step towards a different type of schooling. It marks the most important stride into the world of adults. Graduation from high school is an opportunity to step away from the course of life and so review the path already tread and anticipate the future. Wondering at our goals so closely, we look back to our years at Salem High School. We look back to our class activities, to our struggle to become a unified group, to our pride when we realized we were one, and to all our laughter and joys as the Class of 1961. We look back to the teachings the faculty has bestowed, and to the guidance and encouragement so lovingly given by our parents. May these indelible markers of our high school years help to guide our ways to lives of worthy endeavors and true happiness. Barbara Raymond

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Mr. Peter Carbone Superintendent I am pleased to greet you through this issue of The Witch.” As graduates of Salem Classical and High School you will find time and occasion to reflect on your experiences during student days. You will recall humorous situations, pleasant associations, struggles, disappointments, and achievements. I . hope that you will feel an enduring sense of kinship with your high school. May this yearbook co ntinue to center your thinking on the best outcomes of your high school education. With best wishes to you always. Mr. John F. Tivnan Vice Principal — High School My sincere best wishes go with you, the Class of 1961, as you leave us to enter new fields of endeavor. May you. have a good life; accomplish what you set out to accomplish; and enjoy the happiness one experiences from looking back on a job well done. John M. Conway Principal Vocational Best wishes to the Class of 1961. With graduation you have completed the first phase of an important journey. During your four years of High School you have been care- fully guided toward the right highway to future happiness. Many avenues are now open to you. Choose wisely. You will find the road well marked. Guideposts are clearly visible to all who choose to see them. All roads may not be super-highways but if you heed the signposts of life, that have been erected for your good, you will safely reach your ultimate goal. Congratulations to the Class of 1961: May I express my sincere thanks to your faculty Yearbook Advisors, Miss Theresa E. Miaskiewicz and Mr. Alfred Pasquale, for their part in preparing this annual. To the editors, literary, business, business circulation and photography staffs, my salute for a job well done. I know that the sentimental value of this book will increase through the years. As it now faithfully records your accomplish- ments at Salem High, may it also serve to help us to follow your successful achievements in future years. The best of luck to all. Mr. Philip Brown Guidance — High School