Saugus High School - Tontoquonian Yearbook (Saugus, MA)

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To the Members of the Class of 1940: You are graduating from high school at a time when free government is threatened with extinction. It is doubtless going to be your greatest obligation to defend your country from enemies within and without. Youth, graduating next month from thousands of high schools, may well prove to be the salvation of democracy. You have been trained in a democracy, the greatest in the world. In school you have learned to live with others who differ from you in race, color, and creed. You have already learned many of life ' s most in- valuable lessons. The United States is worth defending, and free government is worth main- taining. Our liberties have been given us by those who have gone before. Some sacrificed fortunes, some health, some life itself. A democracy is strongest when every citizen gives of his talents to its service. Service not Self must be our motto in times like these. You also have the enthusiasm of youth. Nothing can so invigorate a nation as the breath of youth. Give America your energy, your ability, and your idealism. America will repay you by assuring you of a place to live where decency and altruistic impulses still mean something. The best of health, success, and happiness to each and every one of you. Vernon W. Evans, Superintendent of Schools. [6

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Faculty Back Row: Mr. Blossom, Mr. Barry, Mr. Hayes, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Haley, Mr. Chadsey, Mr. Harvey Third Row: Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Bund, Mr. Taylor, Mr. MacVicar, Mr. Warren, Mr. Burns, Mr. Rice, Mr. Pincess, Mr. Potts Second Row: Miss Mead, Miss Milbury, Miss Stanhope, Miss Willey, Miss McLernon, Miss Sisco, Miss Towle, Miss Lavin, Miss Motherwell First Row: Miss Small, Mr. Davis, Miss Borys, Mr. Gifford, Miss Hayward, Mr. Pearce — Principal, Mr. Young, Miss Marison, Mr. McCullough, Mr. Watson 5 1

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For the second year, The Tontoquonian appears as a school annual rather than as a senior year book. Great credit is due the staff and advisers for the time they have spent in making this book one of the best high school publications on the North Shore. Few people realize the amount of work entailed in publishing a book such as this. It most certainly portrays the life of Saugus High School as no other book can. It is certainly a credit to the school and to the town as well. Now, more than ever before, there is great need for Saugus as a com- munity to do something for these young people who are graduating from our high school each year. These young people need assistance in getting jobs. The school needs the assistance of the townspeople in this matter. We realize that the high school must give to its pupils more than book learning; it must help them select, find, and hold jobs. Many communities are honestly trying tc develop plans which will give to their young people the boost that they need. Why can ' t we do something here in Saugus? There is no better way of developing a fine community spirit than through such efforts. John A. W. Pearce Principal. 7]