Saugus High School - Tontoquonian Yearbook (Saugus, MA)

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HHHHHHHH To the Members of the Class of 1967: In attempting to formulate some kind of message that I might transmit to a Senior Class about to graduate in these stirring times, I was brought to recall my own graduation from high school some thirty years ago. In those ancient times an economic depression hung over the heads of all such graduates discouraging ambition and making it difficult to find opportunities in all fields of endeavor. As students, our manner of dress was different than yours but was upsetting to the adults of that day; our music and dances were regarded as something wild by the older generation; and prophets of gloom concerning youth (we had them too,) were inclined to regard us as a lost generation. Obviously, there are similarities between your days as high school students and mine. There, of course, are differences. It seems to me that the greatest contrast between these two periods of time can be found in the opportunities available for students to apply their talents and abilities in worthwhile pursuits. Whereas the graduate of my day left school for a world in which there, quite often, was no opportunity to even find employ- ment because of the depression, the graduate of today may progress in his chosen field as far as his personal drive, skills, and ambitions can take him. Certainly, society today is more complex than ever before and the stresses and strains of modern living do not make the life of a teenager an easy one. But, if I were to give any advice to the graduate of today it would be this: do not fear the challenges and problems of this com- petitive age. It is an exciting time in which to graduate from high .school! The explosion of knowledge somewhat compensates for the explosion of the bomb. Use to the fullest whatever talents and abilities you may possess while a student in school and in your chosen career thereafter. You are the hope of this nation. As the youth of my day successfully surmounted the problems of an economic depression, I am certain that the youth of today can successfully meet whatever the challenges may be in the future. MAURICE F. SMITH SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS C V t tK Cjg

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SAUGUS HIGH SCHOOL SAUGUS. MASSACHUSETTS 01906 ASHTON F. DAVIS, Principal LEON C YOUNG. VICE PRINCIPAL JOHN B LEAHY. VICE PRINCIPAL Telephone 233-4000 To the Members of the Class of 1967: It is a pleasure for me to extend congratulations to you on this occasion of your graduation from high school. Quite understandably you are jubilant. You are mindful that graduation brings about an ending. It is the conclusion of twelve years of public school- ing. Most, if not all, of you are happy to be leaving behind the years of prescribed studying, of regulations, of restrictions, and of dependency. You will recall, however, that graduation is appropriately called commencement, or a time of beginning. What you are ending is insig- nificant compared to what you are commencing. You are beginning adulthood, which requires greater obligations and responsibilities, and today a continuing education in an increasingly complex society. Many of you realize this need for continued study. More than half of you have made arrangements to begin your post-secondary education, and about a fourth of your number have been admitted to college to begin study for a degree. One educator has made this estimate: The knowledge of man has doubled about eight times in the present century, which means a person must learn eight times as fast and eight times as well -- or be eight times as ignorant. It is imperative that those of you who are not continuing your formal education plan, when possible, to take special courses and to form the habit of selective, intelligent reading. Your future study must not be limited to preparation for personal gain, or even to an attempted understanding of the technical and scientific advances taking place. Great social problems, national and world wide, requiring an informed and enlightened people, must be solved by your generation. It has been wisely observed that any future worth contemplating will not be achieved solely by computers, or automation, or manned flights into space; it must be painstakingly gained through the mastery of ways to bring about a genuine brotherhood of man. My best wishes to each of you as you join the alumni of Saugus High School. Most sincerely, tfttf H