Sheffield High School - Sentinel Pines Yearbook (Sheffield, MA)

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Editorial Class of 1954, we wish you well. As your teachers, friends, and counselors, we- along with your family and your community -earnestly hope that you are adequately prepared to go for th in life as individuals deepened in thought and understanding. This age is often called an Age of Belonging. Many groups and organiza- tions lay their claims upon us and we in turn derive benefits from them. One of these organizations, your school, has played a major role in your development. Most of you, graduating at the age of eighteen, have spent two- thirds of your life in school. Some will spend even more years i n advanced study. What benefits have you received? Obviously, you have amassed a large body of facts. Your understanding and appreciation of many things has been deepened in the interplay of ideas- - the give and take that goes on in your classrooms. You have also developed some awareness of your present and future role in a democratic society placed in a world of conflicting ideals and forces. All these things are marks of an ed- ucated person bu t are not the final criterion. The truly educated person does not let his or her education stop the min- ute they set their foot outside the door of formal schooling. True education goes on in the inquiring mind, the enthusiastic learner who approaches every experience with a sensitive imagination receptive to the movement of life around him. If you can continue to stand in awe of life you will never grow old in spirit. Above all, be thinking individuals. In a tragic sense this age is bankrupt when it comes to thought. Men no longer trust their own convictions but must bolster them with a thousand facts and footnotes. An opinion is not worth much today. You must be an authority or expert in order to be heard. High ideals are too easily surrendered to the lower standards of mass opinion and pressure. Modern methods of communication assault your senses on every side. You are told what soap to buy, what car to own, and what food to eat. May we give you a solemn charge? As thinking individuals, rise above the conditions that seek to rob you of your individuality and by so doing prove yourselves worthy citizens of a better world. Your example will be a living testimony that America ' s schools and their graduates have not failed in their task. You have our confidence and blessing. Good luck. Clayton A. Friis

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Dedication To our helpful and understanding friend who has rendered every service possible to uphold the spirit of Sheffield High; to one of the most de- voted and lovable mothers, we, the Senior Class of 1954 proudly dedicate this edition of THE SENTINEL PINES to our very own - - Mrs. Robert A. Smith