Springfield Trade High School - Beaver Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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president’s message % We, the Class of 1950, are about to leave Trade High; but before we go, le us pause for a moment and think about ourselves. We have spent most of our lives, up to now in school, the last few years in Trade. Now we are leaving school and starting on life’s journey by ourselves. No longer shall we have the protection of our instructors, no longer shall we be able to ask their advice. We are on our own. We must rely on the learning we have procured in school, and especially at Trade, for it is here that we have really gained the knowledge that will guide us through the years to come. We have been trained in the crafts of our choice, we have been taught the fundamentals; it is up to us to put them to use and to build our lives on these foundations. But wait—think how lucky we are to have had the good fortune to obtain these groundings in such a modern school and under such apt leadership as that of Dr. Burridge, Mr. Garve y, and Mrs. Ells. Think back to the years past, to the first half of this most wonderful century, and remember the great people who have made these fifty years so progressive and remarkable. Men such as Winston Churchill, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford; all have shown their mettle. It is up to us, with them as examples, to go out and show ours. Have we perhaps a potential Churchill or Edison among us? We have had our training. Trade has nearly finished its work with us. Our teachers and principals have done their utmost. But before we go, we should like to thank the faculty for their patience and for the knowledge they have passed on to us. We should like to thank Dr. Burridge, Mr: Garvey, and Mrs. Ells for their encouraging leadership. To Mr. F itzgerald and Mrs. Thompson, for their guidance, we give our deepest appreciation. Finally, we should like to thank, from the bottom of our hearts, Mr. King and Mrs. Sullivan, for every- thing they have done for us. We have been trying at times, to say the least, but they have borne our caprices with patience and fortitude. Finally we have completed our obligations and are ready to leave. Our journeys will take us great distances and in many different directions. No matter how far we venture from these happy halls and from the pleasant days spent here at Trade, let us remember. “The days that make us happy make us wise”.

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Front row: Mrs. Mabel Murphy, Mrs. Mildred Martensen. Mrs. Theresa Curley, Miss Anna Bernson. Back row: Mr. Alan Kirk, Miss Margaret Tiedgen. the office statf

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seniors