Wachusett Regional High School - Wachusett Yearbook (Holden, MA)

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To the Class of 1 974, We are in the mi dst of trying times. Pollution, political intrigue, and the energy crisis are only a few of the many problems which plague the world today. However, we are confident that you can put our society back in order. You are graduating from an outstanding secondary school and should be well prepared to face the future with confidence. Each of you has contributed much to this school and I certainly hope the school has alos contrib¬ uted a great deal to you. We have certainly tried to accomplish this. Whatever your future plans are — college, the busi¬ ness world, the armed services, or married life — we cer¬ tainly hope you will be completely successful. My very best wishes to you all, V JLaA- Neal T. Skillings Principal Dear Members of the Class of 1974, You are truly at a rare moment in your life when you may look both backwards and forward while firmly planted in the present. For commencement is both an ending and a begin¬ ning. It is a time for assessing the sum total of your lives to date and for setting out to turn your dreams into reality. You as a class and individually have accomplished much to now but your promise is still far brighter than your successes. It is my fondest hope that you will continue to grow and stretch to catch your own particular star! Get involved in your own lives and in the affairs of your ' society. Be diligent in your pursuit of excellence regardless of ♦he direction that pursuit may take. When you have time to pause and reflect on the years just past, I am sure you will pay silent tribute to your parents and your teachers for the guidance given you in these most important years. Peace and best wishes in the years ahead. Be happy, be successful and keep in touch, for we will always retain an interest in you. Very truly yours, Harold M. Lane, Jr. ) Director of Secondary Education Administration 17

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By this time most of you are really excited about being ‘‘on your own” in the near future. As you go about your dealings with your fellow man in the years ahead. I ' d like to suggest one vital quality to your attention. This is the quality of empathy, of understanding, of being able to place yourselves in the other fellow ' s shoes. Education and training at all levels currently use role-playing and case history analysis to provide new experi¬ ences through make-believe. It is probably impossible for an affluent white to know all the feelings and experiences of the poor black and vice versa; similarly between Jew and Arab, apartment dweller and land owner, have and have-not, young and old, boisterous and withdrawn, adoring wife and liberation- ist. But could we all try? The ability to place ourselves in the other fellow’s position is not only universally admired, it is good human relations. Best wishes to each of you as you establish, for yourself as well as for others, who YOU are and what you stand for. Mr. Edward Yaglou, Superintendent of Schools Mr. Peter Farrelly Associate Superintendent Mr. William Carey Assistant Superintendent Mr. David Johnson Business Manager

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JANE MOULTON — Assistant Principal MARTIN WHITE — Assistant Principal Secretaries: BETTY CARLSON SHIRLEY BJORNLUND ANN HAYNES