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

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HAROLD M. LANE, Principal BERNARD TREMBLAY, Assistant Principal PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Dear Members of the Class of 1978: It is with a mixture of pride, happiness, and a tinge of sadness that I write this message to you. Pride because I have followed the growth of the class of 1978 from somewhat frightened freshmen through the testing sophomore and junior years and finally to the leadership role of seniors. That you have grown in stature and in a sense of responsibility to yourselves is an enormous source of pride to me and to the school. Happiness, because your graduation signals the accomplishment of having succeeded through the first twelve years of schooling and por¬ tends the continuation of a lifelong quest for knowledge whether it be in a formal or informal sense. And sadness because I know that my contact with many of you will probably be confined to an occasional look back at this, your high school yearbook. For this book can serve as your eyes to the past — to what I hope has been, on balance, a happy and productive period of your lives. My best to each and every one of you! My hopes that you attain whatever station in life you aspire to and that you will continue to grow in wisdom and mind as the years slip by. I shall keep this book as at least a partial memory of the years we spent together and I do hope that our paths will touch in the years to come. Keep in touch. Very truly yours. JANE MOULTON, Assistant Principal ADMINISTRATION

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DR. EDWARD YAGLOU, Superintendent SUPERINTEN DENT’S MESSAGE Edward P. Yaglou If any one of you believes that, having completed high school, you have learned all that you need to know, then I would argue long and hard with you. Most people who have dealt with people any length of time have concluded that the “know-it-all” is usually the most ignorant person in the crowd. Why do we human beings, especially we males, find it so hard to admit that there is something — in all of this vast and complex universe — that we don’t know? The educated and confident person should be able to admit to being ignorant about many things. Are you, even as you accept compliments upon graduation, a big enough person to ask, as you first enter a library or a registry of deeds or a city hall or a company headquarters, “Can you help me? This is my first visit here. Could you explain how the sys¬ tem works?” I contend that such questions are far more intelligent than pretending to know. I would suggest that one aspect of maturity is knowing what we don ' t know, and trying to learn more about it. Best wishes to you as continuing self-learners throughout a lifetime. FORREST GILMORE, Director of Special Education PETER FARRELLY, Associate Superintendent 18

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NEAL T. SKILLINGS, Principal Emeritus BETTY CARLSON, Secretary MARY DER HAGOPIAN, Secretary-Rec. 20