Wakefield High School - Oracle Yearbook (Wakefield, MA)

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m THE W. H. S. DEBATER } u ' oliilied by (he Students of the Senior Class WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL, WAKEFIELD, MASS. ..»t JUNE, NINETEEN EIGHTEEN Editor-in-Chief Lester C. Lewi? ( Charlotte H. Boody Sarah Burwen Assistant Editors t Cyrus M. Dolbeare Business Managers -j John W. Hurley ' ( Robert M. Dean, Jr. Subscription Editor Edward A. Rich, Jr. Assistant Subscription Editor William Brov n Exchange Editor Dorothy C. Pease Jennie Gersinovitch f Helen Jones ( Mary McAuliffe ( J. William Burke I J. Caswell Heustis Herbert E. Rea fton Davis Staff Artist Bernard Esner Junior Editor Ida Lowe Sophomore Editor Stanley Sargent Freshman Editor Ruth Carlson Alumni Editor . Social Editors Athletic Editors Joke Editors . ( Hei 1 Clil

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, 0 i; 5 Q 5 5 cj 6 2l£i ' 2l v ' 5 9 ° (P yA ' C° yA ? yA ? v P v i! ° yA ? vA ' s° vA ' C° vJh ? v ' ° vJ ' ° ° i ' ° S)oi o)o o)oi EDITORIALS ! LESTER C. LEWIS, Editor-in.Chief A polo it To the memory of men who held their own lives far less dear than the lives and v ell-being ' of other s, this number is dedi- cated. Eobert Gibbs we shall remember foi his bright, cheerful life. We shall recall Harry Nelson as a fine, sincere youth; Al- vin Gordon as a manly, sacrificial soldier, and William Cartland as a quiet, and kind young- man. John A. Woods and Henry Na- cella will be remembered as of fine types of American youth. All will be held in the highest esteem for they have layed down their all in noblest sacrifice. To home, to country, humanity, and God, they made the supreme gift of life. Remember that the aims of all, and es- pecially of educated men, must partake of the same spirit which causes men to strive and die for humanity. It is natural that, as tue time for gradu- ation approaches, a senior should review his school life and attempt to form an opinion of what he has gained, what school has meant to him. And happy is he who can understand in some large degree, although necessarily in an imperfect way, the mean- ing of education. Happier still is he who finds in himself some proofs of progress made. It is of the daily routine of study and recitation that he first thinks. These are the words in which a sentor recently ex- pressed his confidence: I firmly believe that during my high school course, I have not knowingly neglected my studies nor was idle. So, in a way, I feel I have ac- complished something. We feel that he has, for he pursued his studies with atten- tion, interest, and vim. Lower classman, such a course of action is wormy of imita- tion. If you would win some lasting satis- faction from your high school course, seek it in the best possible performance of your task. It is true that in doing so we attain other ends than those immediately in view. That senior who finds that he can be serious in his thoughts, can reason logically, and trans- late his decisions into action has indeed reached other goals. If he can add to these accomplishments, habits of study, order, obedience, and respect, he has travelled far a ' ong the pathway of true education. Pow- ers of this kind are greater in value than a knowledge of a definite subject. As a school is only preparatory to life, those things which are of the highest value in life are those which we should value most in school. If a senior has learned the value of a friend or the pleasure of service, has learned to see real good in all, if he has caught a real appreciation of nature, of lit- erature, of art, of the poetry of life, he may truly be glad in his attainments. He may look forward with happy confidence to the future. The members of the senior class are sin- cerely thankful to the teachers who have guided them through four years of study and for the interest, the sympathy, and the helpfulness which they have invariably shown. For those teachers who have seen ability and stimulated our efforts to our best in- terest, we feel the respect and thankfulness of those who can only partially realize. The gift for which we must at heart be most thankful is the strengthening of our characters. Its real value we cannot ap- preciate. It may have been the result of con- stant growth. It may have been produced by events whose meaning or justice we have not understood. Yet it is certain that there