Wakefield High School - Oracle Yearbook (Wakefield, MA)

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Dedication As we, the Class of Nineteen Forty'-live, see many of our classmates answering the call to arms, we understand the noble cause for which they are fighting. It is to them, the valiant youth of America and preservers of life and liberty, that we sincerely dedicate this Book. May their fulfillment ol' our inottoAQonrage. Truth, and Loyalty-serve as an inspiration to us, their class- mates, as we strive to emulate their Linselfish service as preservers of the democratic way of life. DUCIT AMOR PA TRIAE LOVE OF COUNTRY LEADS US. Page Three

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Foreword lt is the hope of the editors that this edition of The Oracle will be a complete record of the Class of 1945, our activities, our desires, and our hopes. We sincerely trust that in the years to come. this Book will serve as a remembrance of our past, happy days at Wakefield lligh School, and will inspire us to so live that our accomplishments will make our fellow classmates proud and our reunions interesting. Our theme, Courage, Trzzib, and Loyalty, which is also our Class Motto, is a clear description of the Class of I0-l5 as it is today. We think this theme will constantly be our guide in plan- ning and rebuilding the future world. We believe that this theme is best suited for our class book, especially since so many of our classmates are already engaged in war. May it constitute a symbol for those who serve to preserve the peace which we have known and which we, the future reformers of the world, will have to re- store by means of education. We should not be content to work for the immediate present, but with far-sighted vision, look to the task of keeping our country in a peaceful state, so that no other graduating classes will have to be separated on Commencement Dav. To the many persons who have assisted and guided us, we of the Yearbook Staff express our sincere gratitude and appreciation. For without their confidence and willing assistance, we are sure The Oracle could not have been published. Especially do we wish to thank Miss Bernice l-. Caswell, our faculty adviser, to whom we are deeply grateful for encouragement and ever-increasing assistance: Miss M. Alice Ryan and ber typists, to whose efliciency and helpfulness we shall always feel indebted: Mr. Paul W. Morti- mer of the ltem Press, into whose confidence we placed the publish- ing of our book. and whose advice on technical matters has been invaluable, finally, we wish to thank our Business Staff, whose initiative ami eagerness to serve are responsible for our successful financial outcome. lVlARY ANGELINI wo Rfxvnioup C1.EMENTs, lfditors-in-Chief Page Two

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H mn To Our Servicemen ln these days of toil and struggle When the way of life is sad, And the things we took for granted Are no longer to he had: Then with minds and spirits strengthened, We who face these trying years Look upon a world of chaos, Seeing both our hopes and fears. Fears that we might not be equal To that sacred trust which we Choose to be our guiding beacon - Universal Liberty! Hopes we harbor for the future Of Gods peace on earth once more, When with lofty plans and visions, All the nations banish War. james WALSH, '45 Page Four