Waltham High School - Mirror Yearbook (Waltham, MA)

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S E. SH EEHY HeadmasTer T 5 3 4 S , 5 5412535 X I-ref ll NC IT has been my privilege a ws -H 4 Y 41 -'H-51... u.......,,,-W - ---... .. N, YD? li- WILL TO THE GRADUAUNG CLASS OF T958 To be your headmasTer aT WalTham High School These pasT Three years. V y e been good for The Class of l958, and you have been a Tine cass The splendid heriTage and vvorThy TradiTions of your predecessors. proud of you as a group and will always remember The Class of as one of our besT. Endeavor To mainTain your permanenT uniTy as in The years To come. The associaTions That you have formed WalTham High School will prove To be lasting and beneficial To I make These sTaTemenTs To you sincerely wishing you all good l 6 fUTure successes you go ouT inTo The world pursuing your separaTe ways fo become worthy ciTiZenS of our greaT naTion.

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4 --q:g 4n U DR. JGH N W- MCDEVITT SU - 2' -, i? , ' 9 WALTHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS NNAL.THAM.MA5SACHUSETTS Xi, JOHN W MQDEV 7' ln extending congratulations to the Senior Class in behalf of your School Department and considering the times in which you leave us, may l submit a paraphrasing of an eloquent message recently given by the University of lowa. ln this particular time of your educational career, a new apprehension pervades the world of iree men. lt is caused by little moons, silently orbiting the earth in space, visible at times to the naked human eye. They are moons oi apprehension, not because mortal men made them and launched them from the earth, but because the men who did it are not similarly free. The moons are moons oi the reality we had preferred not to believe-- the intelligence of tyranny. Because the moons are there, real and undeniable, there is risk that free men will wish to measure the strengths oi freedom as they now measure the strengths of tyranny, in things like little moons alone. That could be a iatal error. For the ultimate strength of free men over tyrants lies in the depth and breadth of education, which is greater than the capacities of science, and in wisdom, which is more than learning. As you leave Waltham High School, let us remember that the little moons oi men today are sustained by the same Infinite and Creative Force which made the earth in which we live. We may launch a million little moons, if we will, each to be caught up and ordered by laws we know yet cannot understand. But it is the promise oi the Creator, denied by tyrants and withheld from slaves, which is the solid rock oi ireedom's strength. The ultimate supremacy of free men will not be found in outer spaceg it will be found in inner conscience. lui 'lm' , f 46 fvvif' ffl Mg!!! Dk. John W. McDevitt A t oi Schools Superintenden

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PAOLC ARDENTI MORINI ROLF WEBER EXCHANGE FOREIGN srunsms AT WALTHAM HIGH Hi Gang, Coming from the far city of Parme, Italy, to the States and in particular to Waltham has certainly been a stimulating experience. It is extremely interesting and exciting to discover how different and at the same time how similar life in the U.S. is to that in Italy. Of course, one does not usually notice the pecularities of a way of life he knows little about, and so I saw with surprise the informal relations between the teachers and students, the heavy traffic on the roads, the great liberties teen-agers enjoy within their families, and the work they usually do after school. I often heard it said that Americans were friendly, but only upon coming to the States did I find how kind and sociable you really are. You have made this year at Waltham High one of the most wonderful and pleasant of my life, and I am quite sure that I will remember the States, Waltham, and all of you with nostalgia. Coming from a foreign country you are often asked, How do you like America? In the first few weeks that question is very difficult to answer because one has so many strange and different impressions. It takes some time to learn to understand Americans, but when one does understand them, he cannot help but like them. At first I did not understand your school system. I thought the one in Switzerland was better, but the longer I was in your school, the more I realized that a difference in organization does not necessarily mean difference in quality. I like the school very much and have spent a wonderful year here. Thank you, everyone, for your hospitality and help. - JULY 1957 - JULY 1958 -