Wellesley High School - Wellesleyan Yearbook (Wellesley, MA)

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EDITOR S MESSAGE “The nation that has the schools has the future”. . . Bismark On a different level, the student who has attended the school has the future. We, the 1962 graduating class of the Gamaliel Bradford Senior High School, have been privileged to attend a fine school. A high school is many things. It is the ink, paper, chalk, slate, steel, wood, ceramics and cement that comprise the physical plant and the tools with which we work. It is the accumulated learning of Western Civilization which has been recorded in print for our perus¬ al. It is the scholastic excellence of the faculty which enables them to stimulate us intellectually. It is the development of minds in the classroom, bodies on the playing field and in the gymnasium, special skills in the workrooms, and character through participation in all these activities. For the student, high school is a bustling place where friendships prosper, memories accumulate, muscles coordinate, intellectual ap¬ petites increase, and each day’s challenge is the next day’s achieve¬ ment. Above all, the high school is an expression of this community’s faith in its young people; faith that manifests itself in buildings, books, and teachers’ salaries, in public service by the members of the school committee, and in the general interest of the town’s citi¬ zens in providing good schools. For this high school we give thanks. It has provided us with a firm educational foundation, a foundation which will enable us to step forward into the future with confidence. Karen Schoepfer, Senior Editor; Bill Giese, Layout Editor; Sue Thompson, Copy Editor; Em¬ ory Ireland, Editor-in-Chief; David Barber, Photography Editor; Marianthe Anagnostis, Art Editor. 1

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PRINCIPALS MESSAGE To The Class of 1962: How often it has been said at this season of each year that the future of our world depends upon the generation graduating from the high schools across the country. As never before, however, has this been as true as it is today when the world you are inheriting from the older generation is so pitifully divided against itself. As you take your “steps forward”, may you realize that the mighty struggle now going on between the Free World on the one hand and that enslaved behind the Iron Curtain on the other must indeed be settled in your lifetime. Your parents, teachers, and friends all hope and pray that you will at all times be true to the high ideals of our country’s forefathers and meet the challenges of the coming days and years with the fortitude and faith of that little band of settlers who founded the great new world. May your “steps forward” be firmly planted on the solid foundation of faith in God without whose help little truly great can ever be accomplished. With His help you cannot fail. Samuel M. Graves 6

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ADMINISTRATION John B. Chaffee Superintendent of Schools To obtain a capable administration is no easy task. It takes knowledge, experience, and dedication to guide and advise high school students. We are most fortunate to have Mr. John Chaffee, Mr. Samuel Graves, Mr. James Lape, and Mr. Bedros Kamitian as our guides and advisers. Through their wisdom and experience, Mr. Chaffee, our Superintendent of Schools, and his able staff have given us the precious opportunity to acquire a truly fine education. Mr. Graves has been not only our Principal but also our friend. As a result of his person¬ al interest in school activities, school personnel, and the student body, he has been able to coordinate all of these so that they function as one. Although this year Mr. Kamitian received a new title, Administra¬ tive Assistant, he was not new to the students, for he had been a teacher at the high school for many years. He has transferred his skill and knowledge gained by teaching to the job of maintaining correct discipline among the students. For all of the tasks that these administrators had to perform, they needed wisdom, patience, and a sense of humor to carry them through the difficult times. Because we have had the advice and understanding of these unusually able administrators, the Class of 1962 is deeply grateful and it steps forward into the future with great confidence. Samuel M. Graves Principal James T. Lape Bedros Kamitian Assistant Principal Administrative Assistant (Leave of Absence—John Hay Fellowship) 8