Wellesley High School - Wellesleyan Yearbook (Wellesley, MA)

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PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE To you, the members of the Class of 1969, goes the unique distinction of being the one hundredth gradu¬ ating class of Wellesley Senior High School. What changes have taken place in those one hundred years! Most of the progress made has been in the field of material improvements—electric lights, the telegraph and telephone, radio and television, the automobile and the airplane, and hundreds of other inventions which have made our lives much easier in a material sense. In addition, man has fathomed the mysteries of the atom and built up the power to destroy all mankind. Rockets set their sights and reach the moon. Russia and the United States are vying with each other to put the first man on that celestial body. Could any graduate in that class of one hundred years ago have dreamed of the wonders now all around us? But with all these material marvels, social progress has lagged far behind. Only in recent years has our attention been called to many ills facing large segments of the population. To your generation will be given the mandate to help right much that is wrong in man’s relationship to man. It is our hope that your school years have given you a firm foundation on which to build. The prayers of your parents, your teachers, and your friends go out to you to make the most of your opportunities that you may contribute individually to making this an even better world in which to live. Good luck and Godspeed to you all! 9

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FREDERICK E. TED” STEEVES September 30, 1968 will long be remembered as the ' ‘parting of the ways” of the man who never could say NO to a student or faculty member, a man who never said anything derogatory about anyone, and a man who loved living just to be of assistance to anyone. “Ted” Steeves, as he was so affectionately known, built his department around the thought—‘Something in athletics for everyone”. He had more sport teams than any other Bay State School. His Physical Education program, second to none, has been copied by many communities. Of all his innovations, his gymnastic shows must be classed as his ultimate. He was so highly respected in this field that he was awarded the National Helms Foundation Award for Gymnastics, one of three recipients in all New England. We of W.H.S. in 1969 feel privileged to have known Mr. Steeves and our only regret is that future classes will not have the same opportunity of such a fine association. —Harold Hines

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Our village life would stagnate if it were not for the unexplored forests and meadows which surround it. We need the tonic wild¬ ness ... We need to witness our own limits transgressed, and some life pasturing freely where we never wander ... We can never have enough of nature ... At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require that all things be myste¬ rious and unexplorable . . . —Henry David Thoreau