West High School - Westerdays Yearbook (Pawtucket, RI)

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upon the heads of the children — in the evil deeds of the fathers. nge of life eldridge cleaver come gather round people, wherever you roam, and admit that the waters around you have grown and accept it that soon you it be drenched to the bone, for the times they are a’changin'. bob dylan thine own self be true,” says Po- lonius in Hamlet, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not be false to any man. As you look through this book, you will find many hun- dreds of faces, each entirely dif- ferent from the others. Behind each face is an individual, valu- able in his or her own way be- cause that individual is unique. May it always be so. came into this world, not chiefly to make this a good place to live in, but to live in it, be it good or bad. henry david thoreau

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the sins of the fathers are visited but only if the children continue only a life lived for others is a life worth while; albert einstein never before has man had such capacity to control his environment — to end thirst and hunger — to conquer poverty and disease—to banish illiteracy and massive human misery, we have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world— or to make it the last. john . kCHHfdy Throughout the centuries, man has been searching for true pur- pose in life. Each man must dis- cover sooner or later just what life means to him, and he must act according to what he decides. Today in our highly automated society, the pressures on a person to follow the crowd are nearly overwhelming. But if man is to achieve true purpose in living, each of us must follow the dic- tates of his or her own mind. To

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class ode we’ve reached the crossroads of our lives, and here we pause for fust a while, to reminisce and fondly smile for great “good times, ” that came and passed, but in our memories they’ll last, the friends we’ve made, they too, will go, but what we’ve learned from them will grow. our days at west will cease to be, but echoing eternally. . . our laughter, tears, our joys and frowns, the things what were our growing sounds, now as we stand together, for one last time we pray. that god will grant us all the strength to face a brand new day, and as we venture forth through life we hope that we will be, a generation spreading love and peace and unity. ten