West Springfield High School - Terrier Yearbook (West Springfield, MA)

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Miss Angela Burke Miss Frances Burke A Tribute A retirement, like a commencement, is a beginning, yet an ending, a fulfillment, yet an opportunity, a satisfaction, yet a regret. The four teachers pictured on this page represent a teaching accomplishment rare in the annals of any school. These four have touched the lives of many during the more than one hundred years which they have given to instructing West Springfield High School students. Generations of students who remember them with grati- tude and affection will find it impossible to imagine them in any capacity but that of educa- tors forever dispensing knowledge and imparting wisdom. They and their accgmplishments have been an inspiration to innumerable classes. These four dedicated, devoted people and all that they symbolized will never be forgotten. Miss Irene Kane Mr. Herbert Bartlett

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Providin a Better Education 8 5. ,. , 'F ., 1-. Taking time out from their meeting are, seated, left to right: Mrs. Miriam Cavanaugh, Harold A. Le Duc, Chairman, Douglas C. Childs, standing: Thomas J. Lovett, Frederick M. Lindahl, and Thomas l: McNamara. SU PERINTENDENTS MESSAGE We are living in a privileged period of mental and spiritual growth and expansion. We should acquire the rare ability to make ourselves useful to mankind and to respect hard work and plain old-fashioned honesty. The most valuable things that come to us in life we earn with our own two hands, for in life there are no lucky people, winners are workers with an aim. Above all, we must look upon life itself as a bigger and broader school where the main vocation is the constant learning of endless lessons un- der the guidance of an infinite Teacher. Every member of the West Springfield School System extends to every member of the Class of i963 sincere congratulations and best wishes for continued success in the future. Chris Grammaticas Superintendent of Schools The School Committee has al- ways been ready to lend a help- ing hand to the administration, faculty, and students at West Springfield High School. This committee has provided many organized and well-spent years for the class of l963. In 1962, West Springfield High School was evaluated and high- ly accredited as a member of the New England Association of Col- leges and Secondary Schools for the next ten years. We owe the School Committee a debt of thanks for providing the facilities, the faculty, and the program which earned this honor. The committees never-ceasing work for the benefit of our schools is greatly appreciated.