Whitman High School - Spotlight Yearbook (Whitman, MA)

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939G3G96'9C9C?3G9G9G9C? 9696953351339 ,,, '.. 1,. X ! i I i rlfrzif In appreciation of their sincere interest in our activities and their enthusiasm in helping us, we, the class of 1954, dedicate our Yearbook to our class advisors, Dorothy Taylor and John O'Neill, Jr, mmm fi I We hope that this Yearbook will bring back many pleasant memories to them and that they will remember us in the future with affection and pride.

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I rn, . f VQQZ Q Whitman High School, as we leave you at the end of our four years, And your books and desks become a golden pastg We findjoy that's mixed with sadnessg we find happiness and tears-- Love and pride for you that will forever last. To our teachers and their friendship we can only say goodbye And express our gratitude to them so trueg But we also leave remembrance of an ever- lasting tie, For a little of them leaves within us, too. And too, last of all, the students, each and every one a friend, We remind them that no matter where they be, Though their road may be a long one--one which seems to never end-- To but keep this book they keep each memory. Robert Rurnrill 96969696 969696511 2

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OUR PRENCEPMQS MESSAEE X A The graduates of Whitman High School in the year Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-four look out upon a world troubled by an unstable and uneasy peace. Our great Country, while at peace, strives with untiring efforts for a solution of the problems of the world in international councils and at the same time prepares for the defense of itself and of all free nations against the onslaught of communism. Two great political philosophies of life, Free Democracy and Communism, struggle for supremacy in the world today. The Communist masters behind the Iron Curtain push relentlessly onward in their struggle to conquer the free world through propaganda, which confuses and divides, and through ultimate military conquest. This is a struggle which must not -- which cannot -- be viewed with apathy from afar. It is unalterably true that Freedom is everybody's business. The graduates of the Whitman High School must take their places beside all other freedom- loving peoples. Arm yourselves with the weapons of freedom: be strong in the faith of Almighty God, love and serve your country and be firm in the belief of all for which it stands. You face the future equipped with the best training and education which a proud Community through your teachers could give to you. The best wishes, hopes, and prayers of all of us for your future and for the future of our beloved country go with you. Although your Public School Education is now behind you, your educationis not complete. Every experience in which you will be involved in your future life will teach you something. Every person with whom you will be associated will be affected, if ever so slightly, by you. You as citizens will be responsible for maintaining continuity of thought and culture and moral values between present and past. The main road of accumulated knowledge and fundamental culture, leading from the remote past through the present and into the future, should be kept open and well-paved. There is great need in the world today with its confusedthinking for better morals, more self-discipline, and a sounder sense of values. Hold high the torch of Liberty 'and carry untarnished the banner of Freedom. Qgtzw,