Whitman High School - Spotlight Yearbook (Whitman, MA)

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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,

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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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DCTXYDC ff3G9C3C9Cf1C9CfDC9CfBDCf76ffDC9GfKiD A TQZ UTZ We, the members of the class of 1954, wish to dedicate this page to Superintendent Frank E. Holt as a tribute to his service in bettering the Whitman schools. Superintendent Holt came to Whitman in 1922. During hislong and distinguished career in Whitman, this fine educator has spent many hours studying prob- lems, seeking only to reach decisions that would be best for the students and the town served. Mr. Holt was born in Temple, New Hampshire, on November Z0, 1884, the son of William D. and Agnes M. Holt. He is a graduate of Cushing Academy, Amherst College, B. S. Q and Harvard Graduate School ofEducation. Mr. Holt began his teaching career as a science teacher in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1906. From there he went on to Kingston, New York. After two years he became teaching principal of North Chelmsford High School. He held the same position at Northbridge High School in Whitinsville, Massachu- setts, and later became the Superintendent of SC?100lS there. I.nl92Z, Mr. Holt moved to Whitman with his wife Maude and his children, Evelyn and Paul, to assume the position of Superintendent of Schools, which posi- tion he has held to this date. Mr. Holt is amember of several teachers' associ- ation, including local, state, and national chapters. He also is a member of the American Association of School Administrators, the South Shore Schoolmen's Club, of which he is a past president, and the South Shore Superintendents'Club, of which he is also a past president. His social and fraternal activities include Granite Lodge, A. F. and A. Mg Pilgrim Chapter No.89, O,E. S. 3 PlymouthRock Lodge NO. 43 K. of Pg the Whitman Kiwanis Club, of which he isaCharter Member, a Past President, and Past Lieutenant Governor, Division ll, New England District of Kiwanis International Inc. Whitman has been indeed fortunate in having had in Mr. Holt an extremely competent superintendent for so manyyears. We, the class of 1954, wish Mr. Holt much happiness in his years of retirement.