Wilmington High School - Hourglass Yearbook (Wilmington, MA)

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One of the most important phases of your education just completed has been your study and practice of democracy. You have learned to appreciate the vital necessity of preserving the democratic way of life with its respect for the dignity and worth of the individual and its insistence upon individual liberties and the right of every person to seek the highest de- velopment of his own capacities. You have learned what dangers lie in totalitarian sys- tems, which. submerge the individual in the state and recognize no human liberties. It is your duty and privilege to spread the know- ledge and understandings you have gained, and to help preserve democracy by explaining its meaning and advantages. My final request of you, the members of the Class of 1956, of Wilmington High School, is that you will live according to the Golden Rule. HAROLD E. DRISCOLL Assistant Principal Congratulations to you, the Class of 1956, upon the successful completion of your high school career. For most of you, your formal ed- ucation has come to an end. For others, a col- lege degree will be earned by l96O. We have endeavored to provide you with the tools for a workable future. However, we now consider you a distinct unit, the Class of 1956, and as a unit, we pray that your success may be shared with others, your failures provide understand- ing and knowledge for yourselves, and that your eagerness, zeal and enthusircsm be never reduced by cynicism, despair and frustration. BERNARD P. MCMAHON Principal ifks,-I u i E 5 7 .- Vis sk x xlh- ' XXX. f 4227

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264 hw dew me an ae, l THE 1956 GRADUATE enters the most prosperous economy in this ndtion's history. The crdvqnces in scientific resecxrch, industriql development cmd sqles promotion hove been tqntctstic, with the consequent implicqtion ot em- ployment tor qll. How Well does the hiqh school qrqduqte tit into this picture? Are you equipped to tqke your plqce in this speciqlized World? Your troininq thus tor hqs been prepqrottoryg the demqnds of modern lous- iness require o hiqher deqree ot skill. Moreover our country's position qmonq the notions ot the world is dependent upon the sciefntitic ond technicol skill of eoch individuotl citizen. To fit into this modern erd, your qootls should be hiqh and tcrr reqchinq to the point thctt your troininq ond educqtion qre in keeping with whqtever innqte othility you possess. Be q severe judqe of yourself, qnd cum not qt mediocrity! Mqy you enjoy o lite full of success qnd hcrppiness. IOHN I. COLLINS Superintendent of Schools

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