Woburn High School - Innitou Yearbook (Woburn, MA)

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Class of 1885-1886; taken outside the Hanson School Mr. James Hanson, Principal Chemistry Class of 1889 ; - Class of 1891 - 92; Samuel W, Mendum, Principal

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Message to the Graduating Class Greetings and congratulations to each mem¬ ber of this graduating class. My message to you could be summed up in two words, Have Faith. The world which you are about to enter is confused and unsettled. The quotation These are the times which try men ' s souls could more fittingly apply today than it did when Thomas Paine uttered those words in Revolu¬ tionary times. You have seen your brothers, a little older than you, go to Korea and other far-off places; you have heard conflicting opinions of learned men over radio and tele¬ vision, and you have wondered about planning for your own immediate future. Your graduation from High School into this turbulent world would indeed look dim if it were not for the bright light of Faith, -— faith in yourself, faith in your country, and above all, faith in an eternal and all-loving God. That is the torch which we of an older generation are putting into your hands. Carry it always, and hold it high. Faith in yourself means believing in your own capabilities and developing them to their fullest extent. You were put into this world to perform some task; find out what it is, however big or however small, and you will be doing something that no other person could do as well. Faith in your country means believing that its greatness lies not in its size, its wealth, or its brilliant leaders, but rather in its principles of democracy laid down in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Faith in God means an assurance that Right will always prevail. We show our faith in Him by prayer. A man or woman is never so big as when he kneels before his Maker and asks for guidance. It is then that he knows that feeling of peace and confidence which no atheist or communist can ever know, — that feeling so well expressed by the poet, God ' s in His Heaven; all ' s right with the world. J. Frank Hassett Superintendent of Schools