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SUPERINTENDENT’S MESSAGE: TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 1958: May I extend my congratulations to each member of the graduating class of 1958 and to the parents who, through their cooperation with the school personnel, have made the successful completion of your elementary and secondary education possible. In our former yearbook messages we have stressed the fact that the very word commencement signifies a be¬ ginning rather than an end. It should be a beginning of your further quest for knowledge and truth. We have tried to give you the tools, the ideals and the attitudes to aid you in the future years. If we have been successful, you will not stop here, but will be eager to increase your knowl¬ edge and understanding. You are on the threshold of a tremendous new age. Atomic power is still in its infancy; scientists are reaching out into space. Many educators are beginning to stress the value of a scientific education io the exclusion of the humanities and the cultural subjects. We in this country believe in educating the whole student; this has been our objective in the Woburn Schools. We have perfect confidence that in the future you will be able to take your place among the other members of your genera¬ tion in solving the problems of a new age. It is our sincere prayer that you will never cease to ask for Divine Guidance; that you will continue to learn and develop your native abilities to their maximum, and that you will contribute your share, however large or small, to¬ ward the ultimate goal—a better world. Dr. J. Frank Hassett Superintendent of Schools Dr. Hassett ' s dictation keeps his secretary. Miss McGowan, busy. 10
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PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE i Mr. Blake discusses the program with Mr. Vallario. MEMBERS OF THE GRADUATING CLASS OF 1958: The eve of graduation for the class of 1958 is a time fraught with anxiety. It recalls the words of Dickens writ¬ ing of another era in history: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity ... it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair. Certainly the momentous events of your last year in high school, the increasingly wondrous developments in science, and the inquiries of our leaders require us to ask how well we have prepared to enter our complex modern world as graduates in the spring of 1958. A new chapter in the record of mankind dawned with the first release of nuclear energy! We have come far from the relatively simple society which existed in the early days of our high school in the mid-nineteenth century. The ever- changing and organic society of 1958 is a daily challenge to the methods of education in our present secondary schools. Yet the principal aim of the Woburn High School has always been to provide the best possible education that our community could provide to meet the contemporary educational needs of the youth who attend the school. It is hoped that we have learned from history that the great problem of our times may well be the proper develop¬ ment of moral and spiritual values. If the days at hand are grim, we must strengthen our faith in the present and in the great potentialities that lie within all of us. We must remember as we enter the competitive task of daily living in our American democracy in 1958 that the thing that counts is not what we can ' t do, but what we can. We must use our abilities, not our disabilities. In that, I feel, you and our country will reach our greatest day. Henry D. Blake Principal
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