Woburn High School - Innitou Yearbook (Woburn, MA)

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Administration and F acuity They shared their knowledge with us and helped us toward our goals.

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The Faces of Leadership and Guidance

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• it m W hul . C • , ; silt mi ■ ■ j5 Superintendent and Assistant Superintendent Dr. J. Frank Hassett Superintendent of Schools Message to the Class of 1966 It is with a sense of pride and satisfaction that I extend congratulations to you as your graduation day approaches. Your parents and teachers have watched you grow and mature during these past twelve years. They, too, are to be congratulated for their guidance which has culminated in a class of worthwhile citizens of whom the City of Woburn can well be proud. The class of 1966 and possibly two or three of the fol¬ lowing graduating classes, will be the last to remember vividly one of the great men in the history of our country, who in the short span of three years made a lasting im¬ pression for good upon the whole world. In your history books you have learned of many great and admired leaders of our country. You read about Wash¬ ington, Jefferson, and Franklin of Revolutionary days. From the time you entered school you saw Lincoln’s face on the walls of the classrooms, and later you read and learned to appreciate his love for humanity in the Gettysburg Address. However, these men and their deeds were not of your time, and while you admire them for their greatness, it is sometimes difficult to visualize them as living, breathing human beings. You are fortunate indeed to have lived in an age in which you could see and hear a man about whom future genera¬ tions will read and honor as you do these men of the past. I can wish nothing more fitting for this Senior Class than that each of you emulate the characteristics which made John F. Kennedy one of the most admired and beloved indi¬ viduals in the history of the world. There may not be a future president among the class of 1966, but whatever your future, or wherever it lies, those qualities of courage, devotion to country, love of your fellow man and the use in full measure of every God-given talent which you possess, can go far in bringing about the kind of country for which President Kennedy gave his life. He was meant not to complete the program which his mind had conceived, but rather, to show the way. He has handed the torch to you, the new generation. May each of you go forth with a determination to do his share towards reaching the goal set for us, — namely, a better world. By doing this we can say of John Fitzgerald Kennedy — “He did not die in vain.” Dr. J. Frank Hassett Superintendent of Schools Dr. Hassett and his secretary, Mrs. McDonough. Mr. Jerome Lynch Assistant Superintendent