Wooster School - Woosteria Yearbook (Danbury, CT)

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hope for each of you is that you will not confuse the pattern with the essence of goodness it tries to represent, that this you will see as sacred, relevant always, and a worthy goal for your life. Grad 29'rh Commencemenl DR WILLIAM GURDON SALTONSTALL This Vear s Commencement on Mondav, une 6 xx 1ll mark the 79th annual graduat ing exercises in Wooster s historv During the Llass Dav program 111 the mormng, the 77 members of the Class of 1955 uill have as their guest speaker Dr lV1ll1am Gurdon Saltonstall principal of Phillips Exeter Academv Dr Saltonstall 15 a native of Milton Mas sachusetts, and attended Exeter before graduating from Harvard in 1928 At Har vard he xx on varsltv letters in football hockev and creu He received his Master of Arts degree from that college in 1931 and subsequentlv xx as the recipient of hon orary doctor s degrees from Harvard VK 11 hams Tufts, Dartmouth and Bow doin His teaching career began u 1th several x ears at the XV1ll1am Penn Charter School in Philadelphia follovxed bv appointment to the Exeter facultv in 1932 In 1940 he became chairman of the Historv Depart ment and in 1946 he xx as named principal Exeter uith 173 vears tradition behind it has 750 students, 90 facultv members and 17 000 alunm1 Among the manv prominent positions xx hlch have been held bv Dr Saltonstall are that of member of the Board of Overseers of Harvard l l1lVCI'SlIy president of the Nevs England Association of Colleges and Secondarv Schools, member of the Execu tive Committee of the American Council on Education, member of the Advisorv Com Office of Education, and delegate to the last tu o Republican presidential conventions During ll orld lVar ll the Exeter head master served as a lieutenant commander in the lNavV seeing action in the Pacific aboard an aircraft carrier and on the island of Qalpan Dr baltonstall is married and the father of five Ll11ldI'Cl1, three girls and tu o boys N Q V . . , Q ' Q ' ' fl' - 9 9 Y ' 9 Y I , , To 7 n n 1 n . A 7 . 7 -, . , . . , . A, Y 4 . . , 41 i . . - - . u - . , , mittee on Secondarv Education in the U. S. . Y E. . , , . . , . i . . 7 , - ' K o u L E . ' . I . , . - a E L '51 I ' Y 4 i n . Y

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H aclmaslers M ssag Dllflllg x our x ears at Wooster x ollr IHJIOI' eoneern I1 IS been xx ltll goodness under Stllldlllg lf fdlllllg to understand lf el11l lCI1Q'll'lg lt, ILLCPUIIQ' lf No doubt x ou hlxe LllSLOVCI'Cd th If goodlless IS lllore ne lrlx Ill lll perx sldlng eoneept th ln x ou If one tlllle re lllleel fo slx tll lf sollleolle or S0ll1CIl1lllS,, IS good elll lllLlll tl1 If lf IS lust or I'lQl1f or eolllplete or plllflllle or sl11llful or plolls or benehelll or lond or gellerolls or purposeful or trlle ln splte of tl1e efforts of lllorlllsts through the eelltllrles to present these lllllll tles not olllx IS good bllt IS self Lxldtllflx good xou ll1xe prob lblx found tll If tllls IS not so 'Ihex IFC not self exldelltlx good W lflllllll' doubt xou l'l1NC, lt one fllllt or mother been eonlused or exen lllnox ed lnd offended bx one or lllore of these lspeets of goodness l x en goodness ltself IS not self CX1dCl1Klx good, ClfllCI'1l1 general or 111 pflr f1LLllHI' If It xxere nlel1 xx ollld .leeept and llxe bx lts dletzltes lllore reldllx than tllex do l suspeet that there has been ll0Il11l1Q lllore frustratlng 111 xour W ooster experl CIILC th ln tl1e fA1lLlI'C of those of us xx ho hax e trled to te leh x ou, to be pltlent about x ollr hesltlneles and L0l1l:llS10I1S as regards the pI'1llL1plCb of goodness W e forget l1oxx xxe too had to struggle to understand lnd to leeept ll vell lloxx xx e do not do so fullx RCLOgl1lllllQ' tl1e dlffleultx of tl1e task Wooster trles to teleh goodness partlx bx so 0I'fT1lllllI1U the plttern of sehool llfe tll lt lf plxs to be good lf xoll lelllexe 1 lllgll eonduet rltlllg x ou lre g1NCl1 speelll prlxl leges If x ou do nlore tlllll x our 9l1lI'C of the xxort 1nd stlldx hlrd, xou lelllexe 1 l1l,,,l1 eondllet rltlllg I-loxx ex er llllperfeet tl1e 1111 el1ll1erx llllx xxorl1 lf IS If le 1st deslglled so th If xlrtlle shlll be rexx lrded -Xs 1 sx stelll for eolltrol the Wooster wrllll toes not xxol me x N l te IL 1 IHQ dex lee II lp HL lrs to be llLlxll1Q Ill lel lslll llld therefore lll l1ol1estx It Llll be lrgued that the xx orld olltslde IS not organlfed so that lt l1CLCS5AI'llX PIX s to be good that the box xx ho bellexes CNLI'Nfl1ll1Q' Ile hfls beell tole lf Wooster IS Ill for 1 ellSlllllSlUIlll1Q shoel1 xx hen he IS QI'lLllllfLQl T here IS sollle truth 111 sueh 1 ehlrge but 1 1 lllllell fllsehood Of eollrse, the se quenee of e ILISL lllel effeet IS lleltller so ne If INDI so llllllledllte lfter Qfltllllflfbll Hut the xx hole relson xx hx goodness hls beell lf xoll lllel to the sehool tll If W ooster xx IS l:0llllLlLLl on the prlllelple tl11t goodness eloes plx tll If lt 18 rexx lrded lllelLCCl th If lt IS the olllx tlllllg tll If lllltters ll' l suell eolleerll N 1tllrlllx lfter gfldlllflllll x ou xx lll need to exehlnge xour sehoolbox ellrrellex for sonletlllng of lllore lll11NLI'b1l NEllllC If xoll do not x ou xx lll sool1 find x ollrself lllorflllx bll1l1rupt, IS sollle others l1'lNC dolle before deeelx ed xoll Goodness IHLISI fllxxqvs be xour nlllor eolleerll for If IS not Qllllplx 1 set of rllles sllperllllposed 011 tl1e sel1ell1e of tl1ll1gs bx xx ell IHLIIUIIQ but lnlprfletle ll people It IS of tl1e essenee of the l1'1IllI'C of flllllgb IS ere 1ted bx C1od 'Io be good IS to be 111 hlrlllollx xx ltll xx hlt 19 of Cod Of eourse If IS lts oxxn rexx 1rd There IS 110 other 1 he lllLll1lJLI'S of tl1e Cllss of 1911 lll1e otllers before lllel to folloxx , lllxe responded x lrlollslx to W ooster s p ltterl1 of llfe SOINL hlxe eonforllled SONIC lllxe rebelled Some lllxe beell dlselples, sollle erltles Noxx l eln tell x ou tll lf tllese x lI'l1l'10llS lre not llllpor tlllt Surelx thex lre no trlle lllelsllre of xour lllellxlelllll goodness lllls IS lN.LlllSL W oosters p ltterll of llfe IS not 'slLILLl lt IS l ll llllll opel lted lr LlLSLIXLS be Llll'lL1!LLl lllel opposed lt tlllles liut lllx l ' '1 'I V ' 1. 1 X . 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