VOL. V, NO. 15

The seniors at Maine West and countless other high schools around the nation are about to inherit the world. From this Senior Class will come teachers, preachers, executives, financiers, engineers, mechanics, and factory workers, all significant to the building of a better world.

With 47 world crises going on at one time we need top‑flight citizens who are mentally alert enough to face each threat in a consistent manner. Maine West has prepared the Class of '64 for this challenge. Maine West, in graduating the Class of '64, has preformed a threefold service: to the community, to the nation, and to the students. Moreover, this education has been bestowed for a pittance of its worth.

These facts compel even the most hardened to feel some pride in the Maine High School system. The structure (seven and a half million dollars worth,) administration, faculty, and students rank among the top five in the state. The feelings of the majority of the students are expressed in the first line of a sonnet titled "43" by some obscure student named Jude, "How do I love Maine? Let me count the wings."

This all boils down to one well‑known fact: after commencement comes the deluge of new responsibility, regardless if you go to work, college, or convent. You will also be free from the authority and helping hands of your parents. Maine has prepared you for the race. Commencement is the starting signal. The best prepared individuals will win the goal; the goal is success. Success is a relative medium, you may earn it in relationship to God, friends, or the world. At any rate, despite the goal you seek to win, you will always have a backer behind you‑Maine West.