The Seniors attended their last assembly here at Maine West as the 1967 Honors Assembly was held at 9 a.m. this morning. The students pictured here received awards for high academic achievement in the various subjects.

For the first time freshmen, sophomore, and junior honor roll students were excused from their classes to attend this assembly.

Although it is a great honor to be named the "best" in a certain field, all graduates from Maine West will surely receive awards of some kind for the long, tedious hours of study put in at high school.

This reward may be the chance to attend a better college, the opportunity to obtain a better job, or just the satisfaction of being a better person. Maine sets high goals for its students and makes it difficult for them to be satisfied with much less.

For the past four years hundreds of educated people have been trying to stir up a little interest, unlock a few new doors, and force a little knowledge into the heads of these students; and now only time will tell whether they have succeeded or not.

The years spent at high school are important in the development of a person. The habits good ones and bad ones alike which he forms here, stay with him throughout most of his life.

In a school with such high standards as Maine's, the student is more likely to form habits which will be advantageous and helpful in the years to come.

In most cases the important decision of what to do after high school has already been made. Whether the individual has decided to enroll in a college or trade school, enter the armed service, marry, or secure a full‑time job, he will have to rely on what he has learned during his four years at Maine. Years from now he will look back upon this period with pride and self‑satisfaction.

There may have been times when he thought he would never make it through the week, but somehow Friday always managed to come; the crises always worked themselves out. One must remember that every difficulty faced now will only make life a little easier later on.

In a few days the Class of 1967 will graduate from Maine West, and they will never again be competition for the loudest cheerers or the collectors of the most money for a Student Council drive; but their memory will always be a part of Maine West and the memory of Maine West will always be a part of them.