2011 Annual Scholarship Winner
Welcome Frye

The Walpole Historical Society sponsors an annual scholarhip funded by Florentine Films to aid a graduating high school senior (who is a Walpole resident) in pursuing further studies in History and/or Documentary Filmmaking.  This year the board awarded the $500 scholarship to Welcome Frye from Fall Mountain Regional High School.  He plans to major in history and political science at Union College (Schenectady, NY).  Prior to his freshman year, Welcome will be spending a gap year abroad in Ecuador under the guidance of a program called Global Citizen Year.  He explained how studying history will support his future political aspirations:

The study of history is one of the most efficient ways of learning the tendencies of people, society, and nations...  Every election in US history has a wealth of information that can help us decipher what our predecessors experienced and how they chose to respond to the issues facing them.  When interrelated events are studied and understood in their context, better decisions can be made in the present....  One of Socrates' more famous quotes is, "We must know thyself to be wise," and the study of history is exactly how I intend to achieve that wisdom.

We wish continued success to Welcome in his future studies.

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