Berlin High School - Lamp Yearbook (Berlin, CT)

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EDITORIAL STAFF Editor-in-Chief, Agnes Danko Assistant Editor, Edward Scheer Committee Genevieve Baldyga Manuel Beatrice Wallace Bunce Joseph Carbo Olwen Chapman Claire Cote Carmen Giannotta John Graham Vivian Greco Malcolm Griffith Ethel Hamilton William Hannon Irene Luetjen Adele Marieni William McMurray William Moore Louise Nichols Evelyn Peterson Jane Pinches Hector Plante Alfred Rich Mary Zarotney Thomas Byrnes Faculty Advisers John F. Deming ThIS book, as the ones before it, is a mirror of our four short and happy years at Ber- lin High School. We wish to thank all who willingly aided us in compiling our year book.

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Zephorene Carter Ventres “Zeph” Berlin “All musical people seem happy. Music Club, Treasurer (3), President (4); Motif Club (4); Beacon Staff (4); Orchestra (2, 3, 4). Lewis Joseph Wroblewski “Danno” Berlin “ The music in my heart I bore Long after it was heard no more. Varsity Football (3); Varsity Baseball (2, 3); Intra- mural Basketball (2, 3); Intramural Baseball (3); Or- chestra (4). Bernard Richard Yantz East Berlin “A happy-go-lucky fellow is he. Intramural Basketball (1, 2); Intramural Baseball (2, 3); Varsity Basketball (3, 4); Varsity Football (3, 4); Var- sity Baseball (2, 3, 4); Tennis Squad (3); Class Treasurer (1); Class Vice President (2); Dramatic Club (1, 2, 3, 4); Sports Editor Berlin High Beacon (4) ; “Murdered Alive” (1); “Adventures of Tom Sawyer” (3); The Circus (2); “David Copperfield” (4); 1st Prize Oratorical Contest, (1, 3, 4); Second Prize Oratorical Contest (2). Mary Ann Zarotney “Mickey” Kensington “ Going my way of old, Contented more or less I dreamt not life could hold Such happiness.” Senior Class Snow Queen Candidate; Lamp Committee. Mary Louise Zotter “Zitter” Kensington “Tho’ she looks bewitchingly simple, There’s mischief in every dimple.” Vice President Motif Club (4); Art Club (3); Honor Boll (1); Vice President Class (2); Traffic Squad (3); Student Council (1).

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VALEDICTORY Mr. Superintendent, Mr. Chairman, Members of the Board of Education, Members of the Berlin High Faculty, Parents, Friends, and Classmates: Life lies before us like an enormous mountain which must be climbed. Four years ago we set out to climb that mountain. We had no compass and therefore our parents and teachers had to guide us. Our knapsacks were empty and they, with the help of our Superintendent and Board of Education, had to fill them. Thus far we have traveled together, as one great unit, each of us striving to aid his fellowmen; but finally we have reached the end of our trail. However, this does not mean the termination of our career, for from here numerous paths branch of! ' into the undergrowth. We must now make the greatest decision of our life. We must choose that one path which we shall follow henceforth. We can no longer go on together; each of us must select his individual career. Yet as we stand here about to make that great decision, we are afraid. We know not what danger lurks ahead in the shadows. We fear lest we shall choose wrongly. Must we go on never realizing what obstacles aw ait us in life, never knowing where our paths shall lead? Wonderingly we look up to the mountain top, and as we do, a light flashes across the sky penetrating the dark expanse ahead. At first we are slightly perplexed but gradually it occurs to us that this is the “Beacon of Success” which stands at the utmost peak of life’s great mountain, and pours forth its rays on those who have reached the “Top”. Once more our courage is restored. We no longer fear, the future; we resolve to meet it bravely. You need not fear for us either, dear parents, for our knapsacks are now r bulging with the knowledge you have made possible for us to acquire. We are ready for life’s problems. We have the best com- pass, our Conscience, which shall always keep us progressing in the right direction. For our guide, we have the greatest of teachers, Experience. With these three important assets, we cannot fail. Now, dear classmates, I wish to take this opportunity to bid you a sincere and heartfelt farew ell. Though I deeply regret this parting, 1 joyfully aw ait that day when we shall meet again, at the top of the moun- tain and in unison be bathed in the light from that beacon. EDWARD SCHEER