Berlin High School - Lamp Yearbook (Berlin, CT)

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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

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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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SAL U TAT O R Y Mr. Superintendent, Mr. Chairman, Members of the Board of Education, Members of the Berlin High Faculty, Parents, Friends, and Classmates: The class of ' 38 extends a most cordial welcome to all. We are very proud and honored at having you present to see and hear us during our graduation exercises. At this time, we as a class wish to lake the opportunity to express our gratitude to our parents and to the officers of this High School. It is through them and through their aid that we have been able to receive this education which is such a vital part of our future life. With hope in our hearts and pleasant thoughts in our minds we are now ready to leave this school, tak- ing with us hundreds of joyous memories. If there is an element of sadness in these thoughts, it is that we shall soon be separated. However, this separation can never make us forget what has been imbedded so deeply in our hearts. We shall always have places set aside for our beloved teachers and class mates. During the four years of high school all of us have contributed some little thing to add to the color and honor of the life of our class. Some have been outstanding in athletics, others in some special art such as dramatics or painting, and still others in some particular study. Every one has done his part and has done it with a willingness seldom surpassed. Now that the four years are over, we shall start facing life as it really is. Some of us will enter colleges and other higher institutes of learning: others will work in offices and factories. What ever we do, 1 know we shall do it well. 1 am sure that we will all strive loyally to make our future the same success that our past has been. In this way we shall repay our parents for their sacrifices and thank our principal and teachers for their help. We shall endeavor to make for ourselves a creditable place in the daily life of our town, state, and nation. With these words of praise and hope still on my lips let me again bid you one and all— “Welcome”. VICTOR MARTINO