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BRANFORD HIGH SCHOOL Supemmtendlenmt s Mles sage To The Class oT I948 you are gaThered TogeTher To rece-uve The pruze and symbol of Those Twelve long years oT sTrnvung We know ThaT you your parenT your Teachers and your Truend are proud and happy Tor you because TomghT you wlll proudly receuve your duploma We congraTulaT you' We are proud oT you' The sTrengThenung and developmenT you have susTauned IU body and mind an amblTlon and ldeals IU The Twelve years oT educahon whuch your duploma symbollzes will accrue noT To yourselT alone ln The TuTure buT To Democracy IT Democracy as To surv1ve1T can only do so by havung consTanTly added To :Ts adulT populaTlcn young people whose bodues mlnds emohons ambrhons and deals have oeen developed Through educaTuon To love and value The way oT lxre and governmenT ThaT we call Democracy young people who are wnllung and eager To exerT The power of leader ship ThaT has resulTed Trom Theur educaTuon To deTend and sTrengThen our Democracy Today The world IS divided unTo Two large camps which are engaged an a baTTle oT words propaganda schemung and unTrugue To mdocTrunaTe The opposuTe halT To belneve In and pracTnce lTs way oT lnTe and governmenT an preTerence To The oTher All presenT day undlcahons proclaim ThaT during your luTeTume The nssue will Tunally be 'owned xn war To deTermrne wheTher Communusm or Democracy wlll be your way oT luTe ThereaTTer The prnze To be won or losT as man s lnberTy hrs Treedom as an nndlvudual' IT your Twelve years OT educahon have been worTh aTTalnung They have enabled you To realuze crysTal clear ThaT man can aTTord To suTTer pruvaTuon hunger cold and any misery and suTTernng ThaT may be necessary IH order To avoid The loss oT has luberTy and Treedom' IT has enabled you To know T'haT Communism makes The sTaTe The masTer oT man and hence deprives man oT has mosT cherished possesslon Treedom and personal l1berTy buT ThaT Democracy makes man The masTer OT The sTaTe and hence, so long as Democracy shall lasT, guaranTees To each lndnvldual and has posTeruTy his LuberTy and Freedom Good luck and happuness, Class OT I948, as you go TorTh To conTrlbuTe your share To The welTare oT your counTry and The peace oT The world by T1ghTong The good TughT Tor Democracy Snncerely, RAYMOND E PINKHAM 9 ' 9 . . , ' X l l Y k y L Twelve long years ago you enTered grade one. TonighT-Twelve years laTer- . . V C 1 f . S e . .
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BRANFORD HIGH SCHOOL Puruumcuupaul S Mlesscuir, To The Cla ol 8 you fhe ca o 1948 pwu e fo uellocl upon fle gnulucwnce of your our year of hugh school lufo lwo words mu f ccme fo your aflenluon They 1re gradua hon and cornmencern nl When you consuder lhe connpleluon of fhese four years as a gradualuon you rhunlc ol 'rhus poruod as in ond of one way o luvung When on begunnung or srarr ol a new sei of experuences Bolh concepluons are valuable Neufher us complere wurhouf rlne ofher Thunlcung un relrrosoecl aboul' your grudualuon you should qafher unspuraluon and guudung pruncuples ro speed you unlo your corn rnencernenl You hould fund ru rh hapoenungs of fhe oas+ four years help un solv ung your new problems and a d un lorrnung your new pallerns of lufe successfully comoleluno 1 lou yewr hugh school course y u have rn fhe rughr lo b uusfly proud of your accornplushnnenl' Bur f you are 'ralcung from fhese experuences only lacrs and slalu rucs you have nnus ed lhe mosl urnporfanl pari' o your lraunung If rs however rhe earne r hope and b el of your facully lhal you have done much rnore rhan rhu We belueve Thar you have developed +o a hugh degree such characferusrucs a courage F uh elf Iua oeoendabulufy and aoove all a habul of prolulung by whal you have learned The e are characlerusfucs of perm anenl value characreruslrucs +ha+ wull conlunue lo aud and hola you fhroughoul rhe cornung years True educafuon lsnows no graduauluon n He ense ol a lunal e d or fn h A successful Iufe musf be a conlnuung proc s ol learnung As vou prepare lo go your several ways rnay you conlunue lo lurfhcr rhu edu aluon wh ch you have buf sfarfed n lhe Branford Hugh School My besl' wushe lo The cla of I948 CLARENCE C TOWNSEND ll ' ' . 1 u X 5- u 3 1 A X-ku, X A y - X L L x k ' , ss I94 : As , ' l SS F , c ' , 7 I . C lc S . I , ' S ,u 1 . ' r fu ' ll I l I .' I cf c . I . u lhe ofher hand. you consider if as a cornmencernenll you al once classify lf as a . s ' K. e A ' - By N ' j C ' r Q ' u o ea ed . E . . ' I . . .S . . S . l ' ' . ' , . s ell .C . . '.' s , al ,s -re' nce, H . l ' ' I 1 s ' ' -n i ls . . I . EEK . ' U D , , . .S , C . I l ' . ' 5 es ,
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