Burlington High School - Heirloom Yearbook (Burlington, NJ)

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DEDICATION Very often important influences in our environment are overlooked or taken for granted. Perhaps this is especially true of our parents. two notable persons in our lives. They have contributed much to us in the way of affec- tion. guidance, protection, and last but not least, finance. In return, the great- est thing we have to offer them now is our appreciation and deepest respect. It is with this thought in mind that the Class of '51 wishes to make this dedica- tion to our parents.” The first people in this world whom we learned to know and love were “our parents.” We looked to them for everything: food, shelter, and clothing. The older we became, the greater our demands. When we entered school, we missed the individual attention that we had received at home. However, we slowly got used to being one of the group. The further we advanced in school the more complicated the work became. Nevertheless, if we came home with our problems, they were dissolved with words of encouragement and often with parental assistance. Many of our parents showed their interest in our welfare by joining the P.T.A. In this way they kept in touch with the activities of the school. Our parents were always the most enthusiastic audiences at the programs we participated in at school or at church. They always tried to do what was the best for us. Now we are about to graduate from high school, a decisive point upon the trail of life. In retrospect over the years, we realize just how much our parents have contributed, making it possible for us to be where we are now. Our gratitude to them for all they have done is inexpressible. They will always remain in our hearts, the best people in the world, our parents.” 5

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FOREWORD This issue of the HEIRLOOM marks the end of the first great mile for the Class of 1951. With it we complete our basic education and growing up period, the process of molding each of our individual lives. What we are now. we have been making our- selves through these years. Under the guiding hand of parents, teachers, and the Great Teacher of Nature, we have cut the patterns which must follow us through life. Also, the 1951 HEIRLOOM finds us on a high peak, and a crossroads. Thus far. we have traveled our road together: now we must break those ties which have bound us together and cast our individual lots into the surging sea of humanity. Before us lie an infinite number of roads. Each one of us must choose his particular path and stick to it. knowing only that all roads must meet in Eternity. Lifting our eyes from our vantage point, we meet only vague uncertainty: even our roads merge into an inpenetrable haze—the future. But the future is only a thousand and one todays, and were it not for the uncer- tainty of today, humanity could not continue. There is no outward fate that controls one’s destiny. Man’s dreams are his future. It is only through changing the uncer- tainty to reality that he shapes his ends. If the course of human events were predetermined, there would be no progress — no future. If Man's road were visible ahead, there could be no going forward. If we knew what it held, die future would be past. Tomorrow is just another today. It is only in the uncertainty of tomorrow that we can create today. Mindful of this, we take our next step forward. It matters not how strait the gate. How charged with punishments the scroll: I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul. W. E. Henley. INVICTUS

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fldntiniA traticn BOARD OF EDUCATION Mr. Frederick H. Forman; Mr. Joseph W. Howe, Superintendent of Schools; Mr. Fred B. Cherry, Supply Clerk; Mrs. Frank K. Brotherton, President; Mr. Frank H. Wood. Secretary; Mr. Philip McGrath; Mr. William H. Waitz; Mr. Mayburry Ballinger. 6