Lyman Hall High school - Singer Chronicle Yearbook (Wallingford, CT)

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ADMINISTRATION MR. GEORGE D. STEVENS, PRINCIPAL A well respected educator and sincere friend returned to Wallingford this year to be greeted with honors. For two years he served as principal of the American High School, Nurnberg, Germany, and later as director of the Army schools in Ethiopia. Knowledge and experience from his work abroad inspired his expression of appreciation for our school, town, and nation. Mr. Stevens is well known to the citizens of Wallingford and was recently designated as the man of the year.” As teacher and administrator his warm personality is admired by faculty and students alike, for vibrant enthusiasm and deep faith permeate every project he undertakes. In October the Board of Education selected Mr. Stevens to succeed Mr. Femald in the . highest administrative position of the school. With great pleasure we welcome Mr. George Stevens as the new principal of Lyman Hall. We are proud to be the first class to graduate under his leadership. PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE Yours is a class I shall always remember and hold dear to my heart for yours is the first graduating class under my principalship. As you depart from Lyman Hall High School, I sincerely hope that we have been able to help you build an educational foundation that will allow you to construct upon it a successful and happy lifetime. If you have worked diligently in high school, you have equipped yourself well for the complex adult world in which you will live. How you use this knowledge will determine to a large extent the type of adult world in which I hope you will all be active citizens. Yours is a world of com- plexity, an era such as mankind has never before realized. During this Twentieth Century, we have experienced changes once thought impossible and are on the brink of even greater changes, perhaps even a trip to the stars. Do your best to enjoy life at its fullest, and may you not live within a selfish self, but be dedicated to serving others and finding for all a richer experience. This is my message. This is my challenge to the Class of 1961. God bless you, and remember you are always welcome at Lyman Hall. GEORGE D. STEVENS Principal 10

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CLASS OF 1961: Since the turn of the century, probably more technological and cultural developments have been made than in any period of similar length in history. These changes include automation, atomic fission, the population explosion and the awakening of nationalism in many areas of the world. In addition to these advances, another very significant factor is the rapidity of these changes, and there is every reason to believe that future changes will be even swifter and more sweeping. This is the challenge” to today’s student. The need for educated men and women is a crying one in every field today. It will be even more so tomorrow. The mere possession of factual information, although of value, is not the sole criteria of a truly educated person. The really important marks of identification are the development of the qualities of intellectual inquisitiveness, persistence in research, sensitivity to meanings, application of the scientific method of attack, the gaining of concepts from the relationships among facts and the clarification of values. These are the qualities which characterize a self-motivated learner, an individual who will go on learning after school hours beyond the school years for the rest of his life. Possession of these attributes by a student should guarantee his success in coping with the ever increasing complexities of modern society. Cordially, FRANK J. DONOVAN Superintendent of Schools CLASS OF 1961: Yours is the largest class ever to graduate from Lyman Hall High School. Whether or not you realize it, your high school has been more than a new building in which you have spent the past three years in various forms of academic pursuit. Lyman Hall is an institution in Wallingford which has left its imprint on this community for almost half a century. The concern of our citizens over the growth and effectiveness of your educational opportunities and the manifestations of parental support of your activities are eloquent evidence of the interest of people in your welfare. You are now at one of the decisive points in your life. Each of you must now project the path of your future, whatever it may be. From this time forth the course your life will follow will be governed by your own determination and abilities as they react to the social and economic pressures of your time. You have our heartfelt wishes for every success for the future. Now go and make your contribution to the world around you, be it near or far, reflecting your heritage and broadening the horizon of opportunity for future generations. Cordially, A. RAYMOND MAHAN Assistant Superintendent of Schools 9

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Mr. Alexander Carter Director of Adult Education Mr. James Quinn Principal. Junior High Mr. Regal Dorsey Acting Vice Principal GUIDANCE Miss Ethel Kennedy Dean of Girls Mrs. Beatrice Sullivan Guidance Counselor OFFICE PERSONNEL Mrs. Caroline England Mrs. Kathryn Kearns Miss Elizabeth Furman Mrs. Barbara Radnoczi Mrs. Lillian Bobinski 11