Bay Path College - Portico Yearbook (Longmeadow, MA)

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X ICTURE, if vou will, an ancient 44. .: :gf .I K4 ila f ' wilderness trail nizide hv the Indians I . . A 1 in it time long past. '-7 This truil wound ever weQtwnrd from Boston Bay to the shining Connecticut River, where the city of Hzirtford now minds. The curly colonial settlers who followed this path and the Indians who had rnzicle it were often mutually Surprised when they encountered one another. llhlking of necessity in single hle, the travelers eagerly journeyed along that ch.1r1necl thread of . ,, . . sail which at every turn led on to newer vwtns and fur horizons heckoning with promise. Along the path were IIILIIIY places naturally suitgihle for colonization, and although the wav was I'lllI'I'OXV llflCl rugged, mzinv were the rewzircls which czune to thoxe travelers who perxeverecl. This smiling land on every wicle urnplv repaid the vixionzirv longing ol. the Nettlerx. liven today the chzirni ol' un l'.lI'lll'I' rlilv iN exernplifiecl in the graceful coloninl Lll'C'lllll'l'llll'l' which to liltinglv enhgincex our lu-.uitilinl Ikllllllllx here git llgiv llillll. This CLUIIIJUN it on the verv Nile ol the gineient trzul that lecl to the lulllllnient ol eolonml hopes zincl clregnnx. X T! ek ' 4, y K t .1 'iw ,NH ,v n X4 X x .5 W c N -j. Aw , M1 r' ,, 11, xxx ill r 'tl B0 nib W 'Q ' xxWX. - ' E X x X fl ' gill' 1 'Ml , ' 3 ,H Xkwxx 4 U .ul 3 ' 'lf , ,ffl ,Q l H .' 5 x 25'-'

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QP V HE DEDICATION of this year's Poftico is to our Parents . . . whose inspiration and interest started us along the Bay Path way . . . whose enthusiasm and encouragement guided us along the paved road of endeavor . . . whose understanding and unselfish sacrifices opened to us the super-highway of success and opportunity.