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: What is success? We who are graduating do not intend to measure it in terms of money but rather by the richness and fullness of our lives. That is shown by our class motto, “Knowledge is greater than wealth.” We know that the only basis for a perma- nent success is absolute integrity. Our teachers and parents have encouraged us to meet that challenge and we are determined to gain the goal of our ambition. In making the transition from school to larger fields of society, we must be able to recognize and respect the necessary factors in worthwhile living, know what we expect from life, and what life expects of us! A clear purpose and confidence will advance any cause. Remember the tale of the three boys who tried to see who could walk the straightest line in the snow. One path was almost straight while the other two were crooked. When the winner was asked how he had accomplished this feat, he replied, “All the way I kept my eyes on the big tree at the end of our stunt.” The other two boys had been watching their feet! This principle can be applied in our attempt to gain our goal of success. We must keep our attention fixed steadily on this goal and disregard the “ups and downs” of every day. Our ambition should never grow dim but like the north star shine always above us. If we as Americans place no limit on our efforts, then we as Americans will discover no limits to our individual accomplishments. The future is ours. Let’s make the most of it. We have been like parasites thus far in life, producing nothing and consuming a great deal. Now we have our chance as so many classes before have had, and as we face this fork in the road of life let’s be determined to make a place for ourselves in the world and do credit to the Berlin High School and the class of nineteen hundred and forty. Farewell. Hope Ann DeMore

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Henry Hrubiec leaves Miss Small a shiny red apple, “the Hrubiec special.” Lucy Indelak offers her ability as a musician to Casmir Budzinski. ElwoocL Johnson wills his dramatic efficiency to his brother Norman. Robert Johnson wills his babyish ways to Edward Domkowski. Edward Kristopik gives Edward Knope his ability to relate incidents which never happened. Florence Lanza wills her big brown eyes to Elsie Peplau. Grace Linquist leaves her incessant silence to Flora Ramy. Betty Langdon wills her dreamy eyes to Doris Big- hinatti. Fred Leopard wills his cry of the timber wolf to Ray Webster. Russel Webb leaves his account books to any Junior interested in hieroglyphics. Clifford Lehman leaves his ability to get along with the constables to Harry McKeon. Alcide Lemieux offers his knowledge of French for the assistance of Mr. Deming. Eileen McMurray leaves her quick wit to Gertrude Fitzgerald. Norman Munson leaves to his brother, Donald, his knowledge of agriculture. Evelyn Norton wills her “peace of mind” to Pat Lawrence. Sophie Nalewajek bequeaths her blushing b ashful- ncss to Muriel Blackburn. Mildred Payne leaves her slimness to Alice Mirante. Eleanor Pulito wills her warm smile to Mary Alice Tompkins. Alfred Pulito leaves his warbling ability to the Juniors with perennial laryngitis. Edward Rusczyk offers best wishes to the pheasant hunter of the Junior Class. Burton Rochette leaves the glow of his big blue eyes to Pat Cistaire. Ethel Stange wills her height to June Ward. Elizabeth Sullivan leaves her capability as editor- in-chief of the “Lamp” to Jean Emerson. Clara Starzec leaves her natural ways to Elizabeth Emery. Herbert Schultz leaves to Leonard Kane his rating in the commercial department. Ruth Jones leaves her novelty pins to the girls in the Freshman Class. Anita T area leaves her gift of gabbing to Vera Swanson. Stanley Tzargan leaves his bashful nature in the hands of Joseph Cugno. Angie V eneziano leaves to Anita Achilli her place as the best dancer of the class. Helen Willet wills her many perky hairbows to Irma Carsanico. Edward Wrobel leaves to Bryan Bigelow his posi- tions on the dance bands of the state. Harold Yantz leaves to Leroy Riggott his finely balanced sense of humor. The Senior Class wishes to extend their thanks to each and every member of the Faculty. To the Junior Class we leave our privileges, the title “The Lamp” for their yearbook and the hopes of having a successful senior class. To the Sophomore Class we leave our leadership and initiative. To the Freshman Class we leave our dignity. The Senior Class of 1940 leaves its best wishes for happiness and success to all future classes. Signed : THE SENIOR CLASS OF 1940. Witnesses : Clifford Lehman Lenore Carbo Shirley Dowd Edith Edelson Donald Brown

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SALUTATORY Mr. Superintendent, Mr. Chairman, Members of the Board of Education, Members of the Berlin High Faculty, Parents, Friends, and Classmates: It is my pleasure to welcome you in behalf of the graduating class of 1940, and to express our sincere appreciation for the many educational opportunities which have been given us. Youth has within its heart a desire to achieve true and lasting success. Nature has so equipped the young person that he naturally looks forward with real anticipation to the opportunities which he feels that life affords and anxiously awaits the day when he can ably take his position in the world of human affairs. The great steel magnate, Charles M. Schwab, once said, “Nothing is so plentiful in America as opportunity.” The doors of opportunity seem to open of their own accord on every side to urge those who are succeeding to drive on to newer heights of achievement. Young people often fail to catch the vision of true and lasting success, and fail to realize that opportunities to achieve are right at hand, even at their very door step. The seemingly slow passing of time for the young person may be indirectly or even directly caused by a perverted notion concerning living realities in a changing world. He may be looking forward with great anxiety to a day in the future when a chance to become great will suddenly present itself, and that all he will have to do is to assume greatness. The trouble with this point of view is that it rarely happens that way. Success comes to one after he has worked with a zest and prepared himself to achieve it. It is not a case of “lo, and behold,” but it is a problem of meeting successfully the different situations in life as they present themselves. The Class of ’40 again extends its gratitude to the parents, to the Board of Educa- tion and to the Faculty, to whom we owe our success as a result of their untiring efforts. Shirlf.y Crandall