Bethel High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Bethel, CT)

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To the Members of the Class of Fifty-Four Your education at Bethel High School has not been complete unless it has made you aware of the fact that your education is never complete and unless it has inspired you to go on learning. As the years progress, may each one of you continue to grow in wisdom and moral stature; and may each of you, with God's guidance, find the way to serve mankind most effectively. Sincerely, Ralph M. T. Johnson Superintendent of Schools

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edication We shall always remember and admire her for her willingness to be able to serve a friend, and being noble enough to conceal it. Surely her cup overflows with kindness. The present is the beginning of our existence. The future life will be its continu- ation, and our station there we must earn for ourselves. This, then is my message to you; for every true niche you fill in life, you and none other must earn. Therefore, as every happiness, every sadness has its place in your life, it is you who must adjust your- self to such conditions over which you have no direct control. So, to the Class of 1954 — each and every individual — I wish for you such intelligence, judgment, and direction as will give you the maximum of good, of happiness, and of success. 4

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I congratulate you who are graduating from high school this year. As you enter higher education or vocation, may you do so with seriousness of purpose. You may find your career difficult and discouraging at first. However, by applying the underlying prin- ciples you have been taught during the past four years in Bethel High School, and by keeping faith with God, I am sure you can achieve success. May success be yours all through the years. 6 Charles L. Boice