Branford High School - Milestone Yearbook (Branford, CT)

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A young person, today, is faced with many prob- lems and many opportunities. Each person has his own problems, sometimes to the point where he wonders what he ought to do in order to plan well for the life ahead. Opportunities are everywhere and they are develop- ing every day. We live in an age when population expands and the needs of people develop, when travel is speedy and communication instantaneous, and when science creates new wonders while industry seems to produce a limitless abundance. It is a great time for a young person to be alive if he can resolve his problems and develop his oppor- tunities. I urge you, therefore, to maintain your health, develop your standards, choose your friends, train your mind and look ahead. Those who are ready to lead constructive lives, serving their fellow man as well as themselves, can look forward to a wonderful life. DR. WILLIAM HALL JAMES, Superintendent None of us escapes limitations. Some people are gifted with their hands, some are gifted in art or music, and some people are gifted in the realm of abstract ideas. Almost no one is gifted in all three areas. We are all limited, and we must accept ourselves with our limitations, recognizing that we can do what others cannot, that we can contribute where others cannot. To accept ourselves with our limitations means that we can recognize how interesting and variable our lives can be. As long as we live, we have the privi- lege of growing. We can do and learn new skills, par- ticipate in new and interesting developments, make new friends, open new worlds, if we will use the initiative and refuse to stagnate. Learn how to accept yourselves-accept the truth that you are capable in some directions and limited in others, that genius is rare, that mediocrity is part of all, but each one can contribute skills to enrich his life. Life can afford you great pleasure by surmount- ing difliculties, passing from one step of the success to another, forming new wishes that seem gratifying. Confucious said: lt is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness. ERNEST S. HATFIELD, Principal

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.- Q- X MR. GEORGE N. MISCHLER Assistant Principal gym.----I BUSINESS DEPARTMENT Standing: Cleft to rightj Mrs. Rita S. Schimmel, Mrs. Ann D. Mischler. Seated: Mrs. Phoebe S. Ahern, Mrs. Grace K. Taber. .ill til Q r 5 rf, ,X t .A ', . '-an if Q, LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT ,im CLeft to rightj Mr. J. Richard Nadeau, Mrs. Phyllis . W. Sabine, Mr. Dominic G. Cote. 1 'g 25 X HOME ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT .A CLeft to rightb Mrs. Sally W. Echlin, Miss Leona K. l Thnrnrlilce l xx' ' ,Q I'