Brattleboro Union High School - Colonel Yearbook (Brattleboro, VT)

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'l PRINCIPAL O. MEREDITH PARRY -i

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WE DEDIC ATE THI9 BOOK TO EVERYBODYS FRIEND AND A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW CHARLES CARPENTER DAVIS 3

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PRESIDENT S ADDRESS Parents, Members of the Faculty Alumnl, ond Friends ANY ol the preeedlng B H 5 5I'lLlLI1IlI'lg ellsses h ue stepped forth mto 1 troubled 1nd perplexed world XX e IFC no exceptxon hvery d1y we he1r of the turther spreld of eommumsm ln Europe nn Asn tI1e Amerle I5 yes eye-n IH the Umted bt1tes the llnd Iounded on 1 entnzen s most eherlshed possessnon en yoyment of the free rrghts of men 'lhousmds ol lilygll sehools tre holding, their eom meneement ewerelses thus week Among, the gr1du1tes 1re m1nye1p1ble Ie 11 ers wI1o e IH 1nd must EUILIL thns n ltlon blele to th lt st lte ol bemy., truly founded on just me Lqllll 1le1ls 'lhns IS our duty tor we must proye th ll thousmds ot Amerle 1n In es lost In two world w lrs were nots1er1t1eed1n x un I xeryone gr1du1t1ngl1ereton1ghth1s 1 job In mln I to muntun hns own welflre 1nd th1t ot otl1ers We must work together to preserye our Ilberty PIIIIS yob w1lI reeyulre only the tnme neeessxry to be 1good 1nd LOHSLICHIIOLIS eltlzen tlleme ILIY 1nt 156 ol tI1e right to xote 1nd ot eyery opportumty whxeh 1 demoer1ey pro 111 es There IS no one ln thls group who doesnt belleye th1t 1ll men eleserxe Lqllll rnehts but there 1re prob lbly people here who 1re bllnd to the IILI thlt mxny un Amerlem LOl'1tIlflOI'1S must ln these Unnted Stltes M1ny Amer1e1ns .1re b1lly ID need of 11d IH the pur eh lslng of good Iood lI'lkIII1 seeurnng hosplt Il 1nd dot tor CIF6 A too low st.1nd1rd of edue 1t1on emsts m some sectnons In sueh loe1l1t1e5 the sp1rle of eommunlsm lg mtes qulelely HILI spreads lrlte 1 pl lglli. trom one home to mother untll we hnd 1 whole group wnth undemo er.1t1C1de IS HI solutlon to stopplng the sprexd of talse doe trmes ns not ID punlshrng the Ill IFIIIILILHLCLI but In eorreetlng unendur1bIe eondntnons 1nd ln te 1eh1ng people not to belxexe the 1IIus1ons whreh lorm so e,1s1Iy ln uneelue lllkl mrnds ueompmned by empty stomlehs At tlmes we rnleht he 1r 1 fellow eountrym ln s1y th1t these un Amerreln 1de1s 1re sound We might eyen hnd ourselses IO0lxIfl5 for .1dx1nt1ges nn the undemo tron of gun 1nd loss should mllee doubly re 1I the trutl1 th1t sI1ouId we w 1nder from nnherxted prmncxples nn moments of error or 1I1rm let us h 1sten to retraee our steps to regann the road whneh 1lone le1ds to peiee lub erty .1nd safety We 1re 1II eonsenous ot the tlets whxeh I hue stated Our yob 15 to te 1eh Amerlcan 1de 1ls 1nd nuer to permlt false prrnenples to seeure .1 foothold wuthnn our n.1t1on Wlth f.uth In our let1ders and f.11th ln God we wlll neyer see the moblllzltlon of the Red reglme spreld oyer our l1nd We pledge you tl1 nt futh Now on tI1e beh1lt of the gr1du1t1ng eI.1ss of 1950 I weleome you to our eommeneement ewerenses Clem! B11 fm Clliltifllllg C111 by Mzrzl z Culzn 51 ' . .. - ' . ' 'z z t' ' - . I 1 3 L ' ' A . 7 L ' ' ' 1 1 ' ' y 1, 1 . 2 . A . .4-1 ' f gk'- . t . 1 . 5 -4 ' ' ' ', 52. In , . ' . - , , , -, ,, . . . , , . . r - - ' v 5' Y S' L' 1 Y f ' . . A -I . 4 -V I . 4 f X Q A V 1 ' . e 1 ' ' , 1 .. i ' f ' 4 I ' 'z 1 ' ' ' 1 1 - f 1 -1 f A s - - f 'r ' Y - ' . . , - 1 1 - . ' 4 ' A - y - . -3 .Lx-Q . nf . . , .v. ' ' ' - n V ' A er.lt1e ways. Howeyer, Ll moment Of 5Cl'lOLlb eonslderal- 4 . . . . . K E 6 ' 1 ' 1 1 ' ' L54 e A . , , , , , ,, A I ,., . . . . ' ' ' v - 4- . 4 . 1 ' E L 5 K Y - V' . , v . . . - .K-:L 1 1 l Q I I y 4 W, h , ,V 1 1 V A 1 ' 4 I A -Q I I I I' yt 'I I, ' ' 'S .. 1 . 'V ' .1 -, Q., ' . 1 - 1 , . I I I Y I ' .'4 8' 4 2 I vi U A 1 , . ,L 1 1 'A 'A A 1 Y fl ' 'Q ' - , , A , g A A t . 1 . . . . . . - . , 7 A t K A Y ' A QI I -I A' -I A-Q A I S L Af- I . - . - - A . . -' - . 4 ' ' '1 ' ge 1 1 4 ' - 1 L .7. ' I 'J