Bridgeton High School - Baconian Yearbook (Bridgeton, NJ)

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?L Fxuvday everyone l1v1ng on thls planet recelves flom h1s Maker 1 gxtt idcntlcal wlth that bestowed upon another a treasure of mestxmable xx oith 1 benefactlon of endurmg value a grant that can be nelther de cu xscd noi augmented Everyone has at h1s dlsposal daily twenty fou1 houls ol timc no more, no less So it IS day after day xveek after week to1 months 1nd years decades centuries eras so f ll much of this bounty allotted to us has been profitably used xx lthin thc confines of our schoolday world a t1ny unlverse lnhablted by compctcnt t1 1chf rs cordlal classmates interested parents We have found satisfaction in the gay act1v1t1es that surround us academlc social athlet1c and in the httle thlngs that typ1fy our hrgh school career thc closc LOI'IlIl1lllOllShlp of a frlend the thllll of a speclal date the fun ot xx ox king togethci the enthuslasm for sharlng ldeas Thus have we sp1nt ou1 houis in 1 pleasant fash1on creatmg for ourselves a n1che as tutuie c1t1Lcns 111 thc ever qulckenmg realm of tlme Hoxxcxci lt lS m the academlc world of lnstructlon books tests, lcctuies lllfl homt xx o1l that we have come to realize the potential value of t1me 0111 moments xx 1th1n th1S sphere of learmng have been filled wlth quick seconds of ci 1mm1ng before an exam the seemmgly endless mmutes of tcsting thc shoit xx hlspered conversatlons w1th a nelghbor, the frenzied dashes to mach fx class on tlme the requlred hours of study oui phx sical and cleatlxe mterests The prlnclples of good sportsmanshlp and good chcnactei the xoxs of compamonshlp and part1c1pat1on Whlch xxc haue gamcd f iom LXt13LLllllCul3.I' act1v1t1es, have played an lmportant pait in laxmg the foundations of l1fe that we shall need as c1t1zens in tomolloxv s xx oi lcl Our success aftei xxe leaxc high school wlll depend greatly upon the xx ax xxe h1xc userl the piccious gilt allotted to us If We have spent these llmlttfl hours xxcll xxc Lili DIQSS on confidently toward our lifes goal, mmdful of thc fact that ou1 destmx rests upon the good educat1on and basic fJllllC,lDlt3 oi good C,ltl!LllSlllD that have been lnstllled upon Us by oui tcacheis and 1Jd1LfltS XX 1th1n this bool thc goldcn momfnts of today have been preserved for tomoi 1oxx Hcit ll c iccoi :lcd the Xl stlges of our four years in Brldgeton Hlgh School xx hcu xxe haxc built thc superstructure for our brldge of llfc spanning thc xcals bctxxccn ulolescence and maturlty May each llvlng second be 1 x 1l1cl contribution to the roles We shall S0011 play ln a democlatlc society Max xxc leave thele our traceable footprmts on the sands of tlmc 2 .. . X . . , , , Y i v Q X . . y . - .. ,S u , , . 'Y 2 7 l 7 9 ' L 2 ', ' . , , , 4 l 1 iz ' E , , . w' K. A - u n - fi- , , . .-I - , 1 L, . 2 y . , , . , . . Z , V ! . Q ll ' , 2 i ' 'Q .N 4 T A-2 . , . . 7 1 Sports, music, art, and dramatics all have provided an outlet for . uv '. C .- ' v ' . . ' su yt v Q . v wx ' ' v v v 2 wx ? 1... I ' . I I 1 ' 'x , 'm '12 'x . , K.. '. 1. ?L . l. -'Ax . A Q s ,. . .K C X X 5 . .. vi x.?2 -, 1,1 . E ,K ' ' ' , ' , v i-3 v V1 I y ' ' y, f ' 3 .'x ' N 'xx 2 xhvi . . ' ' g 1' 2 'z ' ' ' .

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