Bulkeley High School - Class Yearbook (Hartford, CT)

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FREDERICK T. BASHOUR, M.A Vice-Principal

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m OUR PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Graduation! It is an ending and a commence¬ ment. It is a time of joy and a time of sorrow. It is a time of joy because you have achieved a goal. It is a time of sorrow because it signifies the end of many happy events and relationships. This important event brings to a close one of the happiest and most memorable periods that youth may experience. It will end carefree school days and formal education for many. It signifies that you are about to commence a new type of life. Members of the Class of 1951 will go their various ways where each will be required to accept new and heavier responsibilities and make adjustments in different surroundings. The faculty at Bulkeley have done their best to prepare you for the life ahead, but we know, and hope you realize, that a high school education does not of itself guarantee a better living; it merely opens the doors to a better life if you are prepared and alert to take advantage of the opportunities as they present themselves. The world conditions which you face are confused, unsettled, and seem to present problems almost in¬ surmountable. The uncertainties of our times are indeed discouraging, but I have hope in the youth of today who, I am certain, will face the problems with courage. Times of adversity are not unknown to the graduate of 1951, who has lived his entire life in a succession of crises. Most of you were born in the middle of a great depression in which financial problems beset nearly all families. Throughout many of your elementary school years the world was aflame in the titanic struggles of World War II. Today the cloud of war hangs heavy, but I am convinced that the youth of today is prepared to defend and sustain the America we love from dangers that are external and internal. I cannot say farewell without mention of my appreciation of the outstanding cooperation and good spirit of the Class of 1951. Your record has been a source of comfort and pride to me and, therefore, it is with regret that I bid you farewell. May God’s blessings be with you in the years that lie ahead. May health and happiness be always yours, and may you always be a source of pride to your parents, your church, and your country. 6

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