Bulkeley High School - Class Yearbook (Hartford, CT)

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JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY 1917-1963

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PREFACE On graduation day you receive your diploma, a certificate of true accomplishment. This document gives you the opportunity for success, as a passport entitles you t o the fun and adventures of travel. In accord with this idea, the editorial board chose as this year’s theme “Around the World”. Travel is a part of education. Much can be learned by personally seeing the ruins of the Parthenon on the Acropolis or the rebuilt colonial city of Williamsburg. Travel is a part of life. The majesty of London, the excitement of Paris and the romance of Rome cannot be captured on film. Tele¬ vision, photographs, slides, movies, and even “Cinerama” are, at best, only substitutes for the experience of personally view¬ ing Buckingham Palace, the Grand Canyon or the pyramids of Egypt. As a whole, the class of 1964 will probably have set foot in every continent within the next decade. Already many students from our class have been beyond our borders, visiting Mexico and Canada. A few students have traveled across the Atlantic to journey around “the continent”. The opportunities for travel are, indeed, greater now with the advent of the jet airliner. Jet travel has, by shrinking the globe, enlarged our scope of it. On each succeeding section divider, the art editor has depicted familiar scenes of foreign places, or persons associated with specific nations. On the title page, the introduction to the class- book, we, the editorial board, are ascending in a balloon, signify¬ ing the beginning of our trip. Coming upon the faculty, senior, club, sport, activity and advertisement sections, you will note the different settings, each depicting an appropriate country or scene. Through this method, we hope to add to the book, beauty, symbolism and significance. Travel completes the man. Similarly, we feel that “Around the World”, your classbook, completes the past years you have been at Bulkeley. With a tear or a sigh of relief, however you leave Bulkeley High School, the memories of your high school educa¬ tion are contained in this book. The Maple Leaves, an expensive publication, cannot be com¬ pleted without the assistance of many people and companies. I should like to extend our thanks to the Delmar publishers, who arranged our classbook; to Mr. Nelson, Delmar representative; to Loring Studio responsible for their excellent pictorial cover¬ age ; to our faculty advisors. Miss Antaya and Mrs. Doerschuck, whose guidance and assistance Were invaluable; to the Art editor who expertly depicted each divider page; to the typists for their cooperation; and lastly to Mr. Bashour, our principal, who gave us his encouragement and his advice.

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Mr. Francis J. D’Amato DEDICATION We, the class of 1964, dedicate our classbook to Mr. Francis J. D’Amato, a man whose thoughts, words, and deeds have constantly influenced us. Throughout our years at Bulkeley all who have come into contact with Mr. D’Amato have benefited from his con¬ viviality, intellectual awareness, and sincere concern for the student. All who have known him have profited from his wise example of the “golden mean”, a balance of the intellectual and the aesthetic. For these and many other reasons, we, the class of 1964, dedicate our classbook to Mr. Francis J. D’Amato, a teacher counselor, and friend. 4