Goodwin Technical High School - Gladiator Yearbook (New Britain, CT)

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Herbert H. Wilber, Director December, 1930 January 1958 To the Class of 1958 You the members of the graduatrng class have now successfully completed another phase of your educanonal career The educatron you have recerved at Goodwln Tech has prepared you to earn your l1v1ng rn a skrlled occupauon and to 11ve as a good crtrzen whrle emoyrng the socrabrlrty of your fellow men Thrs has been offered to you through the devotron of your parents and the conscr possrble by the decrsxons of free men rn our democrauc socrety The educatron you have recerved IS yours We urge you to use rt w1sely as a frrm foundauon on whrch to bu11d a more sausfyrng hfe for yourselves and your famrlres It has been a pleasure and an honor to have served you as your drrector In behalf of the faculty and undergraduates I wrsh you success and happmess 8 I entious endeavors of your teachers. You should appreciate that all this has been made l p H.

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H IS a man of wo th In over 42 years of unrnterrupted servrce -the longest term of servrce rn the hrstory of the State Department of Educatron Herbert H Wrlber has played a vrtal part rn the pro gress of Connectrcut rndustrral educatron Generatrons of Connectrcut students have looked to hrm for gurdance and encouragement Governor Abraham Rrbrcoff HERBERT H WILBER Now therefore I JOSEPH F MORELLI Mayor of the Crty of New Brrtarn rn the State of Connectrcut do hereby proclarm January 4 1958 as Wrlber Day and do urge the crtrzens to recognrze hrs deep rnterest rn the welfare of hrs students and communrty as reflected rn the success of the graduates of hrs school and the whole hearted support of hrs co workers In testrmony whereof I have hereunto srgned my name offrcrally and caused the Seal of the Crty of New Brrtarn to be affrxed thrs 16th day of Decenrber 1957 Srgned Joseph Morellr Mayor In my relatrvely short assocratron wrth Mr Herbert Wrlber I have come to admrre hrs reputatron for educatronal leadershrp for outstandrng loyalty to the people wrth whom he works for the rntegrrty of hrs Judgment and for hrs deep rnterest rn the welfare of all of hrs students The profound sprrrtualrty that has characterrzed hrs lrfe rs reflected rn the clrmate he has created for the E C Goodwrn School Srncerely WrllramJ Sanders Commrssroner of Educatron Connectrcut rs known as The Land of Steady Habrts Herbert Wrlber rs typrcal ofthe Srncerely Emmett O Brren Drrector of Vocatronal Educatron for the State of Connectrcut Mr H H Wrlber rs one of the half dozen proneers who organrzed the frrst vocatronal actrvrtres rn the State of Connectrcut rn the years 1914 to 1920 Mr Wrlber s good Judgment and rnfluence contrrbuted to the advancement of the Connectrcut system and to rts recognrtron as an outstandrng example of sound vocatronal educatron H Skerry Hall Assocrate Prof of Busrness Management fEmerrtusJ Seldom have I known a professronal leader wrth greater devotron to youth and tech nrcal profrcrency than I found rn Mr Wrlber Hrs rnfluence was felt not only rn the New Brrtarn regron but throughout the state of Connectrcut Hrs retrrement wrll be a loss to the educatronal progress of the state of Connectrcut Srncerely Frnrs E Engleman Executrve Secretary Amerrcan Assocratron of School Admrnrstrators It rs my good fortune to have ten years of close assocratron wrth Mr Wrlber I am confrdent that whrle the trme may have arrrved for retrrrng from the admrnrstratron of one of our frne Vocatronal technrcal schools we hope for hrs contrnued contrrbutron to the advancement of educatron rn our state and natron The Senror Class of 1958 Jorns wrth Mr Wrlber s many frrends rn congratulatrng hrm on hrs successful years rn the freld of Vocatronal Educatron We have been fortunate to have recerved an educatron under such a great educator We hope he may be blessed wrth good health and enjoy hrs years of retrrement Alonzo G Grace Former State Commrssroner of Educatron I- ii ' 17 6 I' . I .. 1 4 L . . I I Q J , ' - -Q . . . l . . 0 . L I . 1 as . . ,, . ,, . . . h .. . . 7 0 crtrzens who have grven thrs state that wonderful reputatron. I A ' ' ' f 0 1 Q as V - I . u . p o l 1 I ' ul-