Groton High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Groton, NY)

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IN OUR TOWN WE LIKE TO KNOW THE FACTS. . Y'

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SUDDE LY O CHOQL EXPA I Q A WGR Our town, Groton, is a single compact unit which might be called a little world in itself. We tend to be so wrapped up in ourselves, so absorbed in our own particular activities, that we are completely oblivious to anything outside our private worlds. Then, suddenly, a door to the rest of the world opens to us. We realize that the whole world isn't Groton, that everyone else in the world doesn't wear bulky white socks and sneakers to school, that everywhere else neat isn't the byword, and that it is possible in some places to exist without basketball games. We understand that even here, in our own little corner of the world, there were and still are people living in very different ways than we do. Becoming aware of our history, we realize how great our heritage is. Through books and teachers, all knowlege becomes available to us. Everytime we open a'book to do an assignment we absorb new things in some phase of learning. Each class is a new horizon never visible to us before. Every course we take is an important phase of the total scope of our knowledge. Communication with the rest of the world, our heritage and culture and that of other peoples, and also more practical things necessary for our lives are learned. No longer are we mere Grotonians but, instead, citizens of the world. LQ'v-t 1'.'llJl l'S'U U14l7'4lli S5 3 LZ-4. il iii! .-'i2..'Fl.L.il KXIISYZAVQ I ! ll!l12llf

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AROU D THE WORLD IN 45 MI UTES Above: MR. DONHELLI Social Studies 7, 8. Right: MRS. SHAFER Social Studies 11, 12. Above. Mr. Shafer indicates to World students that there me places beyond our town Above: MRS. ROUNSEVILLE Math, Social Studies 7, 8. Left: MR. Sl-IAFER Social Studies 9, 10.