Guilderland Central High School - Tawasenthan Yearbook (Guilderland Center, NY)

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This is a kind of birthday. We're two years old at Cuilderland Central High School. Long ago we learned to walk and to talk. Sometimes we were precocious: and sometimes we stumbled and mum- bled, just a little. as we searched for proper expression and outlets for our ideas. Still. we've come this farg and that, in itself. is a pretty big accomplishment. Let's consider for a moment just what has happened. Last year you were juniors. That means that we've had two full years at Guilder- land Central High School. We can say. with some pride land humility? that a part. at least. of what is good is a result of our efforts. We came together from some really varied backgrounds. Some of us were in the old Altamont High School. We won't soon forget that! I' was small. but we knew everybody: and we really did have a lot of fun. Some of us feel that the good ideas. concepts, and principles we have attempted to put into practice at Cuilderland had their birth in our ex- periences at the Altamont School. It has been good, though, tc have had the ideas and experiences of those of us who came from Voorhees- ville. Colonie, Albany. Schenectady, and other schools even more widely scattered. Our contributions have been made in terms of these back- grounds and most of us have really made an effort to build the right kind of school. Our pride, we think, is justifiable. That we have left something and we won't soon be forgotten can- not be denied. School, though. is always a sort of two-way proposi- tion. While we were helping to mold spirit and morale and unity and pride, we were, at the same time, finding that we were getting more than we were giving. And that's as it should be. We were careful, not just to take a great deal in terms of learnings and pleasures. We realized that there was a kind of a leveling-off necessary if we were to have a complete school life. We tried. then, not to ride along with the tide so to speak. but rather to give just as much of ourselves as we could to the school, if it was good for the school. Surely. then. as seniors we may be granted the privilege of remind- ing the class of 1957 that, when Guilderland Central High School is three years old, these new seniors will have so conducted themselves as to have made Guilderland an even better school. A tough challenge? Sure. but you'll be a year older, a year wiser, and will have had one additional year in which to make your contribution. Let it be the very best you can do. That's the contribution we made. . .our very best has gone into the school which we now leave in your hands. Howard H. Mosher Principal Today is yesterday's future. And not one of us can see tomorrow. Ten years from now, if you look again at your 1956 Yearbook-perhaps to show it to your children-it will remind you of many things: of the school itself, of your friends, the many experiences you had, the way you thought about life. And undoubtedly you will think how much you have changed in ten years. Right now. you are conscious of graduating from a school which ranks with the best Central Schools in New York State. We have had visitors from other schools, from colleges, from other states and from foreign countries. and they have been unanimous in expressing their approval and enthusiasm for the beauty of the school building and the worthwhileness of our scholastic and extracurricular program. But attractive buildings and good educational facilities are not enough to make a fine school. For that. we need students with a mature viewpoint. a sense of responsibility, and integrity of character. And the class of 1956 is outstanding in members who qualify in all these respects. The publication of a Yearbook such as this, is one example of the enthusiasm, energy and devotion to the ideal of 'fdoing a good job of it which characterizes the majority of Cuilderland Central High School students. The production of the Yearbook takes many hours of plan- ning to exemplify the ingenuity. imagination and enterprise of its hard working advisors and staff. lt seeks to provide a strong tie between the school and its graduates, between students and their classmates, between pupils and faculty and between the school and the community. Our gratitude for such a fine piece of work will be shown by the way we keep this Yearbook as a true summary of the short but vivid history of Guilderland Central High School. It is valuable not only for looking back to see the way we have come, but also as a means of looking forward to that future which, ten years from now, will be the past. The Commencement speaker will probably suggest you take time to consider the resources you now have with which to face that future. You have, 1 am sure. learned to dis- tinguish right from wrong, and I am confident you will make the right decisions in the future. Decisions to serve others rather than to exploit them: to overcome obstacles instead of being discouraged by themg to use opportunities and not be used by opportunists. Today. you are proud of your school. and we are proud of you. If you use we the knowledge and the experience gained here, ten years from now when you open this book, you will know that you have made some positive contribution. no matter how small, to the world in which you live. Our faith in you and in the future. will have been justified. . Z! RALPH V. WESTERVELT Supervising Principal dw...