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Message to Members of the Class of 1949 I am pleased to have been asked to say a word to you at this time of your graduation from Hartford High School. It has been my privilege to know most of you during your entire high school course and to see you grow from adolescence to young manhood and young womanhood—from membership in gangs and small clubs to membership in world citizenry. You have been fortunate to have had the guidance and leadership and inspiration of an excellent group of teachers. You will appreciate more and more their teaching as you live and make a living. Your town and state and nation have made an investment in your education—an investment of hundreds of dollars. It is only right that they should have done so. But it is also only right that they should receive a fair return on their investment. This can occur only if you so live your lives that your town and state and nation are better because you are better citizens than you would have been without your education. Are you prepared to meet that challenge? I believe that you are, but only you can prove it. Herman H. Richardson Supt. of Schools 7
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JOHN FREITAS Principal 6
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■ PAUL CHAPIN Class President President's Address As the doors of high school close behind us, we look forward, not to a gloomy atmosphere of stagnation, but to a new and exciting experience. This is as it should be for when the world ceases to be exciting its people will be in danger of extinction. We, the younger generation, have been repeatedly told that the world is ours. We have been instructed to take it and make it over to suit our desires. This is all very well; but, as we look deeper into world affairs, we see fear and, where fear is not found, despondency is. We look with awe on this fear because it is something new to us. What is it? It seems that man fears himself. He has made a tremendous weapon in the atom bomb, and he does not know how to control it. Because of the lack of control he fears it and fear soon becomes despondency and fatalism. It seems to be the work of us, the younger generation, to overcome this fear, find a use for atomic energy and improve this world of ours in general affairs. A big assignment? Not at all. It takes only courage, foresight, and the will to learn or improve. It is up to us, the Class of ’49, and the coming generations to fulfill these obligations and build a better world for the future. 8
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