Hartford High School - Hartford Key Yearbook (White River Junction, VT)

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Com.men.ci at MISS KINGSBURY--Typing, Stenography, Office Practice, Consumer Education, Salesmanship, General Business MISS WHEELER--Typing, Stenography, Bookkeeping, Business Arithmetic Actioitiib MUSIC MR. BUSH—Instrumental Music MRS. WHITCOMB—Vocal Music SPORTS MR. FISK--Track, Football MISS CADORETTE--Physical Training MR. DRAKE—Football MISS WHEELER--Basketball MR. COTTONE - - Football, Basketball, Physical Training Junion. icjk MR. FISK—General Science MISS YOUNG—Social Science, Math MR. SOLARI—English, Social Science MISS CADORETTE--English

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 Su.jpen.int endUrit To the members of the Class of 1950: This year graduation is doubly a commencement. In the life of each of you, it is an end and a beginning -- whether you go to work or to an advanced school, of that long lifetime of self-reliant, useful, and helpful citizenship for which you, with the guidance and assistance of your teachers, have been training yourself. You have every right to look upon your graduation day as one of the turning points of your life. For the world too, 1950 is a period of commencement -- the end of the first half of the twentieth century of our era, and the beginning of the second half. During the five decades which have just been completed, the many fine accomplishments of our race have been overshadowed by a long record of warfare, tyranny, suffering and hate; the free institutions which protect our liberty have become imperiled, and our traditional respect for the sacredness of each individual person has become endangered. What the next five decades will produce lies, to a great extent, in the hands of men and women like you. By using your knowledge and abilities in active and intelligent participation in public problems and enterprises, you can do your part to help make the record of the next fifty years one of constant advance and improvement toward that peaceful, happy and unselfish society for which all thinking people yearn. May you, in all you do, give freely your best; and in return, may the best of all good things come back to you in abundance. Sincerely, ALDEN J. CARR Superintendent of Schools To the members of the Class of 1950: It is always a pleasure and a privilege to address the members of the graduating class. Whatever could be secured in the way of better equipment or better teaching that would make education for you more vital and valuable has been provided you by the citizens of your community. You are taking with you the benefits of these advantages plus the benefits of your own individual efforts. What will you do with what you have ? Some of you will seek higher education, others will seek to render service and earn money. Whatever your goal may be, you must remember that your determination to succeed is more important than any other one thing. Abraham Lincoln once said, ‘‘You cannot fail if you resolutely determine that you will not, because success does not depend so much on your surroundings as on your self-reliance. The noblest contribution which man can make for the benefit of posterity is a good character. We who are left behind at Hartford High School hope that your future will hold pleasant and successful experiences. Sincerely, JOHN A. FREITAS, Principal