Laconia High School - Lakon Yearbook (Laconia, NH)

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To SYLVIA V. NUMELIN whose friendly leadership has won our respect the class of 1945 with admiration and affection dediealcs this book 3 N

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FUREWURD ln a world where war and destruction are dominating forces, we are likely to be blind to the beauty which sur- rounds our lives. One of the unchanging beauties of our world is nature. Symbolic of this beauty is the tree, stand- ing steadfastly throughout the centuries as a symbol of growth and change. In these times we must accept the challenge to stand as fimmly as il tree against our present trials, to add new branches to our mental growth so that we shall be ready to accept the responsibilities of our times, and, like the tree, to keep the beauty in our lives unblemished by the scars of war. For these reasons we have chosen trees as the theme of our year book. MARGARET E. GORANSON 2

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They were all ours, from crested cliff to wooded base. The solemn groves of firs and spruces, the plumed sierras of lofty pines, the stately pillared forests of birch and beech, the wild ravines, the tremulous thickets of silvery poplar, the bare peaks with their wide outlooks and the cool vales resounding with the ceaseless songs of little rivers-- we knew and loved them ally they ministered peace and joy to usg they were all ours, though we held no title deeds and our ownership had never been recorded. I I I I I I Y 1 I 1 1 V 11Q1 -.11-. 1-1.-.-1-.1-. Henry Van Dyke