Meriden High School - Annual Yearbook (Meriden, CT)

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PREFACE NOTHER year has passed and it now becomes the duty of the Class of Nineteen Hundred and Five to add its contribution to the list of ANNUALS. lndeed, we begin to realize that we have, at last, matured sufficiently to write our reminiscences and to take our place with that organization known as the Alumni Association. For four short years have we gone through the daily routine of M. H S., and now, as we look back, many a pleasant time is recalled, many have been the friendships formed both with teacher and scholar, all the petty trials and troubles are forgotten and we cannot suppress a sigh of regret at the thought of leaving. We think of the many chances we have had and how we have allowed them to pass and can only advise under no graduates to take full advantage of their High School days. For a moment-nay, more than a momentywe wish that we were going through it again but then comes the thought that we are now grown up and must go out and face the world, leaving room for others. And with this thought comes a new spirit of energy. Time cannot be recalled and we, having done our best, must pass on. And this book-it is of no value as a literary work, is merely an outline of the conditions existing in the school when we left it. But it is of value in that it chronicles the efforts and accomplishments of the Class of l905 and it is our hope that, in years to come, after the members of the class are scattered far and wide, it will serve to unite them in spirit, if not in body, to re-establish those friendships of long ago and to bring back recollections of those happy days spent at M, H. S. To such an end, this book is dedicated. The class desires to take this opportunity of acknow- ledging its indebtedess to the subscribers and advertisers whose support have made this publication possible and also to Mr. VValdemar C. Hirschfeld, '98, for his original drawings whichhhavefgreatly addedlto the! appearance of the book.

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. SALUTATORY RUTH E. ATKINS. RIENDS of Meriden High School, the Class of 1905 are assembled before you to-day for the last time as members of this school, For four years-long in the passing but short in the re- trospect-years happy in their recreations andjhappy in their toils, priceless, in-so-far as they have brought achievement, we have worked together to reach this goal. Now our paths in life must diverge. May we find as kind and ready helpers in our future life as those we have known during our school course. It is a great pleasure to welcome you, friends, who have come here to hear our exercises. We also welcome you, Superintendent and members of the Board of Education, who have always shown so deep an interest in our welfare. And we welcome you, our teachers, who have been ever ready with encouragement, and who have worked so diligently in our behalf. Nor must we neglect to welcome you undergraduates, who are to continue your course at the old High School. May your aims be high! To you all, friends who make up the audience before us, Superintendent and Board of Education, teachers and school- mates, our one word is that most pleasant of words-Vllelccme