New Haven High School - Elm Tree Yearbook (New Haven, CT)

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V 'K' 'ro 'rnic c1.Ass oF 1929: qi Friendship greatly enriches human existence. lt is an important factor in life. Furthermore. the character of a man may he interpreted through his friends: for the kind he chooses reflects the inan himself. Therefore, it is vitally necessary to choose the right type of friends. Friendships have a potent and lasting influence upon our lives, Particularly is this true of the friendships formed hetween students. and hetween students and teachers during the four year spent at New Haven High School. Such friendships necessarily play a large part in our lives. Hence. as graduates, we recall our high school days with ever increasing pleasure. For our friends we sacrificeg with our friends we suffer and rejoice: to our friends we loyally give our hest: from our friends we receive counsel and aclviceg hy our friends we are inspired to the highest ideals: without friends life would he lonely and hardly worthwhile. The friendly spirit of the class of 1929 is an outstanding characteristic. This spirit will do much to enrich the larger life which you are ahout to enter. May the friendships formed here abide with you always. Your friend. IRVING N. COUNTRYMAN, i Class of l9Ol. 14

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f X ' x ri? J WV i L TO THE CLASS OF 1929: I am glad to send you hearty greetings and kind wishes at this time. l am trusting that your lives may he filled with love and service, and that you will join the great company of those who make the harrcn places of life fruitful with kind- ness. Carry a vision of heaven in your hearts. and you shall make your home, your college, your place of business, correspond to that vision. Your success and hap- piness lie in you. External conditions are the accidents of life, its outer trappings. The great enduring realties are love and service, and that is why l am hoping that your lives may he Filled with these realities so that all life may he enriched and made happier through you. Sincerely your friend, j',xN1a1' M. PURDUI-I. 13

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a f of, Q 3 O O 5' 8 TO TH Ii CLASS OF 1929: The weeks just passecl, fillecl as they have been with examinations and rehear- sals, with the hustle of preparation for vacations, with planning for college or for positions in the worlcl of business, with saying goocl-bye for an anticipated longer separation than usual from classmates ancl teachers, have hrought the four years of life in New Haven High to a close for the Class of 1929. But your connection with your High School is notgcan never he-really closed. The tradition and inspiration and hope of the School goes on living in you after graduation. XVhat clicl you get out of it? XYell, what clicl you put into it? Your Class Historians have atteniptccl to answer. Your School will wait in hope- ful and conhclent anticipation forthe recortl of inclivirlual lives well-livecl, of strong characters feeling and using their strength, ancl always in control of it. .-Xntl with our heartiest goocl wishes goes a clesire for a collective interest on the part of your Class in the continued welfare and power of our School. RALPH XY!-INTVVORTH. 15