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

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'932- THE ELM TREE l95Z To fill' Clclss of 1932! 'With each class which leaves our school every year in June l experience min- gled feelings of joy and regret. Joy. that our young people are htted, so far as we have been able to do, to face life and its problems, whether in college. in business and the community. or in the home. Regret, that their years with us have gone so quickly and that we have not done more for them than we have, and it is so that I think of you now. l feel so sure, however, that you have caught the wisiolz of all that we would have you do and be that I cannot fear for you. My heartiest good wishes are yours. May your lives be blessed with rich ser- vice to God and to your fellows. May you prove an inspiration to young men and young women just coming up the slope which you have climbed. May you be a solace and a comfort to those who are discouraged, and a blessing to the aged. the weak, and the infirm. And may you carry in your lives and your deeds the evi- dence of your reverence for God and your courage to do His work. Sincerely yours, JANET M. PURDUE. 14

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195 2--THE ELM TREE--1902 Class of Alllillffffll T111'1ffy-two: Graduates of our high schools and colleges this year face an economic situation rarely known in this country. For several years you have planned your courses of study to fit yourselves into the social order of your graduation year. Now at grad- uation many of you must face keen disappointment because you cannot proceed as you expected to do. Business prospects seem as unsettled and cheerless as was the first Wiiitel' that greeted our Pilgrims three hundred years ago. Like the Pilgrims, you too, must face the future with a grim determination. courage and hope that will not admit defeat. This year will test your manhood and womanhood, your fortitude, and in a way, prove whether your public high school years were worthwhile. May you stand the test and show yourselves great in good- ness. strong in courage. and wise in judgment, and may the realization of your am- bitions and dreams be delayed but a very short time. C. L. KIRSCHNER. June, 1932. 13

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U 19:52--THE ELM TREE-- iw L' To H10 Class of 1932: This is an age in which doubt. skepticism. and pessimism are much too preva- lent. Such beliefs breed discouragement and tend to make the pathways of life dark and gloomy. ' I NVhen such ideas prevail, it is the fault of man himself: it is because he lacks faith and thinks of himself alone. Faith in others, faith in the good intentions of man in general. faith that the World is not bad but good, pave the way for certainty. belief and optimism. Un- selfishness, thoughtfulness, and humility in our relations with others make the path- ways of life bright and cheerful. More faith and unselfishness is what this good old world of ours really needs! I Witli best wishes to the Class of 1932 - and I wish it were possible to express it to each one of you individually -T am Cordially yours. IRVING N. COUNTRYMAN, '01. 15