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

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To the Class of 1944: This commencement season most naturally stirs Within each one of you mingled emotions of joy and sorrow when you contemplate a job Well done, on the one hand, and the termination of your many pleasant associations of the past several years on the other. I say that these feelings are natural, as well indeed they must be for all graduates. For you, especially, they must be particularly poig- nant since yours is a class historic in the annals of our school in that it is the only one ever to begin and end its course during the years of War. Your associations have been unusually close and strong because you have joined hands, as it Were, in the struggle to maintain the traditions of academic freedom indigenous to America. You responded nobly each time you were called upon to make the many and unusual adjustments to meet the exigencies of war. Even a casual perusal of your accomplishments both curricular and extra-curricu- lar and your specific contributions to the War effort assures you of the right to be ranked high among the outstanding classes of our school. Although this commencement time may mark the end of your united efforts as an academic group, each one of you, I am sure, will find his place in other groups either industrial or military and continue to expend the energies and make the sacrifices necessary for final victory over the common enemies of the United Nations. For your future in the World following that day of victory and the cer- tainty of your being useful people, I hold no doubt, for in that post-war era with its almost fantastic promise of opportunity, each of you will rightly share, and your share Will carry With it a responsibility as great as any ever b01'ne by young men and Women, that of making the most of that opportunity and of cherishing the memory of those who died to secure it. Corclially yours, ENIMONS I. BOWEN, N. I-I. I-I. S. ,15 Assistant Princiyaal 16 N

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l C lass of 1944 Twenty f1VG yea1s ago 111 my pilltlllg Wolds to the Seu1o1 Class l 16f611CCl to Olll splenchd SG1V1CG flag Wltll Its eleven hunchecl st'us and sa1d th It lt 1lwf1ys st1r1ed IH me '1 deep IGVSIGDCC tol oul l'I1l.lll1OLlSG students and gldClLl3.tSS who had offe1ed the11 all lol Olll COlll'!t1y Tod IV I can lepeflt the ve1y s'une xvo1ds and as 1eve1ently and s1nce1ely fO1 Qgfun Ihllhouse has 1T1 lg111f1C6Dtly 1esponded to 0111 count1ys call The t1de of battle has 1ef1ched the po1nt whele We It home and those ab1oad a1e aslung When the hghts go on mgun, what? Yes, '1fte1 the hvhts Qgo on agam, what can we do to keep Ameuca Ameucan what W1ll he the COl1d1t1011S the moods the des11es of the d1ffe1ent 11 lt101'lS mvolved and what agwements can be perfected that W1ll make my futule Wal nn osslblep one W1Sl1CS to estabhsh a leal home one must bulld 1nto It COOPSI 311011 cl1a1acte1 and contentment LIk6W1SG 1f We clesue W01ld peace It must be bullt wlth co operatlon and helpfulness of all peoples CG1t'11UlV not 1solat10n, SP16 lC-llllg of good W1ll love sympathy 'md an lIllClG1St?lI1Cl1l1g funong all mces and 16l1g1OHS and the '1SSll111pt1011 of clutles woxkmg toWa1cl these ends In '1 WO1d fI1'I.SU1Hg and gleed must he C1OWClCd out tlnough .1 he uty clesue to establlsh tluoughout the wo1ld mahce tOWa1Cl none and chanty fO1 all Let Ameum show the W xy lefldmg to a l21St1llg peice Wllill all 112lt1OI1S And to you gxaduates may I sfzy show you: comaffe hve vou1 best, fund st11ve unceaslngly fO1 '1 wo1ld 111 Wl11Cl'1 Wa1s shall be no mme I have the fa1th that you W1ll try Co1cl1'1lly youls CHARLES L KIRSCI-INER 88 P1 mczpal E'l7'l6llfllS 15 ' - ' -1 K 3 ' . - ' . - t ' . 3 p . . . ' ' 1 ' ' C ' , ' 1 a z K . . ' C A - - . . . ' L. K x ., 3 , . . . . . U 2' . A K . C u . 7 C K 1 n C Q 7 . Q C C ' - ' C ' ' Q A I u , . c w c l I n E Q . . . , ,, . ' 1 ' , ,, - .. 1 c 2 - c . c ' D L : c . ., J , 'l Q r I I I , , A . . C 3 , A . z ' ' Ig . Many suggestions are being presented for a etter World henceforth. If , C . A, . .7 .. .7 I 1 . , . . L 7 4 n v - e c ' , ' c I r ' ' 1 Q , . , c' ' , c c 'c ' Q c c .. ' kk ' , . c ' , I 'c . , n 1 4 V 1 A 2 1 ' Q Vx ' n . Cl I 1 . 7, CK .1 ' 77 .1 I I 4 C Q E C C . . C . A . i . . C K 7 . . D , 1 . C' - lr - , , 9 . ' ' . ,

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l rlgfw 55' To the class of 1944: Character, according to Mr. Noah Webster, is the aggregate of distinctive qualities belonging to an individual, the stamp of individuality impressed by nature, education, or habit. In other words, character is one's moral vigor or firmness, especially as acquired through self-discipline. Finally, character de- termines the estimate put upon a person, that is, his reputation. Your school has tried during the formative years of your life to inculcate in you the fundamentals of the usual formal education. It has also endeavored to co- operate With you in acquiring that broader education which comes through self- discipline, the education that you havegiven yourself in character-building. Your record has been splendid both in curricular and in extra-curricular activities, and you should all be very proud of these accomplishments. I, personally, am most happy to congratulate you upon this excellent record. You live in a democracy. Your forefathers, amid the greatest sacrifices, laid the foundation for a nation in which the people would rule themselves and would make the laws which would govern the American Way of life. Each succeeding generation has held to this ideal of democracy as the nation has spread over a great continent. Democracy must be preserved. Its ideals of freedom, equality, opportunity, and cooperation can be made real only through loyalty and sacrifice. American life has been at its best where it has been most democratic and at its Worst Where it has been least democratic. Ask yourselves what kind of country you Want. Do all in your power to maintain that kind of country. As you members of the Class of 1944 prepare to go out into the world to do your part in helping to save it in its grimmest crisis, our best wishes for your happiness and success go with you. Cordially yours, FRANK H. NETTLETON, N. H. H. S. '04, Administrative Assistant 17 flvfrl-