Newington High School - Sequin Yearbook (Newington, CT)

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To MRS. MAUD L. MURPHY. WHOSE LEADERSHIP. PATIENCE. AND THOUGHTFULNESS WE DEEPLY APPRECIATE. THIS NINTH EDITION OF THE SEQUIN IS DEDICATED.

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JOHN B. HENDERSHOT Su peri n ten dent Superintendent's Message To the Class of ’46: It is my privilege at this time to extend sincere congratulations to the class of ’46. You have achieved through faithful adherence to duty high standards of citizenship, which devolves on those remaining in school great responsibilities to strive for and to maintain. Someone has said that this country seems to enjoy crises, for we no sooner get out of one before we enter into another. No one can deny that today our world is in a state of chaos and confusion. Tremendous problems of world order face solution in the immediate future by the youth of today. Only steadfastness of purpose, an adherence to strong ideals, an identification with true values, a determination to stand up for conscientious beliefs, and the use of initiative to overcome obstacles besetting us will preserve that fine heritage of a free and democratic society which has made this nation supreme on earth and which so many Americans have died to establish and preserve. Let us recognize the heights beyond not yet reached. The condition of progress is beckoning you onward. The 1946 Sequin 3