North Branch High School - Bronconian Yearbook (North Branch, MI)

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Dedication With great respect the Bronconian Staff gratefully dedicate this 1954 Bronconian to our Superintendent, Mr. Wesley Clayton, in appreciation for his willing service and faithful efforts which have contributed so much to the growth of North Branch High School. The Bronconian Staff

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Published by The Annual Staff North Branch High School North Branch, Michigan

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Mr. C. Wesley Clayton, Mr. Simmons, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Marion, and Mr. Fike Superintendent Mr. C. Wesley Clayton B.S. Central Michigan College of Education, M. A. Univer- sity of Michigan My Hearty Congratulations to the Seniors of 1954 You have learned or attempted to learn a great number of things during your 13 years of formal school instruction. You now enter the school of hard knocks where most of your learn- ing will depend upon how easily and well you receive, learn and bounce back from setbacks, discouragement, failures, and successes. You will find that everything depends upon you as an in- dividual. Your parents, teachers and friends have helped and protected you up until now. Now it is up to you. I hope and have every reason to believe that you will be a builder rather than a wrecker as the following poem portrays: BUILDERS OR WRECKERS? I watched them tearing a building down, A gang of men in a busy town; With a ho-heave-ho and a lusty yell They swung a beam and the side wall fell. I asked the foreman Are these men skilled? He gave a laugh and said; No, indeed! Just unskilled labor is all I need. I can easily wreck in a day or two What builders have taken a year to do! And I thought to myself as I went my way. Which of these roles have I tried to play? Am I a builder who works with care. Measuring life by rule and square? Am I shaping my deeds to a well made plan. Patiently doing the best I can? Or am I a wrecker who walks the town Content with the labor of tearing down? — Author Unknown Sincerely Mr. Clayto