Plainfield High School - Hermiad Yearbook (Central Village, CT)

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I HPRMI 'Ihe youth of today mll be the leaders of tomorrow who w1ll have the eno moue task ot leorgamzmh pol1t1c1l and economlc llfe and reetormg ordel 110111 ch toe Amerlca must provnde 1 strong le derehlp for 11 just and durable pexcc md such lemderehlp cannot be 1ttalned wlthout adequate educatlon Mary Lou Kmg 1942 What Is Th1s7 0111 ITIUIYIIHK IS I stcpped outslde I lou 1d thxt eserythmg, was whlte 1Xl11t could It be th xt looked so mcg Lpon thc ground 1nd on the ICS, It looked like Ilour sup, tr or IILC I ut 1lI the e lmnp, tlste kmd of n ce I1 th Ill., felt wct md very cold nl cc1 1cd o be lnkcd by young, 1nd old Kould It bt snow or run or fog' lon should I know' I m only 11 dog., Glsela Bloch 1941 America s Battle Cries UNI II Il SI zys been 1 n ltlon engrossed 111 the prob c 1s 1l wollt ol the peo e She h1s xlxx 1ys trled to st ly It pe'1c s 1 l cn slow IIQOI' She hw 1lw15s wuted pxtlently Ollt tn 111 ILICCINCII vuth hcr opponcnts befole COIISIIIPTIIIQ 1 1 th I1 llS been some dls xster VKIIILII h1s chan ed Ur It t c hom 1 pe ucfu n l.tl0Il to 1 w1r m xchme 1 II11 I1 1ppc nc cl du 111 tht II.tV0ll1tI0ll when the hrs the 1t1le ol liunkc Hlll w1s lot lhc men who fought xt Bun er poo1ly Ltllllpplll md than W1 1 I ck of KIISCIPIIIIG Although the ll 111vc the mcn cour 11,0 mtl conhdence Remember Bunkel b 1 thc buttlc cr IIIII lndepcndence for AIIILYILJ, w In yon no 1 exnnpc ol hr t dn nstcx then uctory ww the Alxmo In IS xse th bundled clchty thlce men who wev defendmg the Alxmo agamst llly thouszntls ol Me IL ms wcrc UIIIIIOILIIIIIIY butchered No m UI sunren 'med no m 111 xttemptul Ill ht 1nd not 1 In 1n eqc lped death qole QUFVIVOFS 111 Xluno we c th1ec women two whlte chlldren and one Negro boy nut the men xx e wenccd vxhcn Smtx Ann1 of WIEXICO recognlzed the 111 p ndence of I'ex11s It w IS at thm tlme that Remember the Alamo o 1 0.1 md thaw cry fm more th xn 11 hundred yewrs has been throughout 1 ve lvolld '1 Qymbol of Amerlcan courxge and determlnatlon S T H 'I I A D 1 '. ' 1 5 21 ' ' ' ' 1 1 . 1 1 ' 1 ' ' . z 1 4 . 1 ' ' 1: .' e ' 1 1 f ' ' 1 1' ' . Y , 2 . I S . ' 1 f 1 ' Z I x 'I 'L I.. 7 I. 1 fs 11' ' i . . 1'.-1 1 1 1 1 1 , .',1 01111 L 1 '1 . 1. ' ,.- 1, 1' , ' ft I' 'Q '. ' - f. :lt :jc If . , . I-Ili I 'I . 'A'l'l'ISl111s 11In'1 1 1 ' ' - l11..'111f x' ' pl ., 1' 211 '1 .' ' I2 1 1 ,e .nd I11. 11Tvf11.'s 'Jet .' 1 te 11 , . .' ., 1. 1 1 If 1' 1 ' ' and t1'ie1l to C 1 1 1 1 13' t 1: 1 : ' , ' ',v111', l?el'ere itll her vars e1'. Iil' , 5 , , .' 1 if 1 ' g tl1f1'Il'QclS1:t1s 1 1:1 I 1 ' 1 1 1 ' . The United States has frequently lost the first battle of il war but she 11lw:1j,'s 1'.'ln.s the wz 1', fa : 1 1 11' g 1 1 ' ' 1 st Iwftle, . 11: A , ' 11' ' , If 5 . 1 . 1 k Ilill ware ' 1 ' 1 1 V1 1 1: ' ' ' ' . 1 if Fmt! if v,'11s 10.4 , ', .11 1 1 1 '1 f 1 1 ' 1 2 , ' lllifl 111511 ue 1 ' 1 1 ' . 1 2. . 1 '11 '11 1.' . 1 ley 31 I1 ' I ss 's1.' 1', 1 , '1. 1 ' . th'.' 111 5 e ' xl 1 '- ' 1 , ' '12 .f ' 1 ' ' ,,1. fl ' X'52 .1 11 1 1 . 1 .1 1 - , 22 1 51,1 1 1 ,.r1 ' .1 1 5 11114.11 1' 111-1 '- ' , ' ' . 'el ax f- 1 1 11 1 1 1 V 71,0 c ' '15 '. ' ,',,- 1 -A f 4 ' 1 1 - 1 1 1 w L' . -. ' . . ' ' . 1 1 1 ,

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I HIQRMI The Students Address N THX' xear nrneteen hundred tlxe our rthers brought to thrs countx Plamreld Hrgh School eonterxed rn knoxxledge md dedrcated to e propo rtron th rt the xouth ot Ihrrnheld should be edue rted Nloxx xxe .ue engxged rn 1 econd xxorld xx rr tcstrne xxhetlrer the lc rrnrng o bxsed ln o trugtht 1 rn long endure We the student lrrxe come to dedlerte ou efforts to thr xx rr It 1 rltogether fittrng, md proper th rt xxe should do hr But not rll xxro hrxe entered these doors lmxe persexered to gr rdurtron The xxr e xxho hrxr struggled and studred and lerrned here hrxe gone for rboxe tho e xx ho xxe rkened 11nd left Plainfield High School The e lrtter xxrl lrttle note nor long remember xxhert they lerrned here but the xxr e xxrll nex er forget lt lor Us the student to continue our unhnrshed xxork lY1d'LllUs e noblx adx rnced It ls good for Us to be here rnd to confront the rert t sl ICIHIIHIYIE before u -Xnd xxrth those honored one xxho h rxe gr rdr rted x nrll grxe rnerea ed dexotron .md heartfelt thrnks to Ileunfield Hr h Seho for the eduertron xxhrth she oflers Us We feel sure that like those honored rrduate x e hrll recerxe the rexx ud tor our xxork -Xnd llrrnfreld H gn Qchool hrll contrnue to lr rxe nexx students md hrll eontrnue educrtrrrg rn b her t ther for Xrrrerlcr rrrd her xxork she! not e rrr x rrn Educatron s Contrrbutron lo The Fu ure AINY of u lr rxe rot xet rerlrzel the rl rnge rr the trend rn educ rtrorr th rt hr been brought rbout bx the present xx rr srtu tron Nor hfrxe reulrf d 1 oxx se ous trr 1 on re x e r hu f rx n more thought rnd studx to CXI tmp, condrtrons xxe xxould pend le +llTl9 lookrn, for our oxx I pleasures rnd eorntort 'md be thrnlslrg errouslx ut hoxx e r rke our elxe e rue r tl rnrn grer th rt lre rherd o I pr t x xxhen 1 person had recerxed .rn edueextron rt meant thfrt he hrd derlt clrrerlx xxrth text book md theorres but under pre ent xx 11 condrtrons educertron rs uhrexrng, more through prxetrerl trsurrrng md returl experrence The lrrge rrrcome that people xxorkrng m defense rndustrre todrx ar Clflllnfi 100k V3 Y lltltdtllxe to undergrrduates exen so attractrxe that memx of them rre ledxrng ehool before graduetron lt ls unfortunate for them that thex cannot look xhead mto the future and realrze that after thr xx 'rr rs oxer the demand for hrgh school and college graduates vxrll be so unrxer rl thrt people xxho lark edueertronrl brtkground xxrll be deprrxed o nro t bu me s opportunrtres T H 'I ' A D 7 r I tv . ' - v . fl L 'Ls . '- .f. .T L, vi . Vx 2 .TI th. ' s' ' 1 Q ' ' .' '1 . 1 ' ' ' ' '1 ' 1 s ' ' '1 ', ' 3' ' ' x' 52 ' ' , s 1 d S 1 f , T2 ' . , .' s, 1 ' ' 1 1' J' '1 '. 's 1 ' ' r 1 ' ' 1 ' . . t F. Z . I L Y 5. .A, . V .C ,,,. Y, .1 2 ' q ' v'S . 1 v X A. 1 A A- . 1 ,Z I u 2 v , 11 1 ' s ' '11 ' ' ' 'f ' . s 1 ' F D v . 5 - v 1 v 2 1 I : 3 P v' is ' ' .', ' Q s, ' ' ' ' ' 1 .' b, 1' ' '1 . ' ' ,' - 1' 1 ' g' 1 11:1 ' 1' ' ' ' s. 1 ,' . ' s ' 1 ' ' '1 li 1 -:Q 52- -. ' ,- . . 1 L, ru 'Q or g:'z ' s, x' s1 ' 1' '1' ' i' 1 s 1 ' 1 ' ' .' . 1 s 1 ' ' 1 ' the , 3' 1' ear' - 's, ' ' 1 '1 1 x' ' ' .' 'll b ' '1' Theresa Zurich-1943 X 41 if If ' l ' ' t Y, 1 14 1'r .' '1' 1 ,e'1r','. ', ' '1' 1 1s - 1 ,' .' '1 :x' . 1 ' xx'e ' ' 'ze JL st h ' .' vi ,' l's sittzrti . ' :rllj is. I' rhz ps 1 l xx, 'e ' f 1 J j 1 's ' r ' ' ' .', 'x ' ss .' ' jr 1 ' ,' 1 ' ' ' 1 A 1 1 s, .' -' fxho ' xx'e xxr Illl - 's ' s c11p11bl'1 ol' eti rg re 1 x' ' 1t tasks 1 1 1 f us. n in jezrrs, ' 1 Q ' ' -, 'r - H ' , ' 4 L , 1 ,1 1' 's 1 .', ' s '1 ' ' .' e H' ' 1' ' 1' 1 ' 1 1' 1 1 ' f s ' ' ' ' ' , J ' .' ' s 1,' -2 Z ' v Y-is 1 1 . ' - 1 2 bs, v L, ' v 1 . .1 . ., 2 , 4 . Y 'C - 'k f , . 1 ' As . A. v' L ' . .Sk 2 , . ,I ' 2 2 b Ar 3 . Y 6 s s' Sf ' ' '

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