Southington High School - Chronicle Yearbook (Southington, CT)

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g'1?g.L,j7,':Q'1:- V ' r , ' Wf'-L :.- --r L I .. .4 .:,fwvs..aulz'i'.?.x.t.f JOHN NF. KENNEDY In Memoriam Life in the United States of America goes on this morning. But there is something wrong. Our friend, our leader, our Presi- dent, is dead. He was admired. He was respected. And now he is no more. His courage was undeniable, his love of country came to be expressed in dedicated words and deeds. john F. Kennedy be- longed to all of us. No one, nothing, is the same anymore-he's gone. Our people had faith in this man, faith enough to place our country in his hands. He responded with greatness, a greatness cut short by tragedy. His place in history has been achieved forever. The murder, insidious crime that it was, will live in infamy. His death is the nation's loss, the World's loss, our loss. From us passes a leader of democratc ideals. President john F. Kennedy fought for and defended liberty, and as it is be- coming increasingly clear-died for it. There were those who opposed him, who never shared his vision-but there were those who loved him, and admired him, and believed in him. john F. Kennedy, the man, is dead. But his legend will go on as long as free men live. EDITOR THE EMBLEM November 26, 1965 And so, my fellow Anzerican: ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country . . . With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the jinal judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His hlessing and His help, hut knowing that here on earth God's works must truly he our own. From President Kennedy's Inaugural Address, january 20, 1961 3 - f ..t...n-.-....f.,p 1 ' , . B ,H ,r,,

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KG 5 1-V A ,Q-7 Riff- J I .7 I , ' r , fZ4.,.. '25 We Qegis f i - r 1 r Z, - gi, 77 VLQC 9 0 affi G67 lf J KTTZP7- I . D 1-, f urqgkix K f ,,fff'iZ' f ' We ojfeggg - 4, - f' X ...S 44-iag or the Chronicle it has been a year of change a transitiong the beginning of a new look in the year- -JEQSX book and the end of more than a year's preparation and planning. As you view this book some of these changes will be easily recognizable. Others more meaningful and important will not meet your Hrst glance. There are two basic themes which have played a large part in the yearbooks of recent years, tradition vs. traditionalism, and yearbook vs. classbook. It is up to each Chronicle Staff to decide where its product will be placed along the continuum, and this year's yearbook takes this opportunity to clearly outline its position. During the past year we have discussed and observed many yearbook innovations and the general trend in progressive yearbook design with many opin- ionated experts. We have seen examples of truly great yearbooks and have recognized both their good and bad points and out of this has evolved our own year- book. It is a symbol of change and innovation. There are two major differences which we feel distinguish this book from any other yearbook. First it is the first yearbook to assert itself as such. In the past the Chron- icle was a classbook or a record of the activities of the class with the exclusion of anything- extraneous. It was constructed mainly and in some cases totally for the benefit and enjoyment of the Senior class. For the past decade there has been a general departure from this end. In order to make this yearbook more meaningful to the rest of the school the Chronicle has become a true yearbook, devoted to the graphic representation of the school year. And this we state as our purpose. We intend this Chronicle as a yearbook and have endeav- oured to make it more representative of the school at large. The second big change which is evident in the Chronicle is the movement away from traditionalism to tradition. There is much of the nostalgic past in any yearbook, but a great deal of it is not vital and all too much of it is meaningless. For instance, each year it is customary to devote four or five pages to candid shots of the Seniorsg these have meaning from the start for only a small minority of the Senior class, and as time passes on', lose even that. These candids have been eliminated. Tradition for the sake of tradition is meaningless. Improvement should never be pre- vented by an unfounded devotion to the past. To you of the class, this yearbook may feel strange and unusual for we have tried to do in one year what it has taken other schools ten. Our purpose in chang- ing many of the things which you have taken to expect lies not in any selfish desire to force on you our wishes and personal tastes, but rather to present to you and the school the best possible and most meaningful rep- resentation of this year. Wfe feel we have opened the door to the future of even more improvements, and we hope that next year's Chronicle staff will correct our mistakes and continue on what we have started. ...--. .,....-.1awf.am-s.,-m,..,-.. ......1,T..,..,.r.f-W f..Y.WW- ,..