Stamford High School - Flashback Yearbook (Stamford, CT)

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47 .J l X . FA REWELL MRS. BUHN Mrs. Louisa H. Bohn, Dean of Girls, retires this year from Stamford High School with a record of extraordinary achievement. She has symbolized all that is at once iust yet merciful, scrupulous yet kind. Her office has been in the literal and figurative sense, the heart of the school. From here emanated the vitality and love which kept this great organism from becoming iust so many cement stones and pieces of wood. With incredible insight and perception she has handled the conflicting prob- lems of youth, smoothing out the tangled emotions and establishing order from confusion and disappointment. Her guidance at meetings and activities was con- stant assurance of absolute fairness and genuine interest. Mrs. Bohn has made her presence so integral a part of Stamford High, that it is difficult to think of the school without her. Reviewing the past, she says in her own words, Every minute has been pure joy, Contemplating the future, we say in the words of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee, Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers, our tears. vi ga N

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A MESSAGE FRUM UUR ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT Up to the present time one of the most interesting and, to me, constructive contributions the satellites have made to man is the chance which has been given us to see our earth from a different point ot view. The satellite has en- abled us to know our sphere a little better and in a different way because of the far out look it can take of things we have known intimately and in detail for a long time. This is I feel a challenge to each one who is about to be graduated from Stamford High School that he, too, be for a little while, a thoughtful scientist sending out his own satellite in order to get a better or longer view of himself. The time has come to send up your own satellite to help you ascertain what your real life goals are and with what equipment you are prepared to achieve them. Stand by for operation Satellite '60! Helen Tobin AND PRINCIPAL The customary message ofthe Principal to the Gradu- ating Class is written this year with mixed feelings. The Class of T960 and I have at least one thing in common, we are completing our work at Stamford High School together. In view of my decision to retire after thirty-five years as teacher and administrator in this school my message is in a sense terminal. While my official connection with S.H.S. will end at the close of this school year, my, emotional and devotional connection with the School will continue un- broken. The Class of T960 has been outstanding. In scholar- ship, sportsmanship, leadership and citizenship this class is top rank. Your possibilities for great achievement in the years that lie ahead are unbounded. My best wishes for happiness and success go with each oneof you. Alton Rhoods 9 .-lm ,Q INK is

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GUUDBYE T0 Miss Florence Paine retires this year after teaching in the Science Department of Stamford High School for the last thirty years. An intelligent and inspiring individual, both in the class- room and in private life, Miss Paine has voiced faith in the youth of today. If you recognize the good within a student and offer him encouragement, his chances of potential development are greatly increased. For making this philosophy a part of her career, we thank Miss Paine and wish her future happiness. Miss Julia Bibiana Stark, one of Stamford High's best known teachers, retires this June. Miss Stark has been a Latin teacher in the Stamford school system since 1920. ln her forty years of in- struction she has vitalized Latin for hundreds of students. She has been the sponsor of the Junior Classical League where she has striven to enrich the study of the ancient language. We, the Class of 1960, wish Miss Stark much happiness as we say fare- well to a warmhearted individual and dedicated teacher. UUR BEST WISHES T0 Mr. Norton Rhoades, teacher and Administrative Assistant, leaves this year to become principal of Stamford's new high school. Through his eighteen years at Stamford High, he has seen the school grow in size and complexity. Mr. Rhoades has given daily of his abilities to assimilate the growth and to reduce the complexities of this institution. With his teaching and admini- strative background, Mr, Rhoades competently enters his new position with the goodwishes of his friends and students. Mr. Mayo Sorgman, teacher at Stamford High School since 1936, Head of the Arts Department since 1946, now advances to the post of Art Director for all of Stamford's public schools. A graduate of the Massachusetts School of Art, Mr. Sorgman has honored the school with his ability both as an instructor and as an artist whose work has gained national acclaim. To his new position, Mr. Sorgman takes twenty-four years of experience and our best wishes for his success. F5 it f s. 1 'Q