Strafford High School - Torch Yearbook (Strafford, MO)

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Lawrence J. Ghan Superintendent Boar Today you stand on the threshold of a new life. hone of us can say what vast nanornmas will open to you- or what magnificence and diversity will make them beyond our comprehen- sion, The human freedom that is our heritage has determined our progress. The nrogress of future generations will be determined in identical fash- ion. Freedom then becomes the key to the progress we can make, This new life has no boundaries. There are no horizons lost in sight. The limits of your new world are as broad as the spirit and the imagina- tion of an ace skaned hy the invinc- ible cPerQcter o? the American neonle To such end Strafford High School is hapny to contribute to so orimary a resoonsihility as tho course of your destiny--the destiny of free, happy and orosnerous citizens in the world of today. fl ., Bert J. Handley V' H' DOVJ Vice-president Ed Stever President