Stratford High School - Log Yearbook (Stratford, CT)

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dedication TO MRS. RUTH McCRACKEN, we, the Class of 1953, dedicate our year book. A woman of wisdom and kindness, her . guidance and encouragement helped us to an immeasur- able extent in the long-awaited completion of our LOG.

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To you, we present the story of the year 1952-1953 at Stratford High School — a story written by you and recorded by us of the Log. Considering how best we might record this story, we found, since our senior year is so outstanding, that a presentation of Stratford from the outlook of a senior would be most comprehensive and meaningful to you both now and in future years. With this in mind, not so much as a theme but as an accent, we have attempted to recall to you the high- lights of the year. It is our hope that we have chosen to emphasize that which might ideally have been your choice, too, and so with these few remarks, we give to you a book representing the best efforts of our staff— we give you the Log of 1953. We WitUZeme A

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DU. WL JJ U DR. C. E. CHAFFEE Superintendent of Stratford Public Schools Dr. Charles E. Chaffee is the superintend- ent of the Stratford Schools. Among his many duties are administering the educa- tional budget; presiding over the Advisory Council, which meets bi-monthly and assists in the planning of school policies; and speaking before Parent-Teacher groups on school problems. MR. S. DAVIS Administrative Assistant Mr. Davis, our assistant superintendent, came to Stratford in November, 1951. After graduating from Westminster College in Pennsylvania, he spent three and one-half years in the United States Air Force. He then had four years experience in both in- struction and administration, after which he came to Stratford where he has aided Dr. Chaffee in handling the educational budget, watching over the new junior high schools, deciding on school problems and policies, and still giving attention to improvement of school grounds and buildings. 6