Stratford High School - Log Yearbook (Stratford, CT)

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E CJLTY The ABCs of Englnsh 12 Anglo Saxon Beowulf Chaucer' Left to rxght L Paternoster P Gregor P Dennett L Perrmn H Bodnar K Gust T Putglnse ill Frrst row left to nght E Wordell Head of Department M Schnllmg R McCracken J Mahoney Second row left to right J Connors R Conrad R Speer inn xf 2 6 I ENGLISH DEPARTMENT S O I 7 Ox l 'X X X 6 Q 1! V 5 ll 9 L l 0 l ll, ll- - l Y fin Y . X' . . x., R ' ' L X f 0 f x . 2' l 1 . . E V ' -- Jn lf Q .' ' . ' ' ' ' 1 x , - , - ' - ll l

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EDWIN A COX Supermtendent of Schools It ns a baslc prmcxple of democracy that there IS a dxgmty of the mdlvrdual The rrght of men to have equal opportumtres to develop therr respective talents We have had the wonderful expetrence of sharmg wrth your parents the responsnbnlrty of helpmg you to become competent cmzens who wxll be prepared to llve rxch and satxsfymg personal lxves Thrs years marks the 30th anniversary of your hxgh school yearbook The golden cham of events leadmg down through the years have been rewarding ones The Class of 1957 becomes the brrghtest and newest lmk rn the charn The lustre wrll fade rn txme but the tme strength wxll prove itself rn the years to come 9- rw 4 ix! RUTH CUNNINGHAM, Gurdance Drrector 1957 the Thnrtneth Anmversary of the LOG and the Seventxeth Anmversary of Stratford Hugh School You ask How has the student changed through the years? He has changed as the world nn which he lnves has changed In all hugh schools today there are many more young people whose Interests abxln tres and goals cover a much wxder range than formerly As socrety has become more complex and the world srtuatxon more confused the demands upon students have Increased You the students of today are eager and refreshrng m your ap proach to lxfe and to knowledge Your horxzons are broader you are better mformed m many ways and you are called upon to assume greater responsnbllxtxes At the same txme you are faced wrth more conflicts and greater challenges Most of you are realnstrc ln your attn rude towards life s problems You are seekmg to understand yourselves and those about you Although self relxant you are searchrng for rdeals and spmtual values to guxde you We who have worked wrth you have confidence rn you We wrsh you well and urge you to thme own self be true And nt must follow as the nrght the day Thou canst not then be false to any man J OLIVER CARSON Assrstant Superintendent This yearbooks family album theme encourages us to look wxth greater appreclatron at our school famxly One of the greatest achlevements of Amerxcan democracy has been our free and umversal publrc school system We rn Stratford are a part of that natlonwlde famlly of educatron just as m famrly llfe because of the endeavor and work of the past we are what we now are Only by mdlvrdually becommg the best that we can become can we duly repay the past and the present for rts soundest mvestment of tlme and effort m ourselves. Thus we, too, can take a place of honor in our school family album. t- we f X S , The roots 0 our amzly tree.

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ART DEPARTMENT 461' I yu.- h X ANNA B HOGAN A 51 N ll bad be MICHAEL MENNONE Ban L d dCh D They helped our family grow X58 Q I' 0 ' A I4 .V Q, ' . xi CO -X ff 1 ' - , I X .Za , A -A ee w In art class, alf the painting is the planning. gi Z ff' .9 I 0 K R mf , 1 I X, sf 1 I Y' I MUSIC DEPARTMENT I Head of the I'tDepartment. . 0 I 2 ' Q A P ' T nf. .. A -rx . 1 . 1 'J : . V! I 4 ' . I , f I ' xl - 5 F AM' Our n rehearses-brasses n' Ils! d ea er an oir irector. 7