Stratford High School - Log Yearbook (Stratford, CT)

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F OREWORD As the gas lamp flrckered and the player pnano banged out Margie snster Sue and her boyfnend leafed through the old famlly album They laughed at the old fashnoned long dresses and handlebar mustaches exclaxmlng They re the cats meow' Thxs was the age of the raccoon coat the shxmmy the knee length hem and m1x1ng bowl hat and the first Stratford Hngh yearbook Th1rty years haxe passed--cars are sleeker-dresses are longer aga1n real cool has replaced Oh you kxd' but the eternal famxly album together wnth our SHS LOG has held an unchanged place 1n our lxves your own personal album On nts pages wrll be plctures of the out dated styles and modes of another fam1ly The Senlor Class of 1957 We would lxke to make thxs Th1r tleth Annxversary LOG a true album so that nts p1cture framed cover v.1ll always mean an album of fun memor1es and dear frnends to you l 2 I9 Many years from now you, too, will laugh and exclaim as you turn the pages of this, J-:ix .yt ' 7 0 X X I Q Q

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QNTEN Foreword Admrmstratron Faculty Senlors Underclassmen Act1v1t1es Memories Sports Advertrsing Page 118 fl, or 0 Q 1 3 .. 6 4 6 ' 16 60 68 92 96

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DONALD W FOWLER Pnncrpal My sympathy goes out to the Class of 1957 for bemg the hrst senror group smce 1930 to be on double sessrons Many senrors have welcomed a shorter school day wrth a chance to earn more money for college expenses or for a new car or for marnage after june graduation But there are many more who de plore the shorter perrods and the mad msh from 40 a m to 12 18 p m There are some young male graduates who have even mrssed therr sophomore romances' All rn all I am sure the semors would prefer a smgle sessron wrth more trme for extra sublects longer home room penods more assemblres and more tnme to see therr frrends and teachers after 2 00 pm Thrs class has been fortunate however to have carrred on the tradrtron of outstandmg school sprrrt for whrch SHS has been noted over many ymrs ln sprte of the drsrupted schedule the senrors have grven every ounce of effort to see S H S mamtam many of nts fine tradrtrons Only semors by therr example can pave the way for good school morale good crtrzenshrp and good scholarshrp You have done an outstandrng job rn all of these phases of school lrfe Smooth sarlmg mto the future and the very best of washes for every success '1 4- ELDEN H DUSTIN Assnstant Prmclpal The year 1956 1957 wrll be remembered for brmgmg back double sessrons to Stratford Hrgh School for the first trme smce the 19305 Although rt rs too soon to make a valrd evaluatron of the new system obvrous drsadvantages are the lrmrtatrons rmposed by the shortened school day m schedulmg such rmportant extras as musrc art and mtramural athletics the drfhculty rn arrangrng after school confer ences between teachers and students a drsunrty among both students and faculty caused by the splrttrng of sessrons and a general hurrred ness not conducnve to advancrng the teachrng learnrng process In sprte of double sessron problems rt appears that students who genurnely desrre a good educatnon under thrs system are wrllrng and able to make the necessary added effort It rs partrcularly to the credrt of the Class of 1957 that rts members have adusted well to the change and have taken the lead rn helprng to preserve school spmt and umty Such abxlrty to adapt to new condrtnons rs one of the tests of an edu cated person a test whrch the Class of 1957 has passed wrth A+' My best wrshes are wrth you as you meet your future problems rn the same manner JOHN J OLHA Vrce Prmcrpal N wrt 1 Q ll fx fl lr fl 4, A N1 If ' I . , , ' . v . . .. .. ., - .'. . .. Q5 Il Y 7 J '- ffl U- 9 nv-l ll