Weaver High School - Portal Yearbook (Hartford, CT)

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FOREWORD The play has been fast moving For four years we, the class of ’60, have been performing in a gigantic spectacle. With Weaver as our stage and the faculty as our directors, we have all been acting in an all-encompassing drama. Not even Shake¬ speare, the greatest playwright of all time, could have crammed so much tragedy and so much comedy into just one play! The plot has been a complicated one and the characters have been varied. The play has been fast moving — we can hardly believe that the final curtain is soon to come down! We made our debut in 1956 with a feel¬ ing of stage fright that we thought we’d never conquer. Now we feel all the confi¬ dence of seasoned performers. But, just as we’ve grown accustomed to our parts and familiar with our lines, it is time to assume another role. We’re joining an even larger production, and we’ve been assigned an even larger role. Now there won’t be quite so much help from the prompters, and soon we’ll find ourselves in starring positions. As the second curtain rises, we all share the same hope — that our four years at Weaver have adequately prepared us for our new role. We of the yearbook staff would also like to express the hope that, in retro¬ spect, the Portal of I960 will serve as an adequate review ' of this unforgettable pro¬ duction. M.L.A. . . . the confidence of seasoned performers.”

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DEDICATION For their devotion to Weaver and its student body, the class of I960 would like to dedicate this year’s classbook to three members of the faculty. Each has played a vital role in our high school careers, and each will be remembered with fondness for the en¬ viable qualities he or she exemplifies. Most of America was frightened by the advent of Sputnik, but we at Weaver were confident. With such a capable instructor as head of our science de¬ partment, we are capable of meeting the challenge. For years this teacher has devoted himself whole¬ heartedly to Weaver High School. Mainly because of his efforts Weaver’s science department has attained such an excellent reputation. Here is a man who, through his own dedication to his subject, has been able to stimulate city-wide interest in the Weaver science program. Although leisure time was rare for our scientist, he often found time to preside over meetings of the Biology Club after school. To this man goes the sincere respect of the members of our graduating class. MISS JEANNINE BELISLE MR. RUSSELL BAKER With a megaphone in one hand, Charlie Brown in the other, an agenda for an F.T.A. meeting under the right arm and a student’s guidance card under the left, this human dynamo is ready for another school day. This teacher never ceases to amaze us with her boundless pep and vitality. We cannot even at¬ tempt to count the times her sunny smile brightened up a seemingly hopeless blue Monday and how often we’ve enjoyed her dry sense of humor. All who have worked with her as guidance counselor, as chaperone for the cheerleaders, or as adviser to the F.T.A. will vouch for her ability as well as for her willingness to roll up her sleeves and pitch in.” May we now wish the best” to a teacher who has been a tremendous influence on each and every one of us. 6