Weequahic High School - Legend Yearbook (Newark, NJ)

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 BENJAMIN O'NEAL YOUR YEARS AT WEEQUA-HIC HIGH SCHOOL ARE NOW PAST AND ARE RELEGATED TO MEMORIES, BUT YOU WILL ALWAYS BE PART OF THIS SCHOOL. JUST AS IT WILL BE PART OF YOU. WISHING YOU STRENGTH TO DO WELL AND WISDOM TO BE POSITIVE AND COURAGE TO GO FORWARD. BENJAMIN O’NEAL VICE PRINCIPALS SUCCESS IS GOING FROM FAILURE TO FAILURE WITHOUT LOSS OF ENTHUSIASM SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL IT S ALWAYS NECESSARY FOR ME TO HAVE A STARTING PLACE. THIS QUOTE IS THAT. THE POINT IS NOT THAT ANY OF US IS A FAILURE; BUT RATHER. WE ARE NOT. AND SHOULD NOT BE STOPPED IN OUR TRACKS BY ANY ONE FAILURE. THERE WILL BE FAILURES; THERE WILL BE RE-DIRECTION OF GOALS; THERE WILL BE TIMES WHEN WE ARE POWERLESS TO CHANGE THAT THAT MUST BE CHANGED. NEVERTHELESS. WE MUST GO ON AND ON AND ON. ENTHUSIASM ALLOWS US TO GO—ON AND ON AND ON. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO MAINTAIN A SENSE OF ENTHUSIASM: TO WORK THROUGH WHATEVER OBSTACLES MAY BE IN THE PLACE TO THWART YOUR SUCCESS; TO ACCEPT SOME FAILURES. BUT TO KEEP IN MIND YOUR ULTIMATE GOALS. I BELIEVE IN THE WORK ETHIC. I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU WOULD. TOO. AND. ULTIMATELY. I ASK THAT YOU WORK TO ENJOY LIFE. IT SHOULD BE A GOOD TIME. JEANNE N. OPPEL JEANNE N OPPEL

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Executive Superintendent Eugene Campbell eoneo or EDUCATION orncc or '» EXECUTIVE SUPERINTENDENT ■(wan. »i»,«•»» ©» oi-»© - CUGCNC C CAXMCU Congratulations Graduates, Graduation frc » high school is a commencement of an important chapter In your lives. Your diploma will be your passport to the world of opportunity. Mow far you will travel depends upon your application of the principles that your parents, teachers and friends helped you to develop. The academic foundation thot you have received will enable you to take advantage of the opportunities end overcome difficulties you will face in your future. Betray neither your principles nor fail to build upon your academic foundations and your lives will be filled with success. As you move through life, remember your days at Heequhaic. the friends you made, the experiences you shared and the lessons you learned. Use them as a point of reference but not as a refuge from the future. Again, congratulations: I am certain you will represent your parents. Executive Superintendent

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Congratulations on the completion of another milestone in your lives. Everyone here at Wee-quahic High School has tried to prepare you for the future. When opportunity presents itself, those who are prepared are most likely to take advantage of it. Set your sights high on your goals, your wishes, and your ambitions. Strive always to be the best you can. My best wishes to all of you, for a bright, productive, and happy future. Good Luck! Sincerely, Louis Passanante LOUIS PASSANANTE VICE PRINCIPALS I join with the administration, faculty, staff, and students of Wee-quahic High School in saying congratulations to the graduating class of 1987. You are among the fortunate in today’s society. Fortunate because you have been able to persevere through twelve years of schools; fortunate because you did not succumb to the dropout’ statistic; and fortunate because you have chosen the path that you will follow in life - the path of success. Christian F. Hebbel, a German dramatist, wrote: Life is not anything: it is only the opportunity for something All I ask is that you seize every opportunity that presents itself to you. take from it what you need to reach your goals, mold it to fit the blueprint' you have drawn for yourself, and do the very best that you can, with whatever you have, wherever you are. Norma Brown NORMA BROWN 5