Westminster School - Annual Yearbook (Simsbury, CT)

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DCd1C3t10H For their creatlxe enthusiasm the ease with which thex put us at our ease sharing each box s mterests making hum feel at home slgnxflcant their mtelllgent participation in our sports actlx 1t1es For lxlrs Nlllllkens forthright friend lxness her happx touch in brightenmv rooms with flowers her unaffected graclousness Profs insight his wide sxmpathx jUdlClOL1s forcing of our self rellance self realization For these first gifts first we shall remember them Then for how much more' We remember thmkmg lllr 'llllllken the school when first he shoxxed us round XVe know now that he ls not the school know h has built too wlselx for that msubstantlal end But we know also that the Nlilllkens haxe made of school a family team that thex mspxred Its friendly atmosphere Westmmsters focus must alwaxs be its head master Despite this focus Prof bx winning the admiration of a facultx xx hose 8dIDlI'lIl0Il is worth having bx aiming tow lrds a school run bx its boxs has built here a communltx wherein xxe xx ork to gether for an end greater than lIlCllXlCll12ll ends and though summed up for box conxtmentt ls VN est mlnster greater than that When thex first came one of YVestm1nsters mottoes was fo teach our boxs to bear the burden ln their youth Prof has counseled us Lne nobly to Gods glory and the good cheer of our fellow men Providing us experience of the burden when we can make mistakes he has not found our being young our first mistake but, nexer forgetting W are boys has treated us like men On Profs rival courses ln religion disappeared as dld annual publlcatlon that evcplamed school rules religion has become operatlxe so fuslom has placed the codlfied rule Entering boxs find open ness security Growing m understanding boxs can attempt ln their turn to encourage those who lack confidence to soothe the self assertlxe For Prof considering box leadership essentlal vltallzed the system under which Sixth Formers haxe responsl blllflCS commensurate with their privileges He put lmplxclt trust ln fixe school prefects and gaxe all Sl'-:th Formers corridor prefect duties Respond mg eagerly, many Sixth Formers now consider their duties chief among thelr privileges Indeed from Prof we have not learned to bear the burden but to seize lt Progress in bodv and mind has marched wlth this increased spirit Westmmsters measurements today addlng to stature, filllng out as boys do attest its physical growth ln twenty years Before Summus and Superus were as populous as now Prof still found gratifying progress m the health the hard play of Westminster boys Recently mtellectual standards have stiffened even con currently with an increase in enrollment but the same understanding judgment that earller turned frustrated scholars into fine citizens glvlng them rich abldmg values have guided their more cap able successors Few of us have remained closed to him 1 had a talk with Nlr Nlxlhken He made me see He has had this gift of mak1ng us see YVe ll not forget his rich voice speaking prayers in Chapel lNow as we graduate the full sonorous words gather meanings in memory Prof has been blessed, we know not only to percelve what things he ought to do but to have grace and power faithfully to fulfill the same and we thank God We dedicate our Yearbook to the Milllkens humbly aware of rronx For thex have dedicated to the school nn fullest measure during twenty years their vltal minds, their vision their devoted hearts Our Yearbook seems slim thanks And yet, smce nt records the xears we xe shared with them and smce not to themselxes but with them for great ends thex xe urged the dedication of our lwes we dedicate our book to them with pride a hopeful not unfittmg tribute now that together we depart O O 1 1 . . . 11 , 1 ' ' .Va 1 ' ' 1 ' U 1 1 , 1 1 1 U 1 1 1 ' 1 1, 1 , 1 'r . . . Y 1 1 1 , V ' . . . . , . . . . - H . ,, . 1 1 1 1 . X ' - . ' . U . . . . U U . . 1 . . . 1 U D 1 1 . f . . . i 1 1 . . . 1 . , , . . . U. U U . . . U . U ,, , 1U 1 U , 1 ' 1 : ' I s 1 1 u ' 1 1 . , 1 1 - - - - - y xx n - - u ,U - - ' cc ' xx U . l 1 , , yy Q U x ' ' ' - 1: n 1 - e 1 ' 1 1 , C , ' 1 ' ' .P c . 1 l , 1 U1 ' ' . . ' 1 1 1 - , H ,, . U U . U . 1 U - . C l 1 P , U U . . . - . ' lx 1 L' , - I 3 - 1 1 , ' 1 1 ' ' .' 2 1 ' y I , 1 ' ' , U' 1 'Z 1' 1 1 U' f v'.', 1 -s - . . . . . H . .U. U U. U . . U ,, 1 1 ' 1 1 1 , 1 1 1 . l . . . . U UU . w U U 7 . . . , I ' C C 1 u . .x . . . U . , 1 . 1 U . 1 ' ' T . ' x ' 1 1 H, U . . . I L 1 '- . . U ,, U U .U U U H U . . . . , , . ,- 1 r . . . ,, . , . x - 1 . . C .U , . , . . ' , 1 1 1 31 1 ' , 1 , 1 an 1 , 1 . . 1 . As . . . . . U U re- . . U U , U . a . - 1 - v , ' 1 1 - v . ' 1 . - -v . . . U . U U . U. . y r ' . U Q . . U v ' 1 1 J 7

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Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Milliken

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