Wethersfield High School - Elm Yearbook (Wethersfield, CT)

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En Rlentnriant Gwendolyn Rutherford Though now beyond earth's farthest hills you fare, Song-crowned, immortal, sometimes it seems to me That, if I listen very quietly, Perhaps I'll hear a light foot on the stair And see you, standing with your angel air, Fresh from the uplands of eternityf, -W. W. G. John Hope They do not die who find in death The great adventure, the first breath Whence came this life from Godg Who, taking wings, laugh down at earth, Leap skywards, and with boyish mirth Run where the angels trod. -C. R.

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EDITORIAL Now that this Elm is published, we feel that it is fitting that those people who labored upon it get the recognition which is their due. The pupils in the Senior typing class and the Art department have done a great deal of work upon this book. The Senior typists stayed after school for hours, copying the work of the contributors. Theirs was not the kind of labor which commands its own reward. It was, rather, an extremely dull and uninteresting task. The authors of the stories used have the satisfaction of seeing their own creations in print, and are able to take pride in their Work. The typists have not this feeling, for there is no pride of creation in mere copying. The pupils of the Art department have faced a similar problem, al- though they do get a little more recognition than do the typists. Their task has not been free from drudgery, for some of the more delicate work requires the utmost patience. K It is with a feeling of real respect that we of the Staff extend our thanks for and appreciation of the excellent co-operation given us in these departments. EDITORIAL We have often been told that there is a great value in an education when one looks at it from the business point of view. Many of us are not satisfied with letting the usefulness of our education stop at this point. We want something more. We want our education to improve us culturally. An education is like a searchlight. When it is used properly, it brings many obscure but important things to view. If it is not in the possession of a person who knows how it should be used, its power of revelation is often wasted. When a person has finished school, his thoughts are usually centered upon his work. He is quite likely to allow his finer feelings to stagnate while he pursues his business in too diligent a manner. It is up to each of us to cultivate a taste for the beautiful and to keep this taste alive by feeding it with the best. Trash will kill finer sensibilities just as quickly as it will kill young plants. Once we have acquired a keen sense of the beautiful and have learned to nourish it properly, We shall find that our lives have become richer and fuller and that our feelings have been so attuned as to give us an understanding of things we had not realized were in existence. When We are happy, our happiness will be a deeper happiness than we had been capable of previous to this time. When we love, our love will be a greater love. We will live more in the same length of time than we formerly would have done. Our sole aim during the formative period should be that of develop- ment in all directions and the cultivation of well-rounded interests.