Wethersfield High School - Elm Yearbook (Wethersfield, CT)

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O 2 Outerspace has been chosen as the theme of our yearbook The conquest of space IS also the theme of our t1me The 1m mortal frontrersman must now compete wrth a new phenom enon, the spaceman In the ethereal vxorld we have found our new front1er a new obyect for our rnherent cur1os1ty The k1nd of man who first dared to cross the Alleghenres became a sym bol of the self relrant, 1nd1v1dual1st1c character pecullar to Amerlcans, the tvxentleth century scxentlst IS hrs counterpart The vast skres offer opportunltles wh1ch may prove to be as 1nHn1te as the1r expanse But thls reglon of moon and stars, wh1ch has 1nsp1red countless paeans, IS also haunted by 1ns1d 1ous drsaster Many obstacles are rmposed on us not only by is so much greater than that undertaken by those who first moved westward the man who accepts that challenge must be more patnent, more self relmnt, more wary and venturesome than hls ancestors Sclence, wh1ch has forged ahead 1n the exploratlon of outerspace, has advanced 1n other fields to provlde all the com forts of push button l1v1ng Unfortunately these comforts have produced a society noted for nts snug complacency In a sense this IS an 1ron1cal s1tuat1on for, IH a tnme when so many dreams of sc1ent1sts are becom1ng real1t1es, young people should be eager to porn the screntxsts nn the1r search for the new front1er Our generatlon can produce many great men, 1f all are m1ndful that we can never reach an end nn dlscovery and learnlng The Class of 58 has reached one end Now that the experr mental stage has been completed, the malden voyage w1ll follow wrth a launchmg eagerly antlcnpated 2 nature but also by our competitors. Since the challenge of today

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DSDKAT1 limi N MR L MELLE AWR We the Llise of 1958 respectfully dcdlulte our ywrboolx Mrs Irene B Mellen an Mr Lawrence 9 Hutmclx 1n apprccmnon for thelr lllifly contrxbuuons towqrds the Success and Well bemg of our class 3 P' A'-' y . fkhyzil '..k V 1 w ' - V 7 to d