Wilbur L Cross High School - Crossroads Yearbook (New Haven, CT)

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AT THE CROSSROADS You to the left and I to the riht, For the ways of men must sever - And it well may be for a day and a night, And it well may be forever. But whether we meet or whether we part CFor our ways are past our knowingj , A pledge from the heart to its fellow heart On the ways we all are going! Here's luck! For we know not where we are going. Richard Hovey Thirty years ago, Commercial High School was organized for the purpose of educating boys and girls who wished to take the business and commercial road of life. All students desiring the college preparatory or nursing course attended Commercials neighbor, Hillhouse High School. In 1949 the Board of Education decided to give both schools equal educational opportunities, in other words, the same curriculum. This change necessitated a great alteration of class rooms, schedules, and equipment, and the introduction of work-shop, laboratories, and other specialized rooms. Naturally, under these changed conditions the name, Commercial High, could not be kept. The Board of Education asked the students and public to submit names for the new school. After much consideration, the Board decided upon the name Wilbur L. Cross High School in honor of the great scholar, educator, author, and statesman. Although he came from a family of small means, Mr. Cross became a teacher, a professor of English at the Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University, the dean of the Yale Graduate School, and finally rose to the high ofiice of Governor of Connecticut, which he held for four terms. His greatest aims in life were to giveieveryone the opportunity to have a formal education, and to improve the educational standards, therefore, it is hoped that this year's graduating class and all those of future years will, by fulfilling his aspirations, and high humanistic ideals, be able to pay tribute to this great man, Wilbur Lucius Cross. if l l 4 Al.ii ff' 'f 'l il' ' . 5

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DEDICATION To you, MRS. MARY GILLIGAN, loyal, amiable, and competent teacher, we, the class of nineteen hundred fifty-one, dedicate our class book. Your familiarity with the prob- lems of youth made you their genial friend and helpful counselor. May the memories of many fruitful years of devoted service to young people bring you satisfaction and happiness in the years to come. Dear Member! of the Gmduatmg Class of 1951 About four hundred of you are stepping out of this school into the world of Today. You have looked forward to your graduation with high hopes and with great anticipation. Some of you will go on to collegeg others will continue their formal education in some other wayg some others will join the ranks of the work-a-day world. Your high school education is just the beginning. The stern realities of life are facing you. Youth is in your favor, and all of life lies ahead of you. You have gained a wealth of knowledge from your studies, you have received advice from your teachers and counselors. I know that you will be a credit to your school, to your parents, and to your teachers. I wish you all the best of luck, the greatest success and much happiness. Mary Rose Gilligan 4

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