Williams Memorial Institute High School - Legenda Yearbook (New London, CT)

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F OREWORD .... THE year 1941 will long be remembered by all students who have studied at W. M. I., for this year is our school's fiftieth birthday. Time has wrought many changes in school-girl customs and' styles, the years have seen the gradual enlargement of the student body and the campus. Many of us do not remember when W. M. I. had but one building-VVilliams Hall, and it is a long time since W. M. I. first opened its doors to young ladies, offering them an opportunity to gain more knowledge. Fifty years may have changed the appearance of our school but its spirit is still the same. In this Golden Jubilee edition of the LEGENDA, we hope to present to you a brief but complete picture of W. M. I. student life. Long shall we remember pre-test agony, the suspense and anticipation of receiving report cards, the pride felt in having won departmental or athletic honors, our favorite friends and teachers. The carefree spirit of high school days can never be recaptured later in life. Leaving high school to make one's mark on the page of time has such a Hnality about it. But graduation is also the beginning of things for us. No longer will there be anyone to tell us what and how to study. There will be no one to sort out the good from bad and confront us with the good. We shall be obliged to do our own thinking and sorting and to look after ourselves. But having attended high school, we shall be better equipped to do all these things. We are justly proud of our principal, Mr. Burtt, and our faculty, not only for their fine instruction but also for their splendid cooperation in allowing us to have a part in governing the school. Under the guidance of faculty members, the management of school affairs runs smoothly in student hands. The school paper, The Descant, is our means of keeping abreast with the activities constantly occurring in and around the school, and is monthly antic- ipated by the student body. Fortunate we are to have such an excellent opportunity to display and develop musical talents as is offered by our musical organizations-the choir, glee club, band and orchestra. W. M. I. is proud of its many organizations, including language, science, history, mathematics and athletic clubs. Like all Senior classes, we, too, have our class beauty, wit, scholar, baby, dancer and so forth. Our Superlativcs are the popular choice and afford an interesting cross-sectional view of the characteristics that make a school class. Of course, we could not leave YN. M. I. without bestowing our special favor and possessions on others and we hope those so favored will cherish the inheritance left them. Wfe shall take with us the memory of many happy hours spent in study and play.

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DEDICATIO . . . The Class of Nineteen Hundred and Forty-One dedicates this Book to YNILLIAM H. REEVES President of the Board of Trustees of THE XAIILLIAMS MEMORIAL INSTITUTE in appreciative recognition of the gracious dignity, the marked ability, and the thoughtful devotion with which he has carried on the duties of his trusteeship. Throughout the years in which he has acted as trustee in the administration of the school and in the management of its financial affairs, Mr. Reeves has fostered the ideals which inspired Mrs. Harriet Peck Mfilliams to establish The VVilliams Memorial Institute. The Class of Nineteen Hundred and Forty-One expresses its deep gratitude to The Williams Memorial Institute and to Mr. Reeves for his loyal service to the school. To him it conveys its wishes for many more years of happy affiliation.