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

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1 lie (Principal s Message to tlie s emoi r Cl ass 1 am writing these lines while yet under the spell of the play Let Me Come Back, which our Drama Club has twice so ably presented in Buell Hall. 1'hc need for greater appreciation of the opportunities offered by educational institutions such as ours is evident. Perhaps some of you, like Jim in the play, have failed in this respect. You may wonder why 1 should place stress on the value of educational opportunities which may seem to be almost over for the majority of you. I here are two reasons for my emphasis on this point. First, educational opportunities are not over for anyone who seeks to enlarge her knowledge and training. Evening and correspondence courses, public libraries, and classes at the “Y-” or elsewhere, all offer further education to those who desire it. No member of this class needs to go mentally stale unless she does so through desire or carelessness. Don’t let the epitaph of the average man, as suggested by President Butler of Columbia, apply to you, “Dead at 30, buried at 60.” Second, many of you have younger brothers and sisters whom you may encourage to make the most of the free educational opportunities open to them. Most of you, 1 hope, will some day have children of your own, to whom even larger educational opportunities will doubtless be offered. No one should be more eager than you that they make the most of the schooling open to them. If you can honestly say that you have made the most of your days at YV.M.I., you have already within you that purpose which will spur you on in your subsequent career, be it college, job, or running a home. If you are not satisfied with the results obtained thus far, you alone can make the change needed to get the most out of life in the future. 10

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DORIS LILLIAN ADEL Dodo General always has a joke . . . blonde . . . current book reader . . . bubbling personality . . . Biology Club 2 . . . French Club 1 . . . Vice-president Freshman History Club MARGARET ELEANOR ALDRICH Peggy General quiet . . . serene . . . cultivating voice for career as telephone operator ... reserved CECELIA FLORENCE AFFELDT Lee Commercial Coast Guard morale builder . . . believes in domestic arts . . . plans to write a book on the men in her life . . . B. V. C. Council 1 . . . Drama Club 3 . . . Nominating Committee 4 BARBARA AMMON Hob College good sport . . . tall . . . wants to improve Pan American relations bv becoming an interpreter . . . played solitaire in Biology . . . Spanish Club 2, 3, 4 . . . Latin Club 2 . . . History Club 1 W. M. 9. BETTY ANN BABCOCK Het College shorty . . . collects records . . . would like to become secretary to air lines executive . . . Vigilance 3, 4 . . . Spanish Club . . . Latin Club 2 CYNTHIA BARMANN TOWNSEND Cindy General tall . . . our married senior . . . future plans—housewife or secretary . . . Chicago native . . . fond of piano IRENE LOUISE BANAS Rrnie Commercial makes tuba play music . . . athletically inclined . . . collects dogs . . . may follow in M iss Miller’s footsteps . . . Band and Orchestra 1, 2, 3. 4 . . . Choir and Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Athletics 2, 3, 4 ANN WILLIAMS BARNARD Harnie College artist . . . dry humor . . . poker face . . . marvelous eyes . . . Boston accent . . . guaranteed to produce laughs . . . Descant reporter 1 . . . Vigilance 3, ... Assembly Committee 4 . . . Senior Math Club 3. 4, president 4 . . . Prom Committee 12