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

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Principal's Message to the Senior Class With the return of peace there is much to make us truly thankful, but there is also much which cannot help but cause us deep concern. I am thinking of the atomic bomb, and of the disturbing challenge which the discovery of atomic energy offers. Some years ago Roger Babson, the famed economist, said: Education is a tool which can either create or destroy according to the character of the user.” The truth of this statement will become increasingly evident during the next few years. Atomic energy and other similar discoveries will either be harnessed for peaceful pursuits or they will utterly destroy the civilization achieved through the centuries. You and your contemporaries must give the answer. Your generation will use the education which it has received either constructively in the building of a finer civilization, or destructively in the elimination of all the gains thus far realized by mankind. Yours is a fearful responsibility. We at W. M. I. through studies in the curriculum and through outside activities have tried to provide you with a helpful background of understanding and a conscious awareness of the need for service. God grant that you may meet successfully the challenge which the atomic age will offer! 14

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Jerome Burtt Principal 13

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 She who knows not and knows not-that she knows not is a Freshman; pity her. She who knows not and knows that she knows not is a Sophomore; teach her. She who knows and knows that she knows is a Senior; respect her. She who knows and knows not that she knows is a Junior; encourage her. 15