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

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 I wish I could distill all the beauty, wisdom, and thought, expressed by great minds for thousands of years, into a magic potion for you to drink; then I should know that whatever happened to you in the future, whether you experience joy or sorrow, riches or poverty, success or failure, you would meet life gallantly, because you would have within yourself a sense of security and power. School life is so short that we know that you stand only on the fringe of knowledge, but if you leave school with the developed power to concentrate and study, then you have in your hands the key to open the doors to all knowledge. I hope you will use that key—the key to a life of effort and contentment. William Channing wrote this poem and called it My Symphony. Could not its title be Happiness? To live content with small means; To seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion ; To be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; To listen to stars and birds, babes and sages with open heart; To study hard; To think quietly, act frankly, talk gently, await occasions, hurry never; In a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common— This is my symphony. May your lives, too, be great symphonies, Graduating Seniors of 1948! 12

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ELIZABETH ANDERSON “Toby Betty General Informal Dance Committee 3. Here's Toby with a yen for ice skating. Yale, and a career as a hairdresser deluxe. She’s as inseparable from “Pecky” as the day is long and just as happy. A grand senior! STELLA ANDREWS College Library Club 1; Glee Club 1, Orchestra 1. 2; Better Yet Club; Latin Club 3; Legenda Assistant 4; Senior History Club 4; Departmental Honors 1, 2. 3. If you’re looking for an argument turn around when you hear “Oh Golly! There you’ll find Stella ready to oblige with the pros and cons. Actually she is very well liked by all. LOUISE ASHTON Betty” College Junior Math. Club 1; Spanish Club 2. 3. 4; Vigilance 2; Better Yet Club 3; Departmental Honors 3. Someday your child may be in Miss Ashton's English class. Yet Betty’s admiration for Katherine Cornell and her leaning toward the music of Jerome Kern, may lead to the stage. Wherever your path may go, never lose that smile! LILLIAN BACHESE College MARION BATTAGLIA Mare General BARBARA BELCHER Barbs General Glee Club 1. 2; Jagat Club. Lillian, quiet on the surface is mischievous within. Where does she find the time for homework, working, dancing and movies? With such stamina she should whi . through nursing school and receive her treasured R.N. in no time. Marion’s beautiful and intriguing brown eyes have been the envy of more than one senior. Friendly and sincere, ‘‘Mare’’ seems to get along with everyone. Her sedate demeanor will be an asset to her as a bookkeeper after graduation. Spanish Club; Vigilance 2. 3; Photography Club 1. 2; Senior History Club; Tiger Twirler 1. 2, 3. 4; Fieldball 3. ‘‘Barb's ’ bangs and ready smile mark her as one of the nicest girls in the class. Her love of football and good times have proven her to be an all-round girl. We’re sure she will do wonderful things.