Windsor Locks High School - Herald Yearbook (Windsor Locks, CT)

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20 THE HIGH SCHOO L HERALD In 1948, Joseph Antonacci was elected Captain; Bruce Hendsey, First Mate; Jeanette Quagliaroli, Second Mate; Adele Carnevale, Purser. On the Athletic Council were Mildred Wallace, Patsy Ruggerio, Philip Oates, and Kenneth Kraiza. The “Diplomat” was chosen as the class ring at a meeting in the fall. The month of May brought the eventful Junior Prom—indeed, a great success. By the time the crew had entered the last months of its glorious journey, the senior year, it had decreased in size, but increased in both knowledge and experience. Bruce Hendsey was elected the ship’s Captain; Philip Oates, First Mate; Marian Koehler, Second Mate; Jeanette Quagliaroli, Purser. For the Athletic Council, Margaret Grummell, Frank Hancock, Patsy Ruggerio, and John Preli were selected. Barbara Fitzpatrick proved that the Senior Class had ability in salesmanship by her successful record of sales in the Magazine Drive. The shipmates proudly passed the goal and set a new record for future classes. Again, in January, this successful crew showed its remarkable ability by the success of its food sale in the Town Clenc ' s office. Indeed, they have talent for acting, as the outcome of their play in April readily proved. The play not only brought out many a Bernhardt, but also many promising actors, and perhaps a new radio crooner. Graduation in June brought the mates to the shore where all high school days ended. But as the pages of history close on this grand little class, a new history has begun. The long journey across the sea of High School Education has been accom¬ plished, but on finishing this journey, the crew must now start cut on a newer and more difficult journey—the journey on the sea of life itself. I know, as always, the outcome will be the same—success to the Shipmates of ’49! Jeanette Quagliaroli 49 CM CM Page

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22 THE HIGH SCHOOL HERALD Graduation Night Program Theme: ’The World Is Ours” SALUTATORY IF WE HAVE EDUCATION Parents, teachers, members of the Board of Education, friends, and fellow students: It gives us great pleasure to welcome you to our graduation exercises, and we wish to express our deepest appreciation for the interest and cooperation you have given to our activities throughout our school years. We shall do our utmost to make you proud of us. Now that the long-awaited day of graduation has arrived, we face the future secure in the knowledge that we can meet whatever fate may have in store for us. Undoubtedly, our education will play an important part in how successfully we meet rhe future, but just how great a part we are net fully aware of at the present. To discover this, let us first investigate what education is, or more specifically, what makes a man educated? Is it a mile long list of degrees after his name? The hundreds of self-made men in America are ample proof that this is not indispensable. It is uni¬ versally agreed, however, that education consists, to a great extent, of what you read. You are what you read. Of one young woman who read wisely it was said, She is the best educated person I know.” This proves that anyone who really wants an edu¬ cation can obtain it, but is it worth the extra time and trouble? Are the returns of an education ample to repay you for work invested? Let us try to discover the answer. The first return that most people expect from an education is a good job, and they are seldom disappointed. Of course, an education may not automatically swing open the doors of the business world, but it will certainly provide the key by which these doors may be opened more easily. And once a job is secured, study will make advancement much more probable. But let us not become so engrossed in the practical or the financial side of life that we completely neglect the aesthetic. Most jebs are, after all, a means to earn a living, not a life in themselves. Ycur leisure hours will become more enjoyable and profitable through an education and you will lead a richer, fuller, happier life. But, over and above the benefits to be gained frem an education, there is a more urgent reason why every American should try to develop his mind to its fullest extent. And that is because the success of a democracy depends upon the intelligent thinking of its citizens. Since this statement needs no further explanation, let us turn from our duties to cur nation, to cur duties to the world. There is a great movement today towards greater unity among nations, but there can be no unity without knowledge. Intolerence and bigotry thrive on ignorance, so it is our first duty to learn about other nations. It would not be too exaggerated to say that the maintaining of world peace depends upon the education of the people. Thus we see that education is essential to the shaping of our own future, that cf our nation, and that of the world. Dorothy Dowd 49