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

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24 THE HIGH SCHOOL HERALD happy life. One of the most important means of getting friends and keeping them is using tact or consideration of others ' feelings. People who heedlessly hurt others or make them feel uncomfortable are not likely to have many real friends. Another sure way to attract friends is to show courtesy. No one can resist the influence of good manners, for they are merely the outw ' ard expressions of natural courtesy and generosity. Courage, sincerity, loyalty, honesty, faith, love, and a self-sacrificing, co-operative spirit are traits of character desirable and essential in any good personality. If you possess these, your influence with friends and associates is strong, for personality is all our characteristics combined. It distinguishes us from others and attracts them to us. There are other outward signs of personality and they determine what type of person you are and how clever you are in getting along with others and eventually fulfilling the tasks you were placed on earth to accomplish. The ability to pay atten¬ tion to what is going on about you no matter how bored you may be with the topic of conversation makes living easier. People who can control their temper have an advan¬ tage over those who cannot. Dependability rates high with friends, parents and especi¬ ally employers. The old saying Honesty is the best policy still holds true. Honesty is a virtue and one of the best character references a person can offer. Loyalty, co-op¬ eration and respect go together in making you the type of person others want as a friend. Before you can even hope to be respected and liked by others, it is necessary to know yourself, your habits, faults, wants, and above all, abilities. In coming in contact with others we are likely to give false impressions either through exaggeration, or through implication. Eventually, however, true character comes to light. Those who may have been influenced by affected airs and other deceptions will suddenly lose interest in such ’actors ' .” In summing up, I would say that people in general have the same basic cjualities but their environment makes them different. In my opinion this is the best arrange¬ ment in the long run, for I am a firm believer in the maxim, Variety is the spice of life. If we use our God-given cjualities to the best of our ability, we must succeed. The basic rule leading to ultimate happiness was put more aptly in words by Shakespeare when he wrote the following: To thine own self be true, and it must follow as the night the day, Thou cun not then he jalse to any man. Victoria O ' Lkary ' 50 EDUCATION How do we gain success? There are several factors which we must have, and of course, a goal which we must reach before we can say we have this elusive cjuality which we call success. CNI Page

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THE HIGH SCHOOL HERALD 211 Owner of ’ Shirley ' s restaurant Drawing cartoons for the Windsor Locks Journal Test-pilot for jet-planes Computing the distance from the earth to Venus Star of the radio program Gerry Faces Life Manufacturer of a new type of gum that improves speech A Lady Wrestler A Famous Ballet Dancer Running a day nursery Adorable Allen, the famous wrestler World-Famous Historian Graduation Night Program Theme: The Keys to Success SALUTATORY PERSONALITY Parents, Teachers, Members of the Board of Education, and Friends. I would like to welcome you here tonight. We know that without your efforts we would nor be here tonight. We shall try to show you that your help was not given to a hope¬ less cause. During our days at school we have been preparing for that time when success will be ours. Aside from our classroom work we have learned that other things are pertinent to success, also. They come under four general headings which we shall call keys. The first key to success is personality. Human beings are like blades of grass. That is to say, of all the people living today, all those who lived yesterday, and all those that will live in the future, no two are, have been, or ever will be exactly alike. On the outside many people resemble each other. Physical features, personal habits, likes and dislikes have been duplicated many times. But the qualities that no two persons have alike are character and personality. We were all given by God that certain quality that makes us what we are. No matter what kind of personality we have, there is in it the means to help us succeed in this world. It may be a pleasing voice that leads to our happiness, or athletic ability, or even a bright smile. But no matter what it is we all have it in some form or other. Having it, however, is not enough. We must use it daily and develop it in order to succeed. It must be used to make friends, for they are essential to a normal, healthy. Shirley Lanati Audrey Marek June Micha Victoria O ' Leary Geraldine Piaggi Louis Rague Evelyn Santamaria Barbara Slocomb Edward Viggiano Allen Warner Dorothy Wenzel LD CNI Page

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THE HIGH SCHOOL HERALD 25 One of the most important aids to success, however, is education. According to the dictionary education is defined as, The training of the mental and moral powers, either by a system of study and discipline, or by the experiences of life.” To make this meaning more clearly understood, let us consider four sub-divisions in our definition of education. The first is instruction which is schooling and receiving information and knowledge. Then the second is the training by which we exercise what we have gained through instruction. Culture and breeding are also elements cf the group under education. Culture, the third quality, is a state cf advanced mental and moral development, accom¬ panied by such fineness of feeling and taste. And then, of course, the fourth or breed¬ ing is a result of training, or the lack of it, in behavior and good manners. Without all four, one cannot make a success cf his life, since all four are so closely interwoven. Let me illustrate just how they fit into our lives. According to state law we all have to attend school and receive some training until we reach the age of sixteen. Whether we continue with school or not, we have learned many things about the world in which we live, about ether people and other lands, and most important of all about ourselves. Then after we finish cur training in school, we usually try to find jobs, which best suit our ability and education. Thus we exercise, or put into practice, the theories we learned in school. Furthermore, people with the proper culture and breed¬ ing can grasp and solve difficult problems much easier than others. To be sure they need not have the most education as far as actual schooling is concerned, though usually education aids an individual to reach the goal of success in life sconer and more easily than the long, uphill struggle for success which is pursued by the man with little schooling. In fact, many business concerns as well as the professions will not consider an applicant unless he has a college degree or at least a high school diploma. Thus, young men and women cf today, in order to become successful in your future careers, let me urge you to get as much education as possible, for as that wise American, Benjamin Franklin, once said, An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. Dorothy Wi n .i i so SUCCESS IN CIVIL GOVERNMENT In 1492, when three small ships on their way to the East Indies came upon a new continent, they had no conception of the great land they had discovered. Later in 1620, this same land served as a refuge for the Puritans who were es raping religious and civil persecution. When a group of people want to live together peacefully and profitably, they must have laws, interpretations of these laws, and enforcement of them. The early colonists CNI Page