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

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THE HIGH SCHOOL HERALD Hi EDITORIALS CHALLENGE OF THE FUTURE Life ' s crystal ball is cloudy to those who do not know how to tell the future. Perhaps it is just as well, since the future might hold a number of dark moments. However, the future is so uncertain that we must be prepared to take the good with the bad and be content with those things that are material which we can help to improve. What does the future hold for you, the graduates of the class of 1953? Are you planning a career, or are you willing to let Fate lead your life? Fate can be wrong; therefore, it is up to you to decide what your life will be like when you leave high school. Until graduation, your life has revolved around the school, a limited number of people in the community, and a routine that has been much the same for the past twelve years. But as you go out to make a place for yourself in the world, you actually begin a new phase or chapter of your life. You will meet new circumstances, new people, an unlimited number of influences, and new challenges. Thus in this new environment you set out to find your fortune, to take up a career, or to settle down to a job. Each persen tries to accomplish the objective he has planned for himself, but there are not many who actually reach their goal. For instance, in college you may prepare for a profusion that you think you have always wanted, such as medicine, nursing, teaching or engineering; but after a few attempts, the course is not what you had expected and you change to some thing else. It may not be the course that does not appeal to you; it may well be the necessary studying and training that are required for the course. As a result, nothing seems interesting and appealing to you and you leave college to take a job. perhaps in an office or factory, only to find that that is not very interesting either. What new, you wonder, in your discouragement. The answer lies within yourself. You must study yourself and your interests, and then remember that interest is often created by the individual ' s willingness to make the future interesting. The same is true of a position in an office or any other job. If a person does not try to create interest in anything, he may be considered a failure and the world has no room for a failure. Only when a person realizes this, does he beg n to take notice of things that were once dull and uninteresting to him. Soon, graduation will be close at hand and commencement exercises will begin. Commencement does not mean the end of learning, but rather the beginning or commencing of new friendships, new experiences, new learning in the ' chool of life. What are ycu ready to commence? If you have put off making a decision, you can wait no longer. This applies not only to the graduate but to every high school r tudent. New is the time to decide what your place in the future will be. Mary Simonetta ' 54

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THE HIGH SCHOOL HERALD 15 ELIZABETH TERESA TOTH ' •BETTY ' General Course; Glee Club ‘50, ’51, ‘52. 53; Press Club ' 53; Magazine Salesmanship Award ' 53; Maga¬ zine Salesmanship Award ' 53; Magazine Sale Program ' 53; Athletic Association ' 53; Sandwich Sale Com¬ mittee ' 53; Decoration Committee for Junior Prom ' 52; Thanksgiving Social ' 52; Food Sale Committee ' 53; Assembly Program ' 53; Class Play ' 53; Class Night Exercises ' 53; Scribbler ' s Club ' 53; Ticket Committee for Class Play ' 53. What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. GEORGE HENRY ULITSCH GEORGIE General Course; Athletic Association ' 50; Basket¬ ball ' 51, ' 52; Chairman of Refreshment Committee. Junior Prom ' 52; Athletic Association ' 52; Magazine Salesmanship Certificate 53; New York Trip for Magazine Award ' 53; Stage Committee for Senior Play ' 53; Food Sale Committee ' 53; Refreshment Committee for Thanksgiving Dance ' 52; Boys ' Chorus ' 53; Band ' 53; Class Night Exercises ' 53. If you don’t aim hitrh, ytu will never hit hiirh.

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THE HIGH SCHOOL HERALD 17 C.RT AN EDUCATION The question is often asked, how much better off is an American with a modern liberal education, or college education than one who stopped with the elementary school or high school ? The answer is obvious, for we know a person is best prepared for life when his education has been related to his natural traits and abilities. Many students have had their life prospects ruined by being driven through school and left bewildered and unprepared for practical life, when a more liberal program, including definite vocational training, would have been more to their liking and abilities. On the other hand, many an able young man or woman, eager to enter professional life, has had his educational preparation cut short because of financial difficulties and has been handicapped for life as a result. Hence, the best education is that which is best fitted to the needs of the individual concerned. If his talents lie in the vocational fields, he should be aided through the schools to pursue that type of training. If his talents show ability in certain professions, the school and the community should help the student to get the necessary college education, and if need be, by means of scholarships, student loans, etc. Thus the modern high school needs vocational courses as well as college courses. The world is now in the grip of a great industrial revolution which probably will continue for half a century or more. One result is that the work of the world will be done with only a fraction of the human labor and other service that is now required. Poorly prepared individuals will have little opportunity in the increased competition, and good vocational preparation will be more essential. During the past decade unemployment has fallen more and more heavily upon the poorly prepared young man or woman who is often unable to get a start in practical employment Therefore, thorough preparation for a calling, in whatever field is suitable, is of increasing importance. Another result of the industrial revolution will be an increase of leisure. Yet leisure without education, disciplined character, and appreciation may be harmful. One of the greatest responsibilities of education today is to increase knowledge and appreciation of those interests and activities that give zest and freshness to life while at the same time they refine and strengthen character. According to a recent writer, American education is growing vigorously and hopefully, but the problems it has to face in the increasing complexity of our civiliza¬ tion seem to be increasing no less rapidly.” A century ago the appropriate advice to youth was the well-known slogan: Go West, Young Man, Go West.” Today the slogan might well be Get an Education, Young Man, Get an Education. Ann Racx.one ' 55