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

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18 THE HIGH SCHOOL HERALD EDWARD LUCAS YOUNG EDDIE General Course; Class President 52. ’53; Basketball 52, 53; Band ’53, ' 54, ‘55; Glee Club ’53, 54, 55; Orchestra Committee for Junior Prom 54; Entertain¬ ment for Senior Play 54; Senior Magazine Sales Cam¬ paign 55; Senior Class Play ’55; Class Night Exercises ’55. Humoi is the harmony of the heart. I BARBARA ANN ZITKA BARB Commercial Course; Glee Club 52, 53, 54, 55; Press Club 52, ’53, ’55; Refreshment Committee for Junior Prom 54; Typing Certificate of Achievement 54; Bookkeeping Certificate of Achievement ’54; Sales¬ manship Award ’55; Sandwich Sale Committee 55; Election Day Luncheon Sale 55 ; Usherette for Class Play 55; Candy Committee ’55; Class Night Exercises ’55. Virtue is the beauty of the soul.

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TllK HIGH SCHOOL HERALD 17 MARY FRANCES ULITSCH M MARY M Commercial Course; Glee Club 52, 55, M, 55; Press Club 52, 53. ’54, ’55; Election Day Luncheon Sale 55; Magazine Sale Skit ’55; Magazine Sale 55; Driver Education Course 54; Annual Food Sale 55; Refreshment Committee for Junior Prom 54; Senior Class Play ’55; Class Night Exercises ‘55. ”A good lauirh is sunshine in a house.” RUTH JULIA VAITUKAITIS “RUTHIE” Commercial Course; Glee Club ’52, 53, 54; Press Club 53, 54; Driver Education G urse 54; Election Day Luncheon Sale 55; Sandwich Sale Committee ' 55; Annual Food Sale 55; Usherette Class Play ' 55; Adver¬ tisement Committee for Class Play ‘55; Magazine Sale Trip to New York 55; Magazine Salesmanship Certifi¬ cate ' 55; Library Club 54; Class Night Exercises ‘55. “Friendship is infinitely better than kindne s.” JOAN MARTHA WALTERS JOANIE” Commercial Course; Glee Club ’52, ‘53, 54, 55; Band ’53; Decoration Committee for Junior Prom 54; Typing Certificate of Achievement ‘54; Ticket G»m- mittee for Senior Class Play ’55; Candy Committee for Senior Class Play 55; Senior Class Motto G mmittee 55; Pep Squad ’54, 55; Press Club ’55; Salesmanship Certificate of Achievement 55; Class Night Exercises ‘55. “The truest politeness comes of sincerity.”

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THE HIGH SCHOOL IIERALD 19 EDITORIALS This June, Windsor Locks High School has a number of young men and women graduating and going out into the world. Some will go on to school and others will go into business or industry. But those who do not continue their schooling will, by no means, be ending their education. Schooling is the length of time spent in an institution of learning. Nevertheless a person who has never been to school in his life may be well educated. This fact is proved in the cases of two of America ' s greatest men, Benjamin Franklin and Abraham Lincoln, who although they had little schooling, were fine examples of self-educated men. Since Franklin and Lincoln educated themselves, many people do not see why others cannot do the same. These unusual men, however, worked long hours and then came home at night to study alone by dim candlelight and worry about the problems which they did not understand. The advantages of schooling over self-education are many and very important. Not only does the modern school give one a basic education, but it also has many other advantages. In the schools of today, the teachers and advisors are not there only to teach reading, writing and arithmetic, but also to help the student to meet other people and to find his place in the world community and to adjust himself to it. Many modern schools have faculty advisors to help students find what they are best suited for, and the smaller schools that cannot furnish advisors have a supply of literature on almost any job or college a student might be interested in. After high school, education continues all through a person ' s life. One who is truly ambitious and wants to get ahead in the world must realize that in order to get the job he wants, he will have to compete with, and win over someone else who may want the job or position equally as much. The sooner one realizes the fact that although he has had better schooling than his competitor, he may not be better educated, the more successful he will be in this highly competitive world. A modern college or university has much to offer a student who wants to climb the ladder of success. Of course he would learn more than in high school but perhaps almost as important, he will be better adjusted to the world and the kinds of people in it, since he will be much more poised and he will have the most valuable thing in the world, education. It is true that education is something that no one can ever take from you once you have it. The enemies of democracy thrive on the ignorance of the masses. Therefore it should be the aim of every lover of Democracy to try to raise the educational standards of his country. Well-educated people are not likely to fall prey to the fancy claims of powers thriving on ignorance. Judy Parmelee ' 56