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

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SUCCESS—NOT INHERITED, BUT ACHIEVED In this modern world of ours, we are all anxious to find happiness and success. But success is not a simple thing to obtain. It cannct be inherited or passed down to us by someone cT e. Our Constitution gives us the right to the pursuit of happiness. Tlhis does not mean that all of us will be handed success cn a silver platter, as some people who believe the world owes them a living may think. It means that we are free tc :trive toward our own individual goals by taking advantage of any opportunities that may occur. It is difficult to say jus: what success is. Each individual has his own criterion. It may mean security emotional, spiritual, or material security. Perhaps it is being respected or well-liked. Perhaps it is knowledge of a job well done. Whatever our idea of success may be, we cannot obtain it in a day or even a year. The time will never ccme when we can say, Today I am a success, ' for very few people ever become successes overnight. Success is something we must strive for diligently and achieve gradually. It seems today that too much attention is given to material security. The person who places this firs: on his li t of things to be achieved has a very confused sense of values. The inheritance cf money or a big house will certainly not make him a success. What is more, he cannot really appreciate this sort of security unless he has strived for and achieved it on his own. The really successful person is the one who works harder to make something of himself rather than for himself. Success in friendship, toe, must definitely be achieved. What person without friends could possibly be considered successful? People will not like and respect a person simply because they think well of his father. Every individual must prove to others, and to himself as well, that he is worthy cf re ' pect through his own deeds. This year we m embers of the Class of 1957 have seen for ourselves that we must work for the things we want Every year the Senior Class of Windsor Locks High School has made a trip to Washington, D. C. As scon as we became Freshmen, we seemed to take it for granted that in four years we, tco, would go there. But when we b came Sepicrr, we rca ized that we cculd not go just because it was custom—because the rlas es before us had gone. There previous classes had rrz certain standards, and we found that we wi re expected to live up to them. Only through working together cculd we accomplish this purpose; only through real effort cn the part of everyone in the class cculd we make this trip a reality. As we go on to college or to jobs, we will find this principle to be a true one. We will get out of life only what we put into it. In closing 1 wish to thank all those who have helped to give us our start in life— these who l ave 1 elpcd us to recognize that we must give to receive. It is up to us. Now I bid farewell to my classmates and wish them the very best of everything in the years to come. Mary Corrow 57

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WHO ' S WHO Dorothy Gilligan Deborah Courtney. .Most Attractive. Most Quiet Moyra McGladrigan Most Active Patricia Catalina Mo;t Pleasing Personality Jean Flint . Sally Lord Most Mischievous. Most Serious. Lois Colombi Most in Love. Most Cooperative. Moyra McGIadrigan .Nicest Smile. Jettie Mae Varney. .Most Businesslike.. Marlene Taravella. Happy-Go-Lucky. Shirley Francia. Class Pessimist. Elizabeth Anderson. Best Dancer. Mary Corrow .Most Likely to Succeed. Johanna LaFountaine. Most Athletic. Carol Agey. .Nicest Eyes.. .Sleepiest. Margaret McIntyre Brenda Fetko .Easiest to Get Along With. Helen Reed.. .Class Optimist. Charles Simonetta Robert Tomilonus Robert Oliva Frank Kulas StanleyTkacz Clifford Harrison Charles Simonetta Robert Oliva James Fitzpatrick Richard Howell Raymond Marconi Robert Fuller .Stephen Jacoby Raymond Marconi Francis Perotti Russell Jubrey Robert Fuller Joseph Attardi Madeline Gallerani Joyce Micha