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

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CLASS SONG Now and for always, We hold our thoughts of you. And as the years go by, We ll remember too The memories of our years, All our smiles and all our tears. Now and for always, We’ll cherish these days. Now and for always. We’ll reminisce with cheers To see all we have gained, Down through the years. Farewell to high school days, Friends and our teachers too. We pledge our love to you. Windsor Locks High. The Song Committee Class Motto: Character is the cornerstone of success.

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FRESHMAN CLASS President . Richard Meck Vice-President Gary Bourelle Secretary .. Dorothy Wurster Treasurer . FRESHMAN CLASS NEWS The first Freshman Class meeting was held for the purpose of electing class officers. Also at this meeting plans for the Freshman Social were discussed. Peter Seaha was chosen Athletic Representative for the Freshman Class. On November 5 committees for the Social were formed on a voluntary basis. Each committee had a special job to perform in planning for the Freshman Social. The Social was held on December 12, 1957, in the Union School cafeteria. Estelle Gerich was elected Freshman Editor for the Herald. Estelle Gerich 61

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Graduation Night Program CHARACTER A DEFINITION Members of the Board of Education, Teachers, Parents, and Friends: On behalf of my classmates I wish to welcome you to the commencement exercises of the Class of 1958. Tonight marks the completion of four years of training designed to help us in our quest for success in later life. Our individual successes will be built upon character, as is suggested in our class motto, Character is the cornerstone of success. Therefore it becomes necessary at this time to try to explain exactly what character is. The simplest definition is that character is the real you. It is intangible, yet omnipotent; it is hidden in the recesses of the soul, yet it is so extrovert in nature that it once caused a great philosopher to remark, What you are speaks so loud that I can’t hear you. Every man or woman makes a unique impression so powerful that it overrides anything the individual may try to do to hide or obliterate it. Character is an aggregate of qualities distinguishing one person from another. Tonight we are interested in the more serious aspects of character — the way one thinks, does things, believes — for these are the traits of the individual which will contribute most to his good functioning or success in life, his happiness or well-being, and his influence upon the welfare of others. Since no two individuals are alike, there can be no set pattern for success, but we must rely upon the qualities inherent in our character in order to achieve our end. Nowhere are these necessary qualities more manifest than in the person and character of Mahatma Ghandi. His persistence was the chief factor responsible for the fulfill¬ ment of his dreams and ambitions; without his persistence nothing w r ould have been accomplished. His great personal integrity won thousands to his cause. He w r as the shining star the people of India followed to their liberty. His ascetic self-sacrifice would have been the ultimate cause of his death had not an assassin’s bullet cut short his illustrious career. He subordinated his selfish desires in order to stay with his work, which was always most important to him. Consistency like Ghandi’s is the key quality of character, for it strengthens and tempers the more tender traits — such as the capacity for love or generosity or good feeling for others — without which there can be no hope of true s uccess. In closing I wish to thank the teachers and administrators who, throughout the past four years, have acted the part of masons, helping to lay the cornerstones of our success by aiding in the development and strengthening of our characters. Joseph William Kelly, Jr.