Winooski High School - Carillon Yearbook (Winooski, VT)

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HARRY DAVID WHITTEMORE Bud” GERALD FRANCIS ZENO Zeke “Full of vitality, vigor and vim Our boy Zeke will always win Basketball (3): CARILLON Board (4); Baseball (4); Athletic Council (2; Soccer (1); Intramural Basketball (I, 2, 3); Sen- ior Class Play (4) ; Boys’ State (3); Intra- mural Football (1); Volleyball (1, 2, 3); Honor Student. Harry hails from New York City He’s clever, studious and very witty Transferred from Cathedral High School; Debating Club (2) ; Essay Contest (2); Class Officer (3, 4); Honor Student. — 24 —

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CHARLOTTE RUTH VILLEMAIRE “Charky” “ Always there with a winning smile Charlotte's friendship is worth while” Class Officer (1) ; Calling All Girls Club (3); Commencement Chorus (3); Dinner Dance Committee (3) ; Glee Club (3) ; Girls’ Patrol (1) ; Speaking Contest Usher (2). LEO FREDRICK VILLEMAIRE Zum” Zum, the strong man of the school He has yet to break a rule” Varsity Club (2) ; Glee Club (3, 4) ; Min- strel (4) ; Intramural Basketball (2, 3, 4) ; Intramural Football (2) ; Boys’ Patrol (2, 3). — 23 —

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VALEDICTORY Parents, Friends, Schoolmates and Fellow Members of the Class of 1947: It is with mingled sentiments that we view ourselves for the last time as a class in this our final assembly within the halls of our Alma Mater. On such an occasion, complete happiness is impossible. The pain of part- ing from beloved scenes and of severing the friendships of four happy, bustling years in- trudes upon the joy of achievement—the triumph of attaining a cherished goal. Even while we are exulting over the com- pletion of the courses we have set for our- selves, we turn with lumps in our throats to gaze for the last time at these dear, familiar walls where we have been at home for four idyllic years. In going forth to find our places in the world, we graduates have an eager, hopeful outlook. We lack wisdom, but we have boundless courage and a capacity for indus- try. It is true that we do not yet know the rules of the game but we have a firm faith in high ideals. If, during our years of prepara- tion, we have learned how to work, how to concentrate on difficult problems, how to search for truth, and how to make steadfast friends, the riper gifts will come of them- selves, just as soon as we learn to apply the lessons of our high school life to the weightier problems of life. The difficult part of any graduation pro- gram is to say goodbye and, in doing so, to express becomingly the appreciation and affection of the students to those from whom they part. In bidding farewell to you, the members of the board of education, who have pro- vided for us our excellent school, we extend our heartfelt thanks. You have enabled us to begin the acquisition of what Aristotle called ‘‘an ornament in prosperity, and a refuge in adversity”—an education. To Mr. Stackpole, our superintendent, to Mr. Couture, our principal, and to the patient and persevering teachers who have aided us thus far on our way we owe more of grati- tude. than can be expressed in mere words. You have guided our intellectual growth and fitted us for the duties of our vocations and the activities of citizenship. To our parents, we wish to express our appreciation for the many sacrifices they have made for us throughout the years. In saying farewell to our friends, the undergraduates, we wish to add a note of warning. It is an honorable position to which you are advancing, for to be a senior class requires dignity, poise, and a high order of mentality. Be sure you possess these attributes in abundance before attempting to occupy our high place. We wish you luck. May you be our worthy successors. And now, fellow members of the gradu- ating class, we, too, must part. This is our last appearance as a class. After tonight we shall go our separate ways, but though time and space may divide us, we shall always be joined in heart and spirit, and the mem- ories of our days in Winooski High School will always be cherished. May good fortune attend us, and may we remember that the training we have received is but the prepara- tion in our youth for the sequel of our lives. Let us find time to learn something good, since study is the task of youth, the business of maturity and the pleasure of old age. It is a mistake to say Today Education ends, Tomorrow Life Begins.” The process is continuous—the idea into the thought, the thought into the action, the action into the character. We have begun our education here in Winooski High School and now as we go out from our Alma Mater, may the spirit of this training ever be a beacon to us, guid- ing us to live complete, wholesome and satis- factory lives. Marie Anne Dufresne. — 25