Winooski High School - Carillon Yearbook (Winooski, VT)

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CARILLON BOARD Elizabeth Leo William Tobin John Simon Editor-in-Chief—Ann LISTER Business Manager—Ruth LAMOTHE Richard Guertin Elaine Beveridge Frank Vartuli Barbara Parizo Richard Campbell Gerald Greene Raymond Robear Paul St. Peter Lorraine Allen Ruth Hutchins Beverly Lister Shirley Hughes

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muscles in case they run into a girl named Peoria. I, Muriel Leblanc, leave to Bette Niles my new and improved methods of wearing six boy friends’ rings on one car chain about the neck. I, John Simon, leave to Richard Cadieux my ability to put deep pleats in car fenders, at the same time causing only a very slight jar to the occupants. I, Elizabeth Leo, leave to Margaret Le- dair a booklet on “How To Take Proper Care of False Dental Fixtures in Three Easy Steps.’’ I, Paul St. Peter, leave to Richard Sweeney my bass voice to use in the Music Festival next year. I, Ann Lister, leave to Mary Jane Arcand, and Mary Brown tips on how to secure a steady boy-friend and hold him. I, William Tobin, leave to Robert Racine and Kenneth Myers my secret ambition of be- coming a second Tom Mix. I, Beverly Lister, leave to Thelma Mercure some of Jerry’s old Army’s stripes for George. I, Frank Vartuli, leave to Richard Langlais the Senior Class President’s chair to use wisely for the benefit of the Class of 1950. I, Barbara Parizo, leave to Una Brunelle my ability to do efficient work in all my sub- jects while being able to practice my art of vamping Faculty members. I, Robert Blanchard, leave to Andrew La- Blanc and Hugh Fitzgerald my great up and coming excess avoirdupois to try and dupli- cate. I, Jacqueline Shirnhaus, leave to Jacqueline Sullivan and Barbara Decarreau my great love for wide open rockie places. I, Lawrence Cook, leave to Ernest Granger and Donald Germain my huge vocabulary along with my quietness. I, Lorraine LeClair, leave to Jeannine Gau- thier my great love for salt water taffy. I, Raymond Niquette, leave to Norman Bergeron my position as leftfielder on the baseball team. I, Merrill Hutchins, leave to Rodney Ger- main my curly hair, my height, and master- ful solving of all Algebra problems given in Miss Nowland’s class.

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SALUTATORY NEW IDEALS Mr. Casey. Superintendent Lull. Principal Couture. Members of the Faculty. Par- ents. Friends, and Schoolmates: We welcome you to this, our Commence- ment. Tonight we graduate, ready for the first steps of the grown up job of living—- with a host of hopes and plans for the un- known future. We remember our years here for the happy times they have held, some mischievous pranks, perhaps, the good friendships made, the sympathetic leadership of our teachers. And it is good that our memories are such happy ones. If we are already forgetting the tasks that seemed too dull or difficult, the tiresome routine of study into which our teachers, sometimes urilhanked. put their best efforts, it is because we learned to overcome the tasks, and because the wholesome back- ground of our “good times has become a a natural part of ourselves, a dependable equipment for the future into which we start so eagerly today. It is to our teachers that we owe this de- velopment. We came here with receptive minds, fallow fields ready for sowing. In them, little by little, our teachers planted seeds of knowledge. As they spread out be- fore us the fundamentals of education, we have not only absorbed facts, but have felt ourselves more and more in accord with the wide world. Some of us will go on to higher schools, fortunate to have the benefit of further educa- tion and training. In our training for busi ness and the professions, may we find teachers as kind, as wise, and as sympathetic as those we have known here. For others this may be their last school day as they set out to find their places in the world, to learn in the school of experience and the so-called University of Hard Knocks. They will appreciate sooner the value of what they have learned here as they apply it to their daily work. What new ideals would be worthy of the careful preliminary work that has been done in this school ? Would they be represented by success in business or in a profession? These would be worth while, but the ideals should represent more than mere worldly suc- cess. If we are to make of our lives some thing worthy of the careful attention and instruction we have received in this school we must make of ourselves men and women of whom the school may be proud. The greatest product of such training would be character. This would mean many things. Character as we should strive to attain it. would include the qualities of industry, of honesty, of courage, and of unselfishness. It was Benjamin Franklin who said. “ Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all easy. By his faithful adherence to that idea he rose from a poor and friendless stranger in old Philadelphia to a chief pillar in the councils of his country: from a simple workman to a statesman whose memory still commands the respect of the world. Industry cannot make Franklins of all of us. but it can set us well on the way to successful careers. The first step toward greatness is to be honest, according to the proverb. This does not mean that one should be honest simply because honesty is the best policy, but that he should be honest because it is right to be honest, because he feels better for being honest. because character is better than capital. Nearly every great American, merchant or statesman, has been noted for his absolute honesty. The most illuminating stories of Abraham Lin coin as a boy deal with his high sense of honesty. We will not all be Abraham Lin- colns or great American merchants, but if we observe this attribute we shall become men and women whom they would have been glad to acknowledge as friends. Courage should be the attribute of every American. It was the dominating virtue of the pioneer. Courage won the American Revolution. It was a part of the character of every man who has achieved fame or for- tune. This does not mean physical courage alone, but the courage that is represented in sustained effort as well. It is courage that makes men truthful, that makes men just, that makes them honest, that makes them perform their duties in the face of obstacles. If men and women do not have this virtue they can- not succeed in any branch of life. Unselfishness is a necessary requirement for the man or woman who wishes to be of value to his or her community. We must sacrifice ourselves if we hope to achieve anything. We cannot gain without giving. The pioneers in America gave their strength and often their lives to conquer the wilderness, but they gained for us the most valuable country in the world. They knew that they could do no more than clear the land for those who were to follow, the great cities and states which now occupy what was then deep woods could not arise in their lifetimes: but they held to their tasks. The men who signed the Declaration of Independence were risking their lives, not for their own gain, but for the good of future generations. The soldiers who died at Val- ley Forge, or at Gettysburg, in Europe, or in the Pacific area were not seeking a material reward. They knew that the success of this nation depended on their sacrifice. If we are to do our share of service in this world we must be prepared to make sacrifices, to be unselfish. The men and women who have sown the seeds of education in us. our principal and our teachers, would feel they were well rewarded for their efforts if we developed new ideals which they could regard with pride. Whether we disappoint them or gratify their hopes rests with us. but if we strive earnestly to develop those virtues of industry, honesty, courage, and unselfishness, they will feel that their work has not been in vain, that our new ideals are worthy. This new age demands men of character and courage, men of clear thought and resolu- tion. men ready for instant service. We need moral courage for the protection and preservation of our government. We need it among our public officials so that they will prize honor above money. We need it in private life so that we will no more hesi- tate to punish unfaithful politicians than to praise them. Every man owes it to the world to stand for the right, as God gives him power to see the right. Such is our message at the close of our association with this school. T he future holds promise of good things to come. Mate- rially we hope it will be a better world to live in. Spiritually it can be a better world if we think and work and plan to make it so. -23-