Winooski High School - Carillon Yearbook (Winooski, VT)

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SALUTATORY AND ESSAY YOUTH HEARS AMERICA CALL By Jacqueline Bergeron Mr. Hi]], Superintendent Lu]], Principal Couture, Members of the Faculty, Parents, Friends and Schoolmates: Year after year, senior classes of the Winooski High School arrive at the hour of their graduation. That hour has arrived for the Seniors of the Class of 1951. We are pleased that you have come to attend these exercises which formally mark the close of our high school training. Commencement is a great, happy time for those who are advancing step by step in the pathway of education. Comnencement marks a certain work accomplished, a task well finished, and for this reason, it is a joyous time. It is a time when we forget past mistakes and difficulties and turn our faces to the future. We only hope that past errors and mis-steps may be guideposts for us in the newer experiences before us. Our Principal and teachers have been more than instructors. They have been the truest of friends and we greet them most heartily at this time. Without their patient guidance and instruction, our graduation at this time would not have been possible. It has indeed been a rare privilege to have worked with them. We would also salute our superintendent, Mr. Lull. His efforts have been untiring in our behalf and because of his deep interest in our welfare, our school days have been very happy ones. To our parents, we owe a great debt of gratitude. They have made our school days possible. They have worried over our shortcomings and sometimes, perhaps, they have resorted to severe measures to induce us to keep on with our work. Today, all that is of the past and we are glad that they have kept us at our tasks. Youth hears America call. America is calling us to get into the activities which will preserve democracy in this country. She is calling us to take up arms in the great humanitarian movement to preserve freedom for all people in every nation. Youth is being called upon to tackle the problems of conserving the natural resources of this nation. We hear the laboratories calling us to help work out new formulas for agriculture, medicine, and manufacturing processes. The pulpits of the land invite the young person to take up the cause of religion, that spiritual guidance may be given our people. Our young people are needed to fight the battles of the world in the war zones. We believe that youth is needed to fight the battles of humanityon all fronts. Educational systems need the young and progressive ideas of youth. Health programs need the sug- gestions of youth - for not only must this nation be concerned with preserving the health of the adult citizen, but the young people must have a chance to live happy and healthful lives. The hope of the future is in the youth of the land. America has been called a land of opportunity. We are interested in keeping it a land of opportunity. We believe that we should live in a society which will give the older people security in the declining years of their lives, but we do not believe that such a program for security for the aged should jeopardize open opportunities for youth. We do not believe that such a program of security should even jeopardize the elder’s opportunity for continued service within bounds of health and strength, to do so. Youth seeks a future with both security and opportunity. Youth hears America call to get into action and help form its own future. Youth needs the adventure of seeking new opportunities beyond high school.

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Name Pet Saying Likes Dis I ikes William Arcand Hi-Chicken Girls Work Jacqueline Bergeron Oh Gosh Shorthand Farmers Pauline Bergeron C’est damage Office work Kill joys Jeannette Bouffard Gosh Sailors Flirts Irene Charland I don’t know Shorthand Extroverts William Daley Peasants Physics To write Colleen Dillon Good Heavens Cars To walk Shirley Fitzgerald I don’t know Cars Men drivers Beverly Francis It’s the truth Skippy Dancing William Gregorek What’s it to Claire Teachers Aline Hatin you Your dues George Being short Donald Ignaszewski Well yes Cars Sunday drivers Theresa Julian Get the kid Bob Work Rita Landry That’s true Steno Boys Mary Leveillee Big deal Verne Other men Lorraine Limoges Aw-come-on Ray and Don Shorthand Betty Lister Did you see him Buddy Unanswered questions Paul Lister How about that Sports College Elaine Merchant You’re crazy Fooling around Steady boy friends Audrey Provost Oh darn it Tony Physics Anita Quintin How about that Francis Nosy people Robert Rabidoux Albert Sweeney Joyce Shiner Marion Sail ah Gerald Seymour Give me a light Jacky Duh..... Math You should live Anything so long I don’t know School Is that so Physics People Physics Boys without a 180 I Q Going steady To agree Disposi tion Buddy Hobby Ambition Fine Paul Sleeping To inherit a fortune Pleasant Jeannette Blushing To be a secretary Good Irene Working To raise 10 kids Quiet Jacky Writing To be a housewife Okay Pauline Beading To weigh 100 lbs. Devil-may-care Bill, Don Jokes Just to get out Easy going Joanne Sports To succeed in life Dignified Audrey Fishing To be a Wac Fair Joyce Homework To be a housewife On the beam Bill, Bob Hunting To be a good husband Sunny George Singing To be tall Happy-go-lucky Bill, Bob Girls To graduate Tops Ani ta Talking To own a Cadillac and a mink coat Pleasant Pauline Laughing To be a stenographer Good Audrey Sewing To marry Verne All right Jackie Men To be married Temperamental Ani ta Canasta To own a man Smooth Bill Girls To be a millionaire Grinning Irene Movies To hold a man Laughing Mary Loafing To manage Red Sox Baffling Tess Francis To be Mrs. Francis Gilbeau You name it Bill, Don Working To own the A P Vague Bill Gui tar Just to live Humorous Bev Doing nothing To lose weight Intellectual Carol Music To be another Einstein Secretive Air Corps Resting To retire

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We are about to enter a world that has few geographical barriers - a world nearly devoid of political boundaries. We are about to enter a world in which the peoples of the human race, regardless of the color of their skin, their political and religious faiths, the language they speak, or the garb they wear, are making one tremendous effort to understand each other, and to learn to live and work together. This new world we are about to enter is in confusion. We find men’s opinions changing rapidly to keep up with the changing times. We can not withdraw from this atomic age, it is here. We must learn to live with it. As our civilization stands today, we have a society of intelligent people but too often we let a few leaders influence the thinking of all. The country is flooded with propaganda to support the things the leaders want, not always that which is for the common good. An obligation rests upon every individual to study the problems of the community and state, the nation and the world and to decide for himself what the answer is. Habits and customs are like plants. They seem to come up from nowhere and to grow unattended. Just as it is possible to influence the way plants grow, there should be a way to influence the way human habits and customs grow. People should be better trained for straight thinking. Whether or not the youth of our generation will succeed in mobilizing all resources for a better world is going to depend upon how many individual persons here and in every remote corner of the world will dedicate their lives to the application of a principle, which, if not entirely new, must be stronger and better. We must all join in the fight to keep our independence. The dangers we face and the jobs we have to do are great. The enemies that have smothered a dozen nations have struck our shores. We must be determined that “ Our government of the people, by the people and for the people shall not perish from the earth.” Up to this time, the members of this class have been one body with a single aim, that of completing the course of study outlined by our school. From this time forth we shall be individuals with separate aims and different goals in life. We will no longer be united by one common tie, but will go our separate ways. We will go forth from this school into other schools perhaps, and into the broader school of life. Our paths may seldom cross or meet, but we will carry with us ideals and inspirations given us by our school. To all the friends of the class and of the school we, again in closing, extend our good wishes and heartiest greetings. The voices of the past whisper to us in review of the school days which are now be- hind us, as we sit here at our Corrmencement exercises. We also hear the voices of the future calling to us. We are not surrounded by doubts and fears. We have confidence that we can help preserve democratic freedom in the world, and in so doing also preserve the American way of life for ourselves. America is calling and the youth of America will answer.