Woodbury High School - Warrior Yearbook (Woodbury, CT)

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 have been treading on leaves all day until I am autumn tired. God knows all the color and form of leaves I have trodden on and mired. Perhaps I have put forth too much strength and been too fierce from fear. I have safely trodden underfoot the leaves of another year.” From A Leaf Treader” R. Frost

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The Class of 1965 acknowledges with deep gratitude an instructor who became a member of the faculty of Woodbury High School the same autumn we became freshmen. During the four years we have known him, we have come to recognize in him qualities which we respect and admire. He has an interest in youth which extends beyond the classroom. He creates in his classroom an easy atmosphere, where learning is leavened with humor. He has encouraged us to question the beliefs and opinions he freely expresses. He has taught us the value of freedom by giving us an understanding of the enemies of freedom. We dedicate the 1965 Warrior to MR. PAUL HADZIMA. 2

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BOARD OF EDUCATION First Row Seated, L to R: Mrs. Milton Myers, Mrs. John Fleming, Secretary; Mrs. Herman Marggraff, Mrs. John Cochrane, Clerk. Second Row Standing, L to R: Mr. Frank Shepard. Mr. Andrew Wylie. Mr. Robert Rives, Chairman; Mr. Albert Sherwood, Mr. George Ehrhardt, Jr. Mr. Hugh E. McGuigan Superintendent' of Schools. Mr. Richard Heyniger (absent from photo). SUPERINTENDENT’S MESSAGE Dear Graduates: Educators are fond of quoting brief remarks by Thomas Jefferson and H. G. Wells. A century and a half ago Jefferson said If a nation expects to be ignorant and free it expects it never was and never will be.” A half century ago, Wells said Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe. Today, with events in the Congo, Laos, and Cuba verifying those statements once again, I ask you to ponder them with me. Today, ignorance in many parts of the world is a menace to freedom. If catastrophe wins in Africa, Asia and Latin America, it will engulf the rest of the world. There are no walls now to protect us. One must grant that education alone will not insure the survival of democracy. Yet it is equally evident that freedom and education have a common destiny. While education in a free society serves many purposes, the one which it serves most directly is equality of opportunity. We promise such equality, and education is the instrument by which we hope to make good the promise. Education is the free highway of individual opportunity which all may travel. It is the foundation of an enduring society. To you who are graduating from Woodbury High School, I ask that you remember what your country, state, town and family have done for you in supporting public schools. They have provided you with the opportunity to create your own destiny as a free man and woman. You can never actually repay this gift. You can only pass it on in full measure to the next group of young people who will follow you in this school, and in high schools similar to Woodbury’s, all over our country. Remember, the American public schools are the social medium by which our society keeps its memory alive, and its long range commitments g°ing- . , . Please accept my sincere best wishes for a happy and successful future. c. . Sincerely yours HUGH E. McGUIGAN Superintendent of Schools MR. HUGH E. McGUIGAN Superintendent of Schools