Woodbury High School - Warrior Yearbook (Woodbury, CT)

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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

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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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Congratulations to the Class of 1965! We are prone to say that these are crucial days, days of crisis. There is reason to believe that we will never return to normalcy” in which civilization moves slowly and the rate of cultural change is decelerated. There always will be critical problems in all spheres of life: economic, social, political, scientific. The years ahead call for leaders with knowledge, leaders with skill in solving problems through the democratic processes, and, above all, leaders with dedication to those essential values which constitute a frame-work for healthier, happier living. We on the Woodbury High School Faculty believe that the members of your class have those attributes and that they will establish further records that we look to with pride. The future of this great country will soon be in your hands. Do not forget your debt to public education when success comes your way. Donald W. Saltmarsh Principal MR. DONALD W. SALTMARSH Principal To the Class of ’65 You have probably looked forward to graduation as a time in your life when you will be given more freedom to make your own decisions and to a life less directed by others. You are looking forward to the freedom to be yourself. But this freedom to be yourself is a frightening responsibility, for when you make your own choices, you must be willing to take the consequences—both good and bad. And making your own decisions is a work which never ends; it is a continuing way of life. Although frightening, it is a freedom that you must dare take hold of if you are to become a full, mature, creative individual. To be yourself demands courage. And in the words of the Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard, the courage to be yourself is to be that self which one truly is.” Mrs. Frances Amidon Guidance Director MRS. FRANCES AMIDON Guidance Director