Audubon High School - Le Souvenir Yearbook (Audubon, NJ)

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' J 1 X ,Q i 1 'Nxt By Grace N. Kramer, A.B., MA. High School Principal 0 9 md J ramer Never before in the business of living has there been a greater need for leadership! Leadership is something positive and dynamic, it consists in doing, Leaders are people who definitely possess the traits of initia- tive and resourceiulness. They are not only self-starters, but they also follow through, Leaders know how to enlist the cooperation of their co-workers. They radiate the atmosphere which eliminates fear and promotes good feeling. Fear is nega- tive-a deterrent, cooperation is positive-ct vital, activating force. It is observed that leaders are workers. The real leader works and gets people to work with him. He applies perhaps quite unconsciously the only formula that exists for getting things done: namely, he starts on the job, he keeps working at it until he brings it to a successful conclusion, Then he starts on the iob that lies next at hand. Finally, leaders have an all-pervading and persistent enthusi- asm, lf you would like to be a power among men, said I. Ogden Armour, cultivate enthusiasm. People will like you better for itp you will make headway wherever you are. It cannot be otherwise, for this is the law oi human living. ll 6 666692

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William L. Fidler, B.S. in Ed, Ed, M., Ed, D, Supervising Principal :bn W2 eddage Democracy means equality of opportunity opportunity for each individual to make the best ol what capacities he has Those capacities, however, are widely difteren as COIHIIIOI1 observation and many types ol tests prove If this be true there are many obligations that education needs to assume in the development both ot equality ot opportunity for the many and leadership tor those able to exercise it Education must transmit what is best in the social heritage ihe experience and values men live by lt must enable youth io acquire the skills, the cultural resources the power of thinking sufficient to live in and adlust to a rapidly changing environment. It must produce a citizenry intelligent enough to follow the leader, not the demagogue or the special pleader Education must also train the intellectually advantaged in the techniques that will make it possible lor mankind to exert an increasing measure of social control over life in all its phases. This means, of course, not only that we educate others but that we keep educating ourselves lt is easy to get ones social and economic principles from pre1udiced sources It is not easy to seek out the serious lournals and government reports. There is no tabloid path to a college degree o also the power ol purposeful knowledge will not be drawn from the nickel weekly. in

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Around the table. Lei! to night: Messrs. George Young, warren Macro ay Dr sumti Magee, Dr William rldier, Louis Neuley, Aria Hopkins cribs i Buy e Mrs Mmgmei Mariner, Mrs. Margaret closest, one wemmn, watson cooper BOARD OF EDUCATION Supervising Principal .... . . .Dr. William L, Fidler President ..,........... .... M r. Aria Hopkins Vice President ....,.. . . , .Mr, Louis Nealey District Clerk .............,....................,,.,..... Mr. Gilbert Bayrie You of the class ot 1940 are on the threshold of your lite. What is past has been merely preparation. Plan your lite. Make it useiul. Contribute your past to the progress of the race. Give to the world the best you have and the best will come back to you. Live each day so that you build a better tomorrow. Today Well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Live that when the end oi your life comes you may look back without regret because of wasted opportunity. Iames Ml Barrie has said, The life of every man is a diary. in which he means to write one story but writes another, and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it. Make your ideals high and then vow to keep them, come what may. Use your talents and capabilities and the training that you have received in this school to the greatest possible degree and remember that your parents, your family, your friends, and your teachers expect you to succeed. In short, the eyes ot Audubon are upon you. Aria Hopkins. 12