Bradford High School - Barker Yearbook (Bradford, PA)

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PRINCIPAL RUI-ll. L. CUSTER WesT Virginia Wesleyan, B. S. WesT Virginia UniversiTy, M. A. In The pasT Three years we have been made conscious ThaT There exisTs vasT wells of American vigor, ingenuiTy and imaginaTion The depThs of which have noT been sounded. IT has Taken a world crisis To silence The criTics who voiced pessimisTic predicTions Tor The children oT The depression. American youTh, boys and girls, have responded glor- iously in This hour oT greaT peril. The Tull Torce and power of Their ideas, labors and sacrifices have conTribuTed immeasurably To The successful execuTion oT The sTruggle againsT aggression, greed and inTolerance. A greaTer challenge sTill remains. IT is To The youTh oT Today-The ciTiLens oT Tomorrow - which will Tall The greaT responsibiliTy oT helping To build a beTTer world ouT of The rubble and ruins of war Torn naTions. No new TronTiers? STudenTs, The whole world is your TronTier. Never beTore in hisTory was There greaTer need Tor inTelligenT and coura- geous pioneering. Men and women of characTer, high principles and moral inTegriTy musT build The beTTer world oT The TuTure. WiTh all The aids To encourage human achievemenT aT iTs disposal, youTh musT and will pursue a policy of purposeful acTion. Work! STudy! and Thinlcl Your ideas and labors are noT only wanTed buT will be needed more Than ever as you go Torward To new and greaTer horizons. I3

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DIRECTOR SECONDARY EDUCATION STELLA I-l. SPRAGUE, B. S. Teachers College, Columbia Universify Universify of Soufhern California Carved in a weafhered gray sfone in a remofe counfry cemefery in New England, a singular inscripfion causes fravelers fo pause and ponder. He hafh done whaf he couldn'+. if says. Af firsf fhoughl one mighf be inclined fo smile as af a misquofafion, buf on furfher considerafion we realize fhaf if felis very simply fhe sfory of a gallanf life. We do nof know whaf fhaf sfory is buf we do know Ihal Ihe way he lived his life had sef him aparf in fhe eyes of his friends as a person of accomplishment Today we are all faced wifh faslcs which appear much foo giganfic for us fo handle - faslcs of war and faslcs of peace. Many will side-slep fhe difficulfy issues and do wha+ fhey can in various familiar fields of endeavor, buf here and fhere will be a pioneer soul who will blaze a new frail by doing whaf he couldn'+. The boys and girls whose lives will be rich and full and whose names will be remembered and respecfed long affer fheir services have ceased will be fhose few who affempf and do whaf fhey can'f. Lef This be your challenge boys and girls, Do whaf you can'+I I2

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GEORGE A. BELL Assislanf Principal Temple Universily, B. S. in Educafion Universily of Pilfsburqlw, M. in Ed. CURTlS TRACY Direclor of Vocalional Educalion Buffalo Slafe Teachers College Lebanon Valley College. B. S. in Educafion