Ferndale High School - Reflector Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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THE ES IS THE ATION OF ITS YOUTH . . . . If there ever was cause, if there ever can be cause, worthy to be upheld by all the toil or sacrifice that the human hand or heart can endure, it is the cause of education. Good citizens of a democratic country must think as straight as they can, look squarely at the facts, and not be afraid to take things as they really are. Being a good citizen is more than thinking straight. Good ciitzens must act. If we are going to discharge our responsibili- ties in ways that are worthy of freedom, we must also have the right attitudes, the right feeling toward our ideals and toward our fellow Americans. We must learn to trust each other if we are going to work together. Today—and always—it takes great men to honor those who disagree with them and to put aside their own individual ambitions in order to work for the good of their country. The materials with which we work are not wood, stone, concrete, or structural steel, but with the plastic clay of human life. In our building program, we must be sure that the elements that we wish to be perpetuated tomorrow are instilled in the youth of today. MAKING AMERICA

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MAKING AMERICA STRONG THE AMERICAN'S CREED ★ Breathes there a man with soul so dead, who never to himsell hath said, this is my own, my native land. ★ —Scott T 1 BELIEVE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS A GOVERNMENT OF THE PEO- PLE. BY THE PEOPLE. FOR THE PEOPLE; WHOSE JUST POWERS ARE DERIVED FROM THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED, A DEMOCRACY IN A REPUBLIC; A SOVEREIGN NATION OF MANY SOVEREIGN STATES; A PERFECT UNION, ONE AND INSEPARABLE; ESTABLISHED UPON THOSE PRINCIPLES OF FREEDOM, EQUALITY, JUSTICE, AND HU- MANITY FOR WHICH AMERICAN PATRIOTS SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES AND FORTUNES. RIGHTS WE WILL AGAINST ALL ENEMIES. The American's Creed by William Tyler Page was adopted by an Act of Con- gress, April 6, 1918. I, THEREFORE, BELIEVE IT IS MY DUT ITS CONSTITUTION; TO OBEY ITS LAWS;

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★ ★ ★ Ferndale High ... a nursery of modern education. Each year hundreds of our youth prepare themselves for the problems that lie ahead. They will go forward from here with the knowledge acquired and take their place among the ranks of American men and women. The world needs today men with eyes to see the vast amount of useful work that needs to be done, brains to plan how to do that work, and hands able and willing to do it. STRONG