Freeport High School - Voyageur Yearbook (Freeport, NY)

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SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS DR. JOHN W. DODD Greetings to the Class of 1955: Once again it is hail and farewell! For six short years we have been together. And yet, how enduring will be the marks that Freeport High School has left upon you. You ore about to become Alumni with all the justly earned rights and privileges of graduates of a great high school. These rights and privilges include, of course, the privilege of remembrance: of the insights which have come to you in class, in books, in extracurricular activities, in social functions, in meeting each other in the corridors. Thus, you will be able to recreate for tomorrow, and tomorrow, the scenes which will forever cast a spell over that important segment of living which outsiders usually call “preparation for life. John Masefield once wrote, The days that make us happy make us wise. I hope each one of you has found some measure of happiness and wisdom at Freeport High School. I hope each one of you— as you remember—will carry in your heart an enduring affection for your school, and in your mind the best we hove been able to teach you, by precept and example. We have enjoyed your good humor, benefited from your energy and vitality, admired your high spirits and driving ambition. We hope that to these we have added experience, factual foundations and improved insight, and that we have given you faith in the future and in your own individual worth. Even the best is none too good, if you are to meet—as Freeport High expects her graduates to meet—the challenges and responsibilities of your generation. Best wishes for success to each member of the Class of 1955 in every endeavor. Cordially yours, JOHN W. DODD Superintendent of Schools

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 m 'f BOARD OF EDUCATION MR. LEO F. GIBLYN President WE REMEMBER With affection the interest which the Board of Education has taken in our activities: their attendance at athletic events, their support of the work of the General Organization, their service as judges of speaking contests, and as patrons at school dances, their promotion of bond activities, their pride in the high scholastic standing of our school, their friendly hello and well done to each of us. On the Freeport Board of Education are men of vision and devotion who give their time and talents in service to youth. The Voyageur Staff CL MR. CLIFTON B. SMITH ■Vice-President MR. HAROLD PEARSON DR. E. F. MILLER MR. HUGH ERWIN 8

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PRINCIPAL SOUTHARD CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 1955 As I reminisce and recall your accomplishments and records, I feel a great pride in the present generation of young people. This pride stems from your many and varied achievements: an outstanding academic record, the formation of lasting friendships, and the growth in fame and popularity among your classmates. The reward for success that is yours comes not only from your record, but also from that intangible something which is developed in you and which makes for versatile character and good citizenship. The Voyageur presents a word and picture story of the interesting work of your class, your clubs, your athletics, your many and varied organizations. For everyone in the Freeport Junior-Senior High School there is a fond memory and warm appeal in the remembrance of high school life which these pages tell and recall—the memory of six years of school life. Soon you will be starting out in a world where you can be confident that there will be an opening for willing and competent hands and heads, and where life, with all its ups and downs, setbacks and frustrations, is going to be a rewarding adventure and experience. As you take your places in the procession of youth, may you avow that in searching for the treasures of happiness you will make use of the glorious opportunities available to you. In your tomorrow, as Americans, may you each be one of a people with faith in each other, a faith in our country, and a faith in God. Good luck, and God bless each member of the Class of 1955. J. WESLEY SOUTHARD, Principal Freeport Junior-Senior High School 10