Holyoke High School - Annual Yearbook (Holyoke, MA)

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H PRINCIPAL S MESSAGE TO THE MEMBERS OF THE GRADUATING CLASS You boys and glrls of the Class of 1941 are leavmg Holyoke Hlgh School to take your places ln a larger more compllcated soc1ety at a tlme m our hlstory when our democratxc prmclpals of government are bemg ser1ously challenged both from w1th1n and from w1th out our land You loudly proclaxm your bellef ln and love of Democracy and democratlc ldeals Soon you wxll be called upon to prove thls love 1n a sterner and more practlcal manner than heretofore and none of you must be unprepared to do so You cannot despalr ' You must have hope and falth 1n the eternal prlnclpals of Democracy Democracy faxl for It IS founded upon Dxvlne Truth and Justice The author of Democracy IS Almlghty Cod Free dom and hberty are predlcated upon Hlm and upon Hxs ex1stence If there be no God there IS no basms for the freedom of mankmd Our democratlc rlghts as lIld1Vldll8lS have come to us from God our Constltutlon merely sets them forth and dehnes them and our form of government dcrlved wholly from the consent of the governed IS set up to make them secure to us At tlmes and m certam places Democracy has seemed to fall But It has never falled l No only those who have attempted to carry out 1tS prlnclpals have falled and they have done so because of thelr human faults and weaknesses They have falled to make lt functxon properly because of prlde selfishness lgnorance materlallsm class hatred mdlfference graft mlnorlty DOllllLS and s1m1lar evlls Thus Democracy IS con quered not from wrthout but only from w1th1n The need of Amerlca today ln Its hour of perll hes not alone ln battleshlps airplanes tanks armored cars and bombs It hes m those spmtual vlrtues upon whlch our country was founded and upon whxch It grew strong 1n 1ts lnfancv Today we are called upon to prove ourselves sp1r1tually worthy of Democracy Self sacrlflce sufferlng and hardship d1SClDlll l6 and respect for law fully constltuted authorxty these are the thmgs that you must contrlbute wllllngly lf Democ racy IS to survlve 1n tlns glorlous country of ours Of these was our great country born and through them must she be preserved now as ln the past Except for the agonles of Valley Forge we would have no country nor would we have kept It free and whole but for the blood and pam of Gettysburg' And so I say to you be true to those ldeals we have trled so hard to xnsplre ln you Hold fast to your faxth ln Cod and to your rellglon keep firm your bellef In democratlc prmclpals be ready always to do your share to preserve our Constltutlon rememberlng that IH order to form a more perfect unlon establlsh Justlce msure domestlc tranqulllty provlde for the common defense promote the general welfare and secure the DICSSIHLZS of llberty to ourselves and to our posterlty we must be wlllmg to undergo spxrltual and phyS1C3l sacrlhce sufferlngs and hardshlps For these are the prxce of Democracy' HENRY J FITZPATRICIX Prmclpal D rightly understood and rightly' functioninge cannot . . , ' - . . . ' 1 . I Q '