Patterson High School - Clipper Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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After chaos will come peaceg after confusion will come orderg after terror will come serenity. A great task lies before those who will undertake to keep the flag of freedom proudly flying- the children of today. To thosc, who as future builders will repair our now shattered world, revive our most sacred ideals, and lead our beloved country to new heights of greatness, this bool: is dedicated.

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Sail on! Sail on! O Clipper of Patterson, To unknown lands beckoning to youth of tomorrow. Past shores of endeavor and high resolve, carefully avoiding the shoals of uncertainty, our ship has at long last reached the port where We will have the opportunity to use what we have learned at Patterson. Our slogan, Avanti, with deeds and not words, has been our guide for the duties that we are about to perform Service to Cod, country, and humanity has been our aim in all our undertakings for a better today and an even better tomorrow. This book, therefore, has been prepared to help us recall the memories and inspirations that have helped us to mark an important milestone in our lives and another successful voyage for our faithful Clipper.

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N 'Sf UQ! , if f L 4 4 MIHIIINV W .- i ann' yuggl in 4 f l lt' 'avg' 1 l - ' -fi--' .Ll - Patterson's Clipper The story of the earliest Baltimore Clipper is a narrative of romance and adventure. These speedy, small, tall-masted privateers, slick and slim, whose light hulk rode low in the water- . . . brought the cargoes of their day From the ports of seven oceans, homing White-winged up the bay. As time went on, there flourished along the Chesapeake Bay numerous shipyards, which turned out yearly many iine vessels. One of the most famous of the shipping merchants was William Patterson, a philanthropist who devoted much time and money to help make Baltimore a place of beauty. Among his countless gifts to the citizens was Patterson Park which was a century later destined to provide the excellent background for our school. Although the picturesque clippers sail no longer into Baltimore's modernized harbor, we can readily appreciate the inherent interest that justifies us in engraving the Baltimore Clipper on our school rings to represent Patterson's graduates. The well-shaped hull signifies the spirit of brotherhood that exists among all Pattersonians, the graceful sails and hardy rigging imply the pioneering principle which the clipper and our graduates have in common. The clipper carried on until it was recognized in the worldg Patterson's graduates are prepared to follow in its wake. Let the emblem of the clipper inspire us as we look at the rings on our lingers. Let us visualize an outgoing vessel bound for distant ports, with sails set and billowing in the wind, over whose decks and up whose ladders swarm sailors of every nationality, symbolic of the melting pot that is America. Let us, like the clipper, slip out to perform successfully the duties and tasks that await us in the world.