Plainfield High School - Milestone Yearbook (Plainfield, NJ)

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Dear Graduates: You have earned and now possess a Plain- field High School diploma. For 85 years other graduating classes have preceded you, beginning with one of only 30 students in 1860. You may well feel proud of your Alma Mater. In the classrooms you now leave be- hind have sat students of former years, many of whom have won national fame in the arts and sciences. Some of you are also destined for signal success. Whatever your aims, all will be going out into a world torn asunder by a disastrous war, into a world where ideals have been shattered, where civilization has trembled in the balance. We of this generation have made stupen- dous scientific advances, many of which are now being used to destroy mankind and the very foundations of civilization are being shakeng all because our social sciences ,have not kept pace with the purely scientific. It has yet to be proven that The Pen Is Mightier Than The Sword. This will be I ARTHUR F. HOPPER B.S., M.A., Columbia University Acting Superintendent your task, your goal and your opportunity. Yours will be the tremendous problem of advancing the social sciences parallel with scientific development so that all may be used for the well-being of man rather than for his destruction. No generation ever faced a graver issueg no graduating class ever faced a greater responsibility. All the fine traditions of your Alma Mater go with you. As graduates of Plainfield High School, you will make your contribution to the great cause of freedom and democ- racy. In your time it should be written, The Pen Has Proven Mightier Than The Sword. Sincere wishes for your success in the great task that confronts you. A. F. HOPPER Dean of Girls LULA K. HOFF A.l!., Temple University M.S., University of Pennsylvania Dean ol Boys GEORGE A. SMITH B.A.. M.A., South Dakota Page N ine

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Principal WALDRO J. KINDIC B.S.Ed., Ohio State University MA., Columbia University cfnum ALMA MATER The first lines from the Alma Mater can be proudly claimed by thousands who once attended Plainfield High School. The common bonds of many memories of the classroom, the athletic field, and the assem- bly hall are cherished and everlasting. They are the result of the mutual interest and experience of the student and teacher that begin in guidance before entrance, are developed during the high school career, and continue for many years after leaving school. The guidance council, the teachers, and the entire school program are dedicated to the success of young people and their fu- ture. Personal programs are planned for each student, yet they change with the dis- covery of individual needs and abilities. Students are guided in the mastery of skills, the acquisition of information, the search for truth, the recognition of intelli- gent criticism, an appreciation of beauty, the development of good citizenship, and the interpretation of democracy, all integrated into a useful personality. The school continually reflects the social and economic viewpoint of the community and nation, which have made our school possible. This requires a continuous program of adjustment. Today our country is at war-the school reHects the needs of the day by alter- ing its program to meet the present situation-its curriculum, personal counseling of pros- Vice-principal HENRY R. HUBBARD BA., Harvard University pective inductees, installation of war effort activities, re-enrollment of young men re- turning from service, and assistance of vet- erans in their rehabilitation into civilian life. We are ever-mindful, however, of our charge to guard carefully in our school program the rich heritage of human ex- perience in a changing world for the years when we shall again live in a world of peace. We face a future made uncertain by fac- tors over which we have had little control. But squarely facing the situation of the day and courageously challenging the fu- ture, we live and plan with a profound faith in humanity, with faith in the ulti- mate happiness and peace that lie in the great potential power of human conscience and justice. This our alma mater must promise the youth of tomorrow. WALDRO J. KINDIG Page Eight

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