A B Davis High School - Maroon and White Yearbook (Mount Vernon, NY)

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MAROON AND WHITE HS-if :SFR mfmimfmrm R-3:5 Sig FOREWGRD Q l AS we, the class of '33, step out into the business or collegiate il world, a brief yet comprehensive study of our three years Q in high school and a view of our hopes for the future are i apropos. Have these three years just been wasted, or have they proved an invaluable asset to our moral, social, and educational A lives? l l Without a moment's hesitation, we shall agree that an affirmative answer to the latter query is the true one. Enduring friendships have been formed: noble ideals have been incepted in our minds: many valuable lessons have been taught to us W during the pleasant years we have passed here. l We must admit that our high school careers were necessary ll to all of us, for is it not in high school that we change from children to young men and women? l . 1 After our graduation from high school, and, in many Q 6 cases, college, and after we plunge into the fascinating but l diflicult game of life, we must always have before us a material Q ideal-one that can be accomplished before we are through with life-whether it be a worthy contribution to the conquest of cancer or a partnership in a prominent banking-house. Z The material ideal alone, however, will not, cannot wholly satisfy us. We must have a second ideal-an ideal so ephemeral, 9 so noble, so far reaching that we are still seeking it at the time R of our death. Although this second ideal is not bruited about 6 so much as the material one, it has a powerful and profound , influence upon our lives in this modern age of materialism. l w As we progress on the path of life towards the acme of Z our ideals, a transitory glimpse into the past may prove helpful M and inspiring. A In this book which you are about to read is inscribed in i graphic and pictorial form the record of the strivings of your 9 fellows. Concisely, positively, it tells of their struggles and i W accomplishments. Set down on the following pages are your athletic heroes, your masters of writing, your social satellites l as well as your own high school record. Q The staff of this publication has not compiled it with the i H idea in mind that it will be glanced over once and then cast aside, but with the thought that in later years, when you look .i 6 back upon this record of your high school career. a warm glow i will suffuse your countenance as countless pleasant recollec- , tions are brought back to your mind. THE EDITOR p :ew-mmamamaawfm maamfawimcgm :Q NINETEEN TI-IIRTYfTHREE ,.,g, S,,,,,

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DEDICATION In loving and grateful appreciation OP MISS ANNA S. JOHNSTON HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH OF A. B. DAVIS HIGH SCHOOL WHOSE NOBLE CHARACTER, DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AND LOYAL DEVOTION HAVE RENDERED HER AN INCOMPARABLE ASSET TO OUR SCHOOL.

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SYXCAROON AND WHITE ,, 9 E gh NINETEEN THIRTYTHREE