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

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070 FOUNDER OF OUR SCHOOL A. B. Davis i858 I938 For over sixTy years This man served as a Triend and adviser oT youTh so successTully ThaT Thousands of men and women in every parT oT The world honor his memory and are The sTronger because of his life, his Teaching, and his example. l-le consTanTly emphasized The simple, and eTernal, values of liTe - spiriTual inTegriTy, honesTy oT purpose and of deed, Thorouqhness, qenerosiTy, neighborliness, good ciTizenship. No inTolerance oT race or creed marred his words or his deeds. l-le was a greaT Teacher and a greaT American. One who never Turned his baclc buT marched breasT Torward, Never doubTed clouds would break, Never dreamed, Though righT were worsTed, wrong would Triumph, Held we Tall To rise, are baTTled To TighT beTTer, Sleep To wake. A. B. Davis

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V Dr. Hugh H. Stewart TO THE CLASS OF 1939 As l ponder over The kind oT greeTing which would be appropriaTe aT This Time, The words OT Josiah Royce come To mind, You, aT This momenT, have The honor To belong To a generaTion whose lips are Touched by Tire. The human race now passes Through one oT iTs greaT crises. New ideas, new issues - a new call Tor men To carry on The worlc oT righTeous- ness, oT courage, oT paTience, and oT loyalTy - all These Things have come ancl are daily com- ing To you. The greaT ideal oT democracy is being challenged. Each one has a deTiniTe obligaTion To realize This ideal. Democracy requires ThaT iTs ciTizens undersTand iTs problems and acT paTrioTically and cooperaTively To solve Them. The vision oT a beTTer liTe and greaTer secur- iTy may sTiII be realized clespiTe The diTTiculTies and discouragemenTs which beseT our naTion Today. New issues arise buT so do new and encouraging possibiliTies. We appreciaTe The cooperaTion which The members oT The class oT l939 have given To The various deparTmenTs and acTiviTies oT The school. Your parTicipaTion has been in a measure an exempliTicaTion oT The democraTic way oT living. We TrusT you will conTinue This spiriT oT helpTulness as you go inTo wider Tields OT ac- TiviTy. Your communiTy and your counTry need you. K Q' T MJ O60

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Citadels of Life The CiTadels oT LiTe are Tounded on The Rock oT TruTh. Their Walls are l3uilT of JusTiceg And over all are raised The RooTs ol Human Love. ln Harmony The Builders TiT each parT To parT, CreaTing BeauTy oT The Spirit ETernal and Divine. The Builders oT These CiTadels Tind LasTing Joy in Helping Those who Tollow Them Build CiTadels oT Life As STronq and Clean and BeauTiTul As Theirs. When All build CiTadels oT LiTe, Grim BaTTlemenTs ThaT scowl wiTh HaTe and Greed Will Then be done away: War drums will cease To beaT: The TriniTy OT' l.iTe: TruTh, JusTice and above all Human Love Will rule The HearTs OT Those Who Build Tor Peace. Dr. W. H. Holmes 080