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

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O50 FOREWORD Oh, say, does that star-.Spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? lvlay we always be able To answer The challenge proudly, wiTh heads held high! To presenT To Davis This appeal oT Francis SCOTT Key has been one of The Three aims we OT The sTaTT have had in compiling The '39 Maroon and WhiTe. The World oT Tomorrow has been unveiled: a maTerial represenTaTion of The heighTs To which man aspires. STirred by This glimpse inTo The TuTure, The arT sTaTT has illusTraTed man's conTinual sTruggle Tor ameliorizaTion and higher civilizaTion3 and how Tar advanced he is on The road To The World oT Tomorrow. l-lowever, we have had a more immediaTe purpose. BeTween These covers, we have aTTempTed To capTure our lcaleidoscopic years in Davis. May The mere Turning of These pages enable us To relive our scholasTic life-and keep The memory oT Davis ever Tresh. The EdiTor A. B. Davis High School . W fr as 'P f z .lx

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Dr. W. H. Holmes DE DICATION To our sincere friend and kindly adviser, DocTor William l-l. l-lolmes, we dedicaTe The i939 Maroon and WhiTe. DocTor Holmes is indeed one oT Those who exempliTy Progress. l-le is recognized as one oT The Toremoslr educaTors of The counTry. We know him as a person who is a real Triend, as one who has made The paTh To knowledge easier and more enjoyable Tor us. DocTor l-lolmes has seT a sTerling example Tor us To Tollow. Through The years, he has given unselTishly of his Time, his energy and his ideas. l-le has shown us Tolerance, kindness, courTesy, Triendliness, willingness To share, and all The oTher qualiTies which, when combined wiTh The desire To go Torwarcl, makes a person an invaluable asseT To The cornmuniTy in which he lives and works. ln The years To come, may we oT The class oT I939 reach The goal DocTor Holmes has seT Tor us and be as valuable To oThers as he has been. The Associaie EdiTor O 4 0

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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