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

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lDlElDllCATll0N The struggle for existence in which we are now engaged will end victoriously for us in the near future. Then, while the ink is still wet on the treaty, the problem of building up the world will fall directly on our shoulders. It is we who will be left, who must rise as one solid mass determined to clear the blackened and charred embers of our present civilization, determined to start, to see through, and to finish the almost impossible task of building a new world. Through keeping in mind the sacrihces made by those who gave up everything at Bataan, Guadalcanal, and Tarawa in order that our American ideals may remain sound, through education and through religion, eventually we can achieve, if it is our earnest desire, a perfect world. We, the youth of today, will live in that world. It will be ours. Its succcess or failure will, without doubt, depend upon us. We know that we cannot create a perfect world, a Utopia or a Shangri-Lap however, we can lay the solid, enduring foundations of peace and security for a safe world. To this world, to this time, to this effort, we dedicate this book. Thomas Zekou

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MARD AN TE EDITED BY THOMAS ZEKOV GLORIA BURKE P R E S E N T E D B Y THE SENIOR CLASS A. B. DAVIS HIGH SCHOOL MOUNT VERNON, NEW YORK D IFORTY I-TOUR

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The destinies of nations can be symbolized by hands which have been inspired by the good teachings of those who have gone before. The powerful, industrious hands of the laborer. the sensitive, skilful hands of the surgeon, the watchful, pro- tective hands of mothers, the tense, forceful hands of the base- ball players, the slender, flexible hands of the pianist, all have been guided and inspired by the performance of their worthy predecessors. The progress of the world depends upon the good created by these hands. Failure results from the evil and the destruction created by greedy hands. Hands build nations, maintain peace, and develop civili- zations. Therefore, hands are the appropriate symbol for the unceasing efforts of man towards the attainment of a perfect postwar world. Gloria Burke