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

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The principle aim of our present life-and-death struggle is the formation of a finer. .more secure and more democratic world, endowed with ideals of freedom and equality. The students of today are the citizens of tomorrow. It is their training while in school that will greatly determine the future, for a democracy cannot survive without liberally educated, independently thinking people. In the hands of the faculty lies the immense responsibility of moulding the characters of thousands of young men and Women. Teachers are the backbone and foundation of any educational system: their positions are a vital and essential part of our war effort. In times of peace, as well as war, a teacher's work entails much more than the mere transferring of subject matter. It involves guidance, patience, and understanding. A teacher is a sincere friend and advisor to her many pupils. She not only conducts classes but uses her skills in organizing and super- vising clubs and extra-curricular activities. As a result of years of study and experience, the teaching profession has gained universal respect and admiration. We owe a debt of inestimable gratitude to our faculty. to the many men and women who have devoted their lives toward the improvement and perfection of the youth of America. With wisdom and foresight, they are helping to create a democratic world in which peace and liberty shall reign supreme, and ignorance and bigotry shall give way to liberal education and independent thought. -10

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R- Z' Q f I , 1 N- - 1 1 ' NS' 1 w' '7- . 4 . .lf if OUR ADVISORS A MESSAGE FROM DR. STEVJART While the winning of the war is the matter uppermost in our minds at the time this book is being compiled. we are. nevertheless, thinking of a postwar period and wondering what it will he like. lt is a truism to state that the world will be the kind of world we make it. lt is well for us to realize that unpreparedness for peace can bring almost as great a calamity as unpreparedness for war. Unless we plan wisely we are sure to have serious social mal- adjustments. It is greatly to your credit that you have been giving attention to such problems as our for' eign policy, our plans for a just and durable peace, and conditions necessary for high levels of employment after demobilization. The man- ner in which these and similar problems are solved will vitally affect your lives. Their solu- tion will call for an extension of the personal qualities of courtesy, kindliness, unseliishness, courage and decency into our relationships with other peoples and nations. 'bt 'FM Dr. Hugh H. Stewart Principal I-low to promote understanding. good will and peace, both at home and abroad, will be a major problem facing the United Nations. It is our fervent hope that each and every one of you will make some worthy contribution. l Mr. Childs Miss l,ewis Mr. Addis Vic:-Principal D an Advisor

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FACULTY