Academy High School - Academe Yearbook (Erie, PA)

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Presented by Students of Academy High School Erie, Pa.

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. l ' W«:, rP If m 1 5i j «ft WE, THE STUDENTS WE, THE STUDENTS OF ACADEMY, stand firm in our pledge to the Flag and the Country for which it stands. By the supreme sacrifices of our relatives and friends, and by the small ways in which we are privileged to help them, we know that this nation shall always have liberty and justice for all. True, we are only the members of a school; we are the spouting youngsters. But we are the product of the old generation and the leaders of the new. If our faith is strong, then the old generation has done well; if our ideals are high, the new generation will do better. When speaking of a better future, we are not forgetting the destructive present. Rather, we are basing many of our future hopes on the lessons of this global war. This war has taught us the necessity of appreciation. Once, freedom and liberty were mere symbols to us; today, because of the noble battles for those very things, they are grim truths deserving of our vigilant protection. However, even the most optimistic among us will not hope to solve all the world ' s problems in our time. The solutions to the world ' s numerous dilemnas will take a much longer time than our short span on earth. Yet our task remains the same: to insure for future generations greater freedom and liberty, and a fuller realization of the benefits of good living.