Andrew Jackson High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Cambria Heights, NY)

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Mr. Anfhony J. Bov6 Dean of Boys Mrs. Elisabejrh Brogam Adminisfrarive Assislramf Mr. J. Allison Sfevenson Admimisrrafive Assisfanf Mrs. Marion Boeqe Senior Grade Advisers Mr. Milfon Blaff 14dminiA tration

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PRlNClPAL'S MESSAGE Uppermosf in your minds as you look forward fo graduafion is success in your nexf underfaking. In November, Dean Speighf, of Elmira College, delivered an address which each one of you mighf well read. If had fo do wifh characferisfics or qualifies needed for success. ln my brief message fo you foday l wanf fo call affenfion fo iusf one of fhe qualifies which Dean Speighf menfionedq namely, Willingness To Puf Forfh Efforf. Nowadays fhere is a fendency fo ascribe failure fo a lack of inferesf. Throughouf your high school career you have undoubfedly heard some classmafes excuse fheir poor work by saying fhey had no inferesf in whaf was required of fhem-or perhaps fhey claimed fhaf fhe work was nof made sufficienfly inferesfing by fheir feachers. l know fhaf only a small minorify among you have faken fhaf viewpoinf. To be sure, if will be easier fo render confinuous efforf when work is inferesfing, buf lef me say fo you fhaf in any work which you underfake, fhere will be uninferesfing aspecfs, some drudgery, many fhings which in fhemselves you won'f like fo do buf which have fo be done in order fo accomplish fhe fask which you have underfaken. To men and women who have accomplished fhings in life, fhe facf fhaf anyfhing had fo be done was all fhaf was needed fo make if inferesfing or fo arouse a desire fo do if. Each one of you wanfs 'ro succeed and, wifhin limifs of abilifyi each one of you can make a success of life. The quesfion is, Are you willing fo puf forfh fhe efforf required fo gain fhaf end? If you have fhe will fo do fhaf, success is assured. RALPH W. l-IALLER

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Wrewvrd Living as we do in This modern world, consTanTly hearing new reporTs on The laTesT deadly developmenTs oT The aTom bomb and also hearing re- porTs oT disagreemenTs among The naTions aT The U. N. conTerences, we are inclined To develop an inner Tear +ha+ all Those Things which have been The basis oT our happy living may suddenly be desTroyed or snaTched Trom us. AlThough a war has occurred during our lives, we young people were noT so deeply aTTecTed as oThers. We lived in comparaTive saTeTy in a counTry which has always been a reTuge Trom The devasTaTion oT war. The securiTy which we have had has made real Tear unknown To us. l-low- ever, This same securiTy, which has proTecTed us, is now The cause oT our vulnerabiliTy To This Tear. Because we have always been Tree Trom Tear we musT noT geT The misTaken impression ThaT life is a lovely garden where we can easily pluck The TruiTs oT success. No, Tar Trom iT, Tor liTe, as people. who are older and wiser Than we, can Tell us, is Tilled wiTh problems which we musT solve or They will conquer us. lf we solve Them as They arise. Then we shall go on To Tace greaTer problems, prepared To Take Them in our sTride. BuT if we cower beTore Them we shall be kepT Trom Those heighTs which we have always dreamed oT aTTaining. lvlosT oT us wanT To be successful in whaTever we choose To do wiTh our lives, and we Teel very ambiTious when conTemplaTing The soluTion oT Those problems which arise. BuT The acTual working aT The conquering oT Them is decidedly more diTTiculT. We musT, ThereTore, prepare our- selves gradually To meeT larger problems vicToriously by Tackling The liTTIe ones encounTered in our presenT living, wiTh courage and deTerminaTion guided by sTrong moral principles. Since The exTenT oT our success will be measured by how many Tears we have meT and conquered, we musT guard againsT becoming adulTs paralyzed by Tear and musT begin working now To achieve our goal. V BEVERLY A. RENNIE 4