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

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Senior Grade Advisers Mrs. Jeanneffe Amery Mr. Milfon BlaH Mrs. Elisaberh Brogan Adminisfrafive Assisfanf Mr. J. Allison Sfevenson Adminisfrafive Assis+an+ Mr. Anflwony J. Bove Dean of Boys mln is tra tion

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rlnczyaa S essage Since you enfered high school abouf four years ago, fhere have been many significanf changes in world sifuafions. Some social and economic Trends have come fo sfand ouf in rafher bold relief. ln fhe brief space alloffed fo me here, may I empha- size iusf one imporfanf frend which, as fhe years roll on, will gain in imporfance. l refer fo a growing fendency foward alfruism. More complefely fhan ever before, will you, as exponenfs of a new generafion, have fo abandon selfishness. You musf learn and undersfand fhaf no individual is self-sufficienfg no individual is a law unfo himself: each one is merely a parf of a greaf sociefy which we are sfill sfriving fo mainfain fhrough winning fhe peace. From fhe fime of rugged individualism in our hisfory, our American way of life has been an evolufion info fhis ever-growing, social concepf. We have climbed slowly and painfully fo our presenf sfafe of welfare. We musf confinue fhe upward sfruggle. This fheory of unselfishness is nofhing new fo you in Jackson. Your fearns have been accusfomed fo if, fhey have won vicfories fhrough feam play-nof because of a desire for an individuals aggrandizemenf. As a sfudenf body you have fiffed info rules and regulafions which were meanf fo be besf for all: and on occasions each one of you has sacrificed some sfrong, personal desire, simply because following fhe pre- ferred course for you as an individual mighf have proven defrimenfal fo fhe welfare of fhe enfire sfudenf body. More and more fhe concepf of fhe common good musf become of paramounf imporfance in our counfry and in The world. Unless you are guided by fhis social ideal, if is my opinion fhaf you can nof affain fo your full value as a member of fhe sociefy info which you are enfering. Yours will be fhe decision, fo build furfher on fhis ideal, or fo refrograde. I hope fhaf your decision will be fo confinue fhe upward pafh. RALPH W. HALLER 4

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286560 tion To tile parents of the class of February, 1948 . . . To you, who have smootiiecl for us the rougii piaces in that ever-widening roaci of life, who have iieipecl us to face and to overcome the many obstacles that have iiinciereci our success, who have laughed ami cried with us throughout those precious years which we snail always remember, we, the graduates of the class of February nineteen hundred and forty-eight, wisii to dedicate this Book with sincere gratitude and love. This, we think, can snow but the smallest measure of our feelings. It is our nope that some clay we snail maize you proud of your ciiiiciren, as proud as they are of you, and in this way we siiaii prove that your earnest efforts have not been in vain. At this time, as we receive our diplomas and gradu- ate, we nope you, too, will feel tile thrill of that moment, for it was you, our parents, who spurred us on to strive for this important clay, anci therefore, we oieciicate THE PIONEER to you.