Battin High School - Red and White Yearbook (Elizabeth, NJ)

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William M. Duncan

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A Message l-lail and Farewell, almosT as brieT as ThaT, seniors, has been your sTay aT BaTTin, Tor iT seems buT yesTerday ThaT we greeTed you Tor The TirsT Time, and in a Tew quickly passing monThs you will graduaTe. As one cannoT appreciaTe The beauTy oT The arTisT's work unless one allows herselT The correcT disTance Tor The picTure, so you will noT be able To measure The value oT your work aT BaTTin unril a Tew years have passed. We hope ThaT, as The years pass, you will be able To look back upon These years spen-T here as ones which were very helpTul To you and which were rich in building inTo your characTer The greaT virTues oT liTe, among which, we sincerely hope, each oT you may Tind Those which will be so necessary Tor her success, a courTeous, reliable, sincere, and selT-conTrolled personaliTy. Seniors, you will oTTen sTand aT The crossroads, Tor decisions are man's TaTed loT in liTe. We ask you always To sTand wiTh and Tollow TruTh. Many inTriguing Tallacies, TlaTTeries, and illusions will beckon and will Try To masTer you, buT hold TasT To This greaT virTue. The Tinsel and Tawdry Things oT liTe, while greaTly alluring, will sooner or laTer Tade and perish, buT TruTh will conquer all Things and endure wiTh Time. She also oTFers To hergdevoTed Tollowers The gueenly aTTribuTes oT a happy successTul woman. Think Truly and Thy ThoughTs Shall The world's Tamine Teed. Speak Truly and each word oT Thine Shall be a TruiTTul seed. Live Truly and Thy liTe shall be A greaT and noble creed. You all wanT To be successTul, happy, and helpTul women. Follow TruTh. May God's blessing richly and consTanTly abide wiTh each one oT you. WILLIAM M. DUNCAN

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l ! AN IF FOR GIRLS lWi+h apologies fo Mr. Rudyard Kiplingl lf you can dress fo make yourself affracfive, Yef nof make puffs and curls your chief delighf: If you can swim and row, be sfrong and acfive, lBuf of fhe genfler graces lose nof sighfg If you can dance wifhouf a craze for dancing, Play wifhouf giving play foo sfrong a hold, Enioy fhe love of friends wifhouf romancing, Care for fhe weak, fhe friendless and fhe old: lf you can masfer French and Greek and Lafin, And nof acquire, as well, a priggish mieng lf you can feel fhe fouch of silk and safin Wifhouf despising calico and jean: If you can ply a saw and use a hammer, Can do a man's work when fhe need occurs, Can sing, when asked, wifhouf excuse or sfammer, Can rise above unfriendly snubs and slursp If you can make good bread as well as fudges, Can sew wifh skill, and have an eye for dusf: lf you can be a friend and -hold no grudges, A girl whom all will love because fhey musf: If somefime you should meef and love anofher And make a home wifh faifh and peace enshrined, And you ifs soul-a loyal wife and mofher- You'll work ouf preffy nearly fo my mind The plan fhaf's been developed fhrough fhe ages, To win fhe besf 1-haf life can have in sforeq You'll be, my girl, a model for fhe sages- A woman whom fhe world will bow before. lSelecfedl HELEN V. DECKER