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

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A Message The door oT opporTuniTy is swinging open and soon each oT you seniors as graduaTes oT BaTTin will be crossing iTs Threshold. WiTh The end oT your high school worlc, we hope ThaT each member oT The class will conclude ThaT she is noT Tinishing buT ThaT she is only beginning her educaTion. You have arrived aT The age when you should be very well acquainTed wiTh yourselT and Trom ThaT acquainTanceship, you should plan Thoug-hTTully and careTully The years ahead. Don'T permiT yourself To develop an inTerioriTy complex. Some one has said ThaT PrivaTe Enemy No. I in human life is noT sin or sorrow, bad as They can be, buT Tear. Tv1onTaigue said, The Thing in The world l am mosT aTraid oT is Fear. There are Two cerTain anTidoTes Tor Tear: courage and TaiTh. We sincerely hope ThaT your Three years in BaTTin will have helped each one oT you To begin The develop- menT oT These Two virTues. Courage is The TinesT human qualiTy if noT The basis oT every virTue. May you each possess iT in abundance and Though you meeT deTeaT, yeT may you noT be deTeaTed. FaiTh is reason grown courageous. Fear knocked aT The door. FaiTh opened iT, and lol There was no one There! As you pass Through The door oT opporTuniTy nexT June, sTep Through wiTh courage and TaiTh in yourselT. Be resolved To live a life Tull To overflowing wiTh usefulness, helpfulness, and happiness. LiTe can be Tor each oT you a winged and wonderTul Thing, Tull oT meaning and music, if you have courage and TaiTh To live, To love, and To learn. Believe ThaT ThaT is God's plan Tor all and may His love keep and help each one oT you ThroughouT life. wiLLiArv1 M. DUNCAN 6

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1 Martha Ellzing

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William M. Duncan