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

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hopes ond re-olifies During The pasT Three years aT BaTTin, you, our seniors, have worlced and hoped and prayed ThaT This greaT global war would come To an end wiTh vicTory Tor The UniTed NaTions. Your work here on The home TronT has been carried on TaiThTully, eTTicienTly, willingly, and cheerTully as loyal American ciTizens. Your Taslcs, which have seemed Trivial when compared wiTh Those oT The men and women in The armed Torces and in indusTry, have neverTheless conTribuTed in no small way To The ToTal eTTorTs Toward bringing vicTory nearer. BaTTin looks wiTh pride upon your accomplishmenTs and urges you To con- Tinue your eTTorTs unTil lasTing peace is assured. Your hopes and prayers are becoming realiTies as, day by day, you Tollow The progress oT The allied Torces and hear oT The approach oT V-E Day. VicTory in Europe is only a parT oT The ToTal vicTory. TT calls Tor renewed eTTorTs and prayers To help and To susTain The valianT men carrying on The TighT againsT Japan. You cannoT, you musT noT Tail Them. The ulTimaTe goal oT This war is The esTablishmenT oT a iusT and lasTing peace Tor all peoples. As The TuTure ciTizens oT America, a grave responsibiliTy resTs upon you To help build and mainTain ThaT peace, Tor which so many men have paid The supreme sacriTice. You can begin now To lay The ToundaTion in your home, in your school, in your neighborhood, and in your communiTy by applying The Golden Rule in all human relaTionships. You can conTinue To pracTice The TundamenTal principles oT Triendliness, cooperaTion, broTherhood, and Tolerance, which you have learned aT BaTTin. lT is your privilege To spread The gospel oT good-will and your respon- sibiliTy To build a proper respecT Tor and loyalTy To our American TradiTions and ideals. We will all be beTTer prepared To undersTand our neighbors oT oTher lands and more assuredly mainTain peace wiTh Them when we discard our prejudices, uprooT biases, and as a resulT meriT Their conTidence. May The TuTure hold Tor you a world where peace, harmony, and undersTanding will be The ruling Torce.