Bay Ridge High School - Maroon and White Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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,Qi MISS ELIZABETH T FITZPATRICK Prmcnpal

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jo we gyracluafing gfaaa ofyune 1953 ln June, diplomas will be awarded To all members oT The graduaTing class TulTilling The requiremenTs, namely, successTul compleTion oT The required course oT sTudy, including compeTence in ariThmeTical Tunda- menTals and saTisTacTory speech: evidences oT good characTer3 and demonsTraTed loyalTy To Their counTry. IT is a greaT honor Tor me To have The responsibiliTy oT cerTiTying graduaTes Through signing Their diplomas. The words, good characTer and loyalTy, are pracTically synonymous wiTh Bay Ridge. The loyalTy oT our girls is demonsTraTed repeaTedly in Their ingrained philosophy which is revealed in Their composiTions, Their reciTaTions and Their acTions. Their good characTer is generous, viTal, and dynamic, conTinually revealing wholesome impulses, impelling iniTiaTive and unguesTioned inTegriTy. Qur graduaTes have a sTern sense oT duTy which challenges Them To be vocal in deTense oT Their convicTions and does noT permiT Them To be merely acquiescenT or submissive. Knowing our girls Tor Their real worTh, I Teel conTidenT ThaT The Bay Ridge l-ligh School has TulTilled iTs duTy in Training good ciTizens To Talce over The leadership Trom Those who have gone beTore Them. l expecT To hear oT many oT Them in high places in The social, business and spiriTual worlds oT Tomorrow and our very besT wishes go wiTh Them inTo Their TuTure careers. ELIZABETH T. FITZPATRICK, Principal

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MRS ILSE GILLAM Grade Adviser