Boys High School - Red and Black Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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EDITCRIAL H Tis education forms the common mind: lust as the Twig is bent The Treeis inclined. -Pope-lworal Essays The graduaTing class OT June, l949, has now Tilled in The lcey boxes in ThaT crossword puzzle, ThaT is liTe. There is no Time, however. To block OuT in bold relieT The inTerpreTaTions OT 'liTe,' so common, so sTereoTyped, worn Threadbare wiTh use and misuse. The world is enTering The criTical phase in iTs hisTory: iT will improve or iT will degeneraTe inTo noThing. We are leaving behind us aT Alma MaTer a luxurious securiTy, wherein The only exTernally caused aTTaclcs On our menTal processes were noThing more Than coniugaTion OT LaTin verbs. applicaTiOns OT sine and cosine, and The second acT OT lvlacbeTh. We go inTo a world ThaT is revolving in an aTmosphere OT cold war Though s+ill scarred Trom recenT biTTer sTriTe. We go anxious To assume our share OT The burden OT The problems OT civilizaTion. The earTh's inhabiTanTs aTTribuTe To Themselves high infelligence in masTering The laws OT physics when They are barely beyond The STone Age in social relaTions wiTh Their Tellow men. WiTh Their maTerial and elecTrical implemenTs They have girdled The globe, COr1quered The ArcTic and The Tropics, They have harnessed lighT- ning, uTilized The power OT caTaracTg They have measured and analyzed disTanT heavenly bodies. They admiT noThing To be impossible in The maTerial world. The spiriTual world, The docTrines OT moraliTy, are neglecTed. BUT The Time measure OT a peoples greaTness depends solely upon iTs loyalTy To iTs naTive ideals, The ideals based solidly upon Truly human values and The digniTy OT man. lT is in The power OT yOuTh, and yOuTh alone, To Turnish The TaiTh necessary To resTore The moral check upon our Technological advances. And so we deparT Trom Boys l-ligh, The lceysTone OT TaiTh careTully cemenTed inTo our minds wiTh The mOrTar OT broTherhood. cooperaTiOn, and The sense OT righT and wrong. We have been TaughT The essence OT world peace. IT is now our Taslc TO bring iT To realiTy and preserve iT Tor eTerniTy. LR Th ree

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We Respechfully Dedicale. . Two This Term we respecflully declicale our yearbook lo Jrhe ou+s+ancling graclua+e of lhe Class of June I949. JOHN S. NCRRIS, alumnus, Teacher, and friend of B.l-l.S. is leaving alrer a quarler of a cenlury of hard worlc ancl conscienlious service lo Boys l-liqh. Thanlc you, Mr. Norris, for a iolo well done. Alma Mafer will noi be The same wilhoul you.

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N Noblesse Cbligen 15' 0 .Q ,Q 'S- O g D 2 , f I- llyy TX- , 0 .49 QOQKV TO TI-TE MEMBERS OE Tl-IE GRADUATING CLASS OF JUNE I949: A Tew shorT years ago, you enTered Boys l-ligh School, wide- eyed, alerT, eager To explore This new world of educaTion and deTermined To absorb all The wonderful possibiliTies ThaT imaginaTion. report and parenTal conversaTions had picTured Tor you. Now you have come To The end oT This parTicular experience, and I hope ThaT you have realized The ioys oT exploraTion, oT growTh, and oT achievemenT, The saTisTacTion oT sTanding shoulder To shoulder wiTh your Tellow sTudenTs and marching sTeadily Torward on The road To successTul accomplishmenT. Your high school career has broughT you opporTuniTies To progress in scholarship, To render unselTish service, and To acquire permanenT ideals oT inTegriTy, reliabiliTy, loyalTy, and broTherhood, I Tirmly believe ThaT you have greaTly proTiTed menTally, spiriTually, and morally: ThaT you have Tormed lasTing Triendships: ThaT you have laid a sTrong ToundaTion Tor whaTever conTronTs you in The days and years ahead. We oT The TaculTy are Truly pleased wiTh The spiriT ThaT has animaTed your progress-a spiriT oT cooperaTion and Triendliness and helpTulness. We hope ThaT you will always carry on in This spiriT and ThaT oT each oT you iT will be said, A splendid American ciTizen -Tor noThing Tiner can be said oT any man. Soon you will ioin The ranlcs oT The Tens of Thousands oT our splendid alumni who, ThroughouT The land, are making valuable conTribuTions To The welTare oT our beloved counTry. Our inTeresT in your career, our warm aTTecTion and good wishes will always be wiTh you, and when opporTuniTy permiTs you To visiT us, you will Tind a hearTy welcome awaiTing you aT your Alma MaTer. dp f4fwMQ Four Principal