Bradford High School - Barker Yearbook (Bradford, PA)

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DIRECTOR OF SECONDARY EDUCATION STELLA H. SPRAGUE, B. S. Teachers College, Columbia University Universify of Sourhern California TO THE CLASS OF I944: June 9+h, I944, will be a milesfone in your lives, probably fhe mosl imporfanl you have ever reached. Years from now you will recall fhe occasion very vividly and if should be one of your happy memories. Your oalhs which have, in many inslances, paralleled each olher for iw:-lve years will now diverge sharply. Soma will go on lo furfher fraining in colleges or olher inslirufions widely scafrered abou? our counfryg ofhers will begin iheir worl: in various vocaiions in fhis communily and elsewhere: and sfill ofhers will sail lhe seven seas or soar above lhe clouds in ihe service of our couniry. No graduafing class has ever faced a fulure so rich in possibililies for service in every known field. Even in ihe ierrible business of war, which we pray will soon be over, fhere are numberless opporfuniries for developing 'the finesr wifhin one. ln The pos? war days when all efforfs will be direcfed foward building a saner, befler world, rhe very highesl' achievement of which each one of you is capable will be needed. If mafrers noi whefher you rise fo a posilion of grear prominence or remain one of lhe counfless worlrers of fhe world, one fhing is demanded of all-your very besf eliforf in wharever you do, Lalenf polenlialilies for greal leadership and worfhy fellowship lie wirhin 'lhe members of rhis class. I+ is possible for each one of you fo make far grealer achievemenfs if you will only develop fo fhe ufmosl your individual capabilifies. May you live and work up lo The besl' wifhin you and malne fhe class of I944 famous in fhe hislory of Bradford High School for +he fine qualify of Hs service fo manlnindl 9

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SUPERINTENDENT SCHOOLS FLOYD C. FRETZ, B. S., M. ED. U niversify of Pennsylvania The commencemenl season wilh all ils significance fo sfudenfs and ro fheir parenfs is approach- ing, Af firsl fhoughf one mighf feel inclined fo be sorry for fhe young men and women who 'rhis year will go ouf from school lo face a world shaffered and iorn by fhe havoc of lhis war. On second fhoughi, however, I believe you are fo be congrafulafed for ihere is more unfinished business in 'rhe world foday fhan can be finished in several cenfuries, and 'lhe unfinished business of life is Irs greafesr challenge. Crucial problems musf be faced franlrly, infelligenfly and wifhouf bilferness. You musi parficipafe acfively, whelher you wish or nof in fhe efforf fo safeguard our way of life. ln fhe hands of your generalion lies lhe power lo maize a magnificenf coniribuiion fo humanify. As a resulf of 'rhe onswesp oi civilizafion, palferns of life musf be re-shaped and re-evalualed. Yours will be fhaf faslu when once our vicfory is won. Prepare yourself fo serve in such a capacily ihal your efforfs will improve fhe qualify of your fasli. Hold fasf lo your idealsl The ideals and principles of individuals iesl lhe endurance of governmenfs. Sfiffen your moral fiber! No counfry is beffer +han +he people who compose fhaf counfry. Face life here and now wifh courage and hope and a faifh fhaf will nof be daunfed! This generafion musl fighl fogefher and plan logefher wifh considerafion of lhe fundamenfal virlues fhaf vary lilfle from age lo age. Yours is 'the greaf privilege lo be one of lhe warriors in ihe struggle for vicfory in war and honor in peace. May you fighf a good fighfl

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PRINCIPAL RUHL L. CUSTER Wesf Virginia Wesleyan, B. S. Wesf Virginia Universiiy, M. A. Seniors, you are complefing fhree years of 'formal Training in Senior High School, and shorily afier you read lhese lines you will have received your reward-an oulward or fangible reward in +he form of a diploma. ln addition, you will receive an inward, less Tangible but more real reward which no one can give you and no one can fake away, as if comes as a resuli of your own cfforls. No one knows so well as yourselves iusl whai fha+ becoming has been. The degree fo which you have done your appoinfed +aslrs faifhfully and well, have pracriced The principle of pracfical helpfulness, and have followed ihe high ideals of our school, io fha? degree have you achieved Those fhings which male 'For worihy citizenship. We wish for each of you a happy life of useful service fo your 'Fellow men, hoping fha? fhe help you have received here has in some measure prepared you 'for if. IO y