Brown Preparatory School - Brownian Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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DR A LYNN MYERS PI'1l'1Clp3l BUILUI G A BIGGER TU IIIHHUW fast year whnle m Florxcla I vlslted St Augustine foulo d ID 1565 the oldest c1tv m the Umted States I went through the oldest house m the Umtcd States It seemed small We bunld hlqger houses today Dur1ng our Chrlstmas holxdays I stopped off m V1rg1n1a long enough to v1s1t amestown Yorktown and Wnlllamsburg places of much hlstorxc mterest Although m W1ll1amsburg the restored olonlal bunldmgs such as the Clpltal the Old Court House the Governor Paxace the Ralexgh Tavern and the V ren Bunldmg of Wxlllam and Mary po tge are fine examples of Colomal Archltecture and furnlshmqs of that tlme yet we bulld much bxgger bulldmgs today and provlde them wxth gadgets and comforts unknown then Are we gomg to bulld a hmgqer tomorrow or has Amerxca seen nts best days7 Wxll It be necessary from novw on for young people to have a pull or drag to get 1obs7 Our entlre h1story shows that mtelllgence and character are the qualltles that brmg succf-ss A young man by the name of Strauss was rejected m college for the athletlc teams because he was too small One evenmc as he sat ln h1s room he made up hls mmd to bulld somethmg blg when he gc out of college A few years ago he was selected to bu1ld the brldge at San Francxsco whose towers are tvto hundred and Hfty feet hlgher than the Washmgton Monument He also buxlt the George Washington brxdge across the Hudson R1ver A German chemlst about thlrty years ago mvented stamless steel but lt remamed for Edward G Budd of Phlladelphla after sxx years of study to glve nt commerclal value Streamlme trams of stamless steel span the pralrles of the West today A new lndustry was born nn Ph1ladelph1a whlch employs fifteen hundred men who were formerly out of work Amerlcan h1story IS full of the development of new xdeas luke the McCor Il'llLl'C reaper of IS34 whxch have created new busmess enterprlses and gxven employment to thousands Thls 1s especxally true nn per1ods of busmess depress tons It ns vsorthwh1le today as ln the past to go through a stlff course of prepar atlon IH school and college to he ready when the opportunlty comes A LINN MYERS Q . . . t .4 , , . . , .f L , i .. . ' 7. . '. .. . I ', ' 1 ,H-' , , . f x' ., . 1 , . ' 1 v . . . . w . s 1 - ' , ' 1 Y . V v . , . . . .1 . , - v . . . , . . . X , . - .V . x . . . v 4 , .

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ADMINI5 FHATIUN

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REV HOWARD H PRQUSE Princ1p'il PE EE I remen b r the years during the first World Wa vhen students qraduating from school looked in bewilderment upon the chaos being created before their eyes and thc ortex of slaughter and horror into which they were in imminent danger of being drawn They feared the worst and yet they retained th courage horn of the high hopes that had sustained them during their school days For most of them the future was much brighter than the black clouds of warfare would permit therr to see But thev held on and many of you are their sons and daughters You are graduating in t pres ice of similar conditions No person can tell you what the future holds t you can do one thing Keep your pre nt aims as long as you are permitted to do so and do not yield one inch to fears and forebodings You have begun to rise college is ahead of you Hold on until you have completed your education ard reached your goal Kate Smith the popular radio singer and commentator recently stepped out of her usual role and in her inimitably gentle voice urged her vast mdio Word and to pray incessantly that we be delivered from the curse of War Alfred Tennyson the nreat poet once exclaimed There are more things wrought by prayer than this forld dreams of Ever it is so that courage confidence and hope can be found by those who are willing to close their eyes to the discouraging circumstances which appear and to behold Him who ultimately controls tht destiny of humanity An ancient prophet that was once encouraging the people of his race who were meeting disaster and hardship gave them a promise that has been found to he fulfilled for those who follow its conditions ln these times of devistition ind warfare it should be of great help to you who step out into a world such is ours It is Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on Thu because he trusteth in Thee Our trust has been shattered many times in recent years our trust in established methods and in established institutions But you may have this trust that carried our pioneer forefathers thru the dark period of their times as it will carry you thru this dark period Trust in God HOWARD H PROLISF ' C . f ' 'r ' l ' 'f'-i' l ' ' ' V l P ' . ' . ' e ' A A . v . - l V . . . E 21 . . . . I , . ,1 f ' . ,-2 ' : . - , . C Q A . audience to go tc God. to seek Him in these hours of uncertainty, to read His . - C . , ,, . in .H ' I ' V . . . C . ' ' ' . ' 2. 2 ' 2 'c ' ' .