Central High School - Colt Yearbook (Paterson, NJ)

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TI-IE SENIOR CLASS BOOK uI.I.II.I.II-..IIIIH1-1inII1mm.-m..W...m.I.II.i.11.-.11IvH1.-it1.in1.HII11-I1IHIII.IIIIH.I..IIII1.IIII.1I.-.um-u.m...-.--1. -mmmnun-H. .i.i..m..n4--un llV..lmmmN,i,.u:W.:.,i.i..li:l.i.i.l1.is.iii..li:.mi,..yi..ui....i.. i..i.i..i.i..i-i--iE4,i.i..i,imins An Expression of Appreciation AVE we, the graduates, gained anything from our four years of High School? Have we obtained a foundation upon which to build? If we have, then, we have obtained the thing for which we have labored. This is merely the be- ginning. Our learning has just com- menced. Can you conceive success without early training to combat the many impediments of life? For in- stance, of what good would our school building be, if the foundation were not strong, and capable of upholding all that is built upon it? Does not the same thing apply to us, who are about to be graduated? Must we not use our fundamentals and enlarge upon them? Must not our fundation be strong to withstand the many setbacks we may encounter? The storms have raged for many years about Central High School, but -its foundation has been strong enough to withstand them. Of what use would the magnificent rooms and walls be without a good foundation upon which to rest? Likewise, the future of our lives depends on the early training which we are about to complete in part. VVe speak passingly of foundations, but are foundations built spontaneously? VVas our school building built upon a foundation that was found ready and waiting? No, it had to be prepared by dint of much hard work! By whom was this work performed? In the case of the building, by day-laborersg in the case of the student, by the work of the teachers. Thus, the time of gradu- ation may be compared to the comple- tion of the foundation. How have we students responded to the untiring efforts of our instructors? Have we made the best of this great opportunity, or have we let it slip by? Some have looked into the future, as early as this, and have forseen that what they do today will surely be of inestimable value to them tomorrow. Others have been able to see only the present and have thought to enjoy themselves now. Let us compare the student with the ground that is being I age Eight fashioned into a foundation. If the earth is soft and yielding, the workers can easily mould it into perfect shape. Likewise, the teachers have been able to mould the characters of those stu- dents who have been willing to work and who are open to conviction. Vtfe may speak lightly of instructors, but have you ever thought of what there is that attracts people to the teaching profession? In these days, when there are so many attractive pos- sibilities, what can induce anyone to devote his or her life to teaching? Cer- tainly, it is not so remunerative that it stands out as the royal road to wealth and fame. Therefore, there must be However, we some underlying cause. have still to determine what this cause is. Perhaps they have looked into the future and have decided to prepare the future citizens for the battle of life! In return for their efforts, what do they receive? Do they not value more highly than money the pride in witness- ing the good students whom they have turned out? They are not placed in the Hall of Fame after they are dead and gone. They are not honored and re- vered while they live. On the con- trary, they are most bitterly condemned by the unappreciative students. They do not become teachers until they have gone through long years of training. This, alone, would serve to discourage any but the most persistent. Later, there is the thought of teaching the same work term after term, until it be- comes monotonous. Still they labor incessantly. In view of all these things, the grad- uating students tender their hearty thanks to Mr. Manley, who has been at the helm of our ship and has guided us safelyg to Mr. Hubbard and Miss Iargstorff, who, in additon to their cus- tomary duties, have very kindly de- voted their services to the graduating class, to Miss Brophy, who has cheer- fully donated her services to the Nor- mal School Candidates, and to all the other teachers who have helped and guided us during our years at Central High School. Jour: SAHATJIAN. 54.V!!!..3155.555.55..5....5....555,.!..1-gli5.vi.5....!.y........-I-I. asVliar..:asaliisl.a..ia..1i.a.aiaa..i....a....:a...:..l4i..,,i.i,.iL5,,i

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CENTRAL H ...,...1w!f1111.1-14. religion whose impotence tl1ey clearly of society, and yet could not fulfill watching over the public morals. As l IGI-I SCHOOL ONTICUSQUIILU has said that l'NL republics are preserved by V112 tue and monarclnes by honor. He observes, moreover, that honor renders unnecessary among mod- erns the censors who were required among the ancients. Today on all sides is heard talk about censorship, an idea which is repugnant to every idea of a republic. To me the distinction between virtue and honor is very finely drawn, for, I think, the one will necessarily include the other and where virtue is, there is also honor, where honor is, so also is virtue. The censors among the Greeks and Romans were an addition to the pagan showed-fa religion which was mistress the first duty of all religionsfthat of ong as the deep religious convictions of the founders of our Republic continued, there was no place for censors and the appearance to-day of the censors might argue the lessening of the inliuence of religion on us. For when moral means are wanting, then recourse to physical ones is necessary and the regulation of one's conduct becomes an institution of the police where violence is substituted for persuasion, There is only one censor required and that is a well regulated individual conscience, the suin of these individual consciences making an admirable public conscience, regulating our actions according to the eternal principles of right and wrong, justice and injustice. Since the society in which we live is, as it were, one vast company, let us see to it that the strict a11d sound principles of morality prevail in this society, where is given the right name to every action. By not allowing the irregularity of our conduct to falsify the judgment of our actions we shall be surrounded by witnesses and judges who ca11not be corrupted besides placing a check on us when we wish to do evil and urging us on when we wish to do good. Put into practice during your lives the principles we have tried to instill in you and, of necessity, success, happiness and usefulness must follow-ab tainments which I sincerely trust will he yours. JOSISPJI, F. MANLEY. Page Nine