Central High School - Mercury Yearbook (Auburn, NY)

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Is DITORIAI Pre udur 1 'ln ful whlfh can be ll1QfllTt fT xery taslly 111 the mlnd of anyone cts consner Typual Semor H1 Hwh chool I S A to see what may Vue happened to h1m Typ1c'1l Sen1or ls not born with preiudice as a baht hlS ideas are yet to be formed It does not take lonff howexer for hlfll to become preyudlced Hls parents or some nenzhbors may say slxffhtlnfrly COYTICTTIIIIV' as simple as lnd1an Cner or fhmk and thus lmplant the seed of pre1ud1ce possibly XNIITIOUT the1r own knowledge The box next floor may be of '1 dlfferent race Do you suppose our Typ1cal Semor w1ll play w1th him' Of eour e at first he w1ll because he lillt aware f raflal d1fl'e Ft nu llllll tie son 0 some naw ntl 1 ors 'lsk Why do you ra wlth the boy next door? Hi- parents came from 'mother country The chlld then not1ces what he has neyer obseryed before He walks down the street and turns the corner to plav w1th boys l1ke himself forgettmg that It was only a few genera fl0I1Q affo when his own ancestors arrlyed on this COIIUHCIII Tvtll the llttle boy grows up He starts to school and probably attends church or Sundry School llc learns about charlty towards other but how can l1e be experted to practue 1t wlth so many prejudned people around h1m9 Perhaps he hears of tht lxu lxlux lxlan an 0I'f'8IllZZ1fl0ll whlch has persuuted Nc ffroes CZIITIOTICQ and Jews 1nd wonders how sufh an 0I'f'8I'll73flOIl can exlst 1n T115 beloyed country Ty p1cal Semor leayes Elementary School and enters H1 h School U S A Now that he I9 older he studles more about the past He learns of pol1t1cal l1bert1es and CIXIT rlffhts granted to 1nd1x1duals by the Br1t1sh Magna Charta and by the first ten amendments to the Lmted States Const1tut1on Further study rcxeals that these two Ureat documents are the basis for the Lmxersal Declaranon of Human Rights whnh was drawn up by the Umted Nations ln 1918 Thls great organ1zat1on of slxty members from many nations IS dedlcated to Qhiiflllf' news and understand mg dlfferences and lt hopes to make the pI'1IlClplLb of this Declaratmn effectne in every country on the face of the earth Typical Semor thinks about some of the rlghts proylded such as the rlght of life hberty, and securxty of person, freedom of thought speech and commumcatlon of mformatlon and ldeas, proh1b1t1on of slavery and torture These, he feels should belonff to all mankind He lear11s al o that through the cooperatue effort of the Unlted Natxons troops are bemg scnt to Korea He remembers that the Unlted States took the lead when Presldent Truman ordered General MacArthur to send m1l1tary a1d ln the summer of 1950 to the South Koreans when they were attacked by an aggressor nation Smce then, he knows many natlons have sent troop , and they are all marchlne on together to defeat Commumsm, the enemy of true freedom Typlcal Semor IS beginning to reahze that not everyone is selfish and pre JlldlCCd 1n the world at large Then looklng around his own h1 h school, he wonders what It IS like there He sees his fellow students helpmv each other Jlm Jones helps Walt Szczebnka with h1s mathematlcs It doesnt matter to these boys that they are of different rel1g1ons and nat1onal1t1es Together, they work on a common problem Again Typical Semor observes For the first t1me he not1ces that good teachers are examples of unprejudlced people They teach their class as a group and 3XO1d showing rac1al or I'Cl1gl0l1S part1al1ty Ty p1cal Senior 1n Hlgh School, U S A IS contmumv to thmk He IS observ 1ng and trylng to ga1n understandmv, for he has finally reahzed that preyud1ce IS not 1nborn but IS an evll that IS 1mplanted and that must be uprooted and destroyed completely He has learned also that only through knowledge and understandmv can anyone hope to conquer prejudlce As he leaves hlS sheltered llfe and goes 1nto the unknown w1der world he must try to lmprove thxs world whenever he can for hlmself his famlly h1s fr1ends, and for future generations, by doing all that he can to destroy prejudlce wherever he may encounter lt MARY TARALA I 6 1 -4 A A j ..l.Sc i.. . v Y li. ,. I . Y ' , . . . . . Y' ' ' Q 1., .1 .. ,s . V ,1, a . . C if - ' . .- i ' ' K . Q ,, , , .. , t', F.. Y ' . T ' . D . T- - . , Y . . Y . . H . .Y ,, . 1 au a Y . , I.. . V. ,, ., H . ,, . . . . ' V. . , 1 . ., . .. F.. . ,. , C ' . . ' V. . v. ' lv V. . 1 N X -. 'i . 3 v'x . 5 ., . - O . . , . LL - Ill: fr -V -any 1 Y 1- 1 I . 1- n. ' l 5 v ' - - v . . . 1 . L . . ' 1 , ,' . ' . ' ' , . , - I. g . x ' . - . . 1' . ' . ' . ' ' . S., 5 E .h . V. V . .D 3 . . . 1. ' ' r f . . . 1 f v -s. 1 . . ., F , . ,U , . H.: ' : . - g . ' J: ' . Y . . V .U - C , . . . 7 . . .. A T P y . . . M V . g, ., : , ' .' . Y .' V . Q . . .I . . . .., I . . , - D : ' . . . . if . Y ., , . . '. l . . . . . Y . 9' s v L . . , - , I., - N .V . v . 5 9 r- ' ' e . , v . ' 1 .. . . 1 1 S C . . .U V . C . D . . . . , - V . , . . . I - 7 . . . . l. . . . . - . . D . D 1 C . I C a 1 V 2 1 9 v

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CLASS SONG Xlvlotlyz -'.'ll71f'l'I'l'Il flu' Ht'11l1!1'f1ll As wo go out to st-Pk our plum. VU- leave st-hool with at sigh. Woll Iiml nt-xv tluys of hopo :mtl strifv. Ifur from our tit-ntral lligh. With faith atntl hopv hrm in our Iivurls. XVC sc-tilt tho un-trod wuysg With work and joy awaiting us. Ivo lean' our high school days. As years roll Ivy weill e'er hold dear Our memories of you. And now we sing. clear Central High. To bid a fond adieu. With faith and hop? firm in our h0u1'ts. Yfc seek the un-trod waysg Wvith work ancl joy awaiting us. We lvavc' our high school days. I.0IS IIUUCIITA LIN. C7 Gil I IONOR STUDENTS Yule:-dictoriun. AXN Knmizn Sulututoriun. BETTY DONOIIIQE CLASS OFFICERS I.oRxiNr: Frsnrmxnnr ANN KXNINII-IR Trvasuror Prcsitlvnt titiacimx Tigtno III-:LEX Iloxncli Secretary Vivo I'rt'sidmit