Central High School - Mercury Yearbook (Auburn, NY)

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HONOR STUDENTS Back row: Mildred Namisniak, Margaret Pease, Barbara Hazeltine, Carol Jenner, Betty Fromel. Not pictured, Helen Northrup. Front row: Jean F. Thompson, Joan Kuter, Beverly Dunster, Helen Zamniak. CLASS SONG To the Melody of Auld Lang Syne Oh, Central High, we bid adieu To you with heads held highg Our voices swell in fond farewell To school days passing by. Oh, we the Class of Fifty-Four, Now joyously proclaim The friendships made that will not fade But in our hearts remain. Oh, Alma Mater, we are proud That you have been our guide, Welll sing to you affection true, A love that will abide. BETTY F ROMEL HELEN ZAMNIAK 1.l91i.

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Class Offzcers MARGARET FARRELLY Ross MARIE DANIELIO Treasurer Secretary BEVERLY DUNSTER PAT BERGIN Preszdent Vice President Valedzctorzan Jo Aw KUTER Salutatorzan BEVERLY DLNSTER R7 Yi'

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EDITORIAL SIIIC6 the dawn of mall thousands of years ago, the peoples on thls earth haye been strnlng for one preemlnent goal It has been IH thelr natures to search for lt at any prlce There have been those who haye dey oted thelr entlre ln es and fortunes to further IIS cause, and a horrlfylng number, some of whom we may know, haye dled for lt Thls preclous goal IS peace Today howex er the word has been used so much and IIS meanlng twlsted ln so many ways that IIS forcefulness as a word ln publlc communlcatlons has been greatly dlmlnlshed, neyertheless, It IS tlll our mam goal Thls very year Congress has approprlated mort than half tht 11811011 s annual budget for defense Why? 'Io preserye the peace Why do we nced goxernment laws concern lng crlme, and why IS there an F B I 9 Why are our SIPICS worklng oyertlme ln Com munlst controlled lands? To malntaln the peace IS the answer to all these questlons SIDCG peace IS obvlously yltal we should know not only what It 1S but ey en more lmportant how to obtaln lt Do we define lt ollly as the world wlde absence of war? If thls IS true, we mlght yust as well admlt that we shall probably newer have lt ln our tlme As long as bllnd, self centered, narrow mlnded man llke Hltler IXTUSSOIIHI and SIHIIH stalk the land deyourmff Ines and fortunes at wlll and as long as there are people ready and wllllng to belleye thelr false, propaganda, we must face the fact falrly agam the xalldlty of thls statement Just when wc get settled down alld breathlng after some hard won battle, another wlll arlse, and then another Thls may seem to be a yery pesslmlstlc and unfalr attltude, but who IS to guar antee that some lnfant belnv born today wlll not be a future Malenkov or Perono lNone of us can ey er be sure Ex en the greatest Prophet of all sald there would be wars and rumors of war untll the end Thank Cod howeyer, that thls lb not the onl deflnltlon of Jeace Harmony ln Y I personal relatlons, and lnward serenlty are the two d6fIIl1Il0I1S we should prefer Ihese ne us ho Je and turn us from a losslble fatallstlc attltude Wh 9 Because the 55 I I Y Vlaster of llfe has alread n en us a su Jreme, workable alan for establlshln Jersonal Y 3 I I 5 I peace Hls psychology IS expressed ln one short sentence, Loxe your enemles, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them whlch CICSIJIIC fully use you Thls plan does seem almost lmposslble but we must recognlze that lt IS Cod s plan It has already been trled and tested ln thousands of Ines, and lt works' Tet there IS a questlon that must be answered Though thls IS a master plan for true peace for personal peace, and cannot fall, are we wllllng to follow lt? A doctor gn es us the most dellcately compounded medlclne, but lf we fall to take lt as IJFCSCTIIJCKII, we Lon tlnue to suffer ThlS peace medlclne IS a glft Cod s glft to H15 chlldren, but we shall pay dearly through strlfe lf we contlnue to dlsregard lt Shall we use lt ' Do we dare do OIIICIWISC9 Barbara Hazeltlne I I0 I . . , l ' , U , .i ' . . . ,Q i , C . y. U . and squarely that there will be no world peace. History' has shown us time and time D . I 7 - ' v 7 ' J - as ' 44- V - an Y - - v 1 . . v . . M ' I .N Y , . 5 . 4, V v . i 77 . . . . . . , 7 . . . V . , . - . , . , I I