Christopher Columbus High School - Anchor Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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f PRINClPAL'S MESSAGE HF 'Ex' ' ' ' Qs, xx-v T vs M , 4 Swv M L vs. X N 301 xi' Y ' s 1- 5 2 T Q J 32 Ks, . ei. ss. sf sf-msg sys -Q ni? SX Y . X Q X i. x T is -3 N5 if X rs. 9 Q Q' rs X ks X x gg S Q' ' s m S l sysgsg .cg You doubTless have noTed in The press arTicles abouT The apparenT unpopulariTy oT The UniTed STaTes and our ciTizens abroad, in spiTe oT The Tens oT Thousands oT lives and The billions oT dollars ThaT we have poured ouT in our eTTorTs To molce a beTTer world. These aTTiTudes oT Toreigners mighT be aTTribuTed To The perils oT greaTness. We have more or less assumed The place oT world leadership held by England Through some oT The l8Th and mosT oT The I9Th cenTuries. The English also were parTicularly unpopular. This unpopulariTy is somewhaT akin To The aTTiTude oT many Towards individuals who have places oT leadership. Some people seem To have a congeniTal dislilce Tor superioriTy in oThers. Perhaps iT is parTly caused by a Too apparenT Teeling oT pride in leadership and a Tendency To appear To dicTaTe one's views upon oThers. l recall having heard an English publicisT say early in The 2OTh cenTury, when England was s+iIl dominanT, iT we Englishmen are noT The besT people in The world, Thanlc God we Thinlq we are. lT is possible we have some oT This same aTTiTude. IT we have. leT us be careTul abouT displaying iT. To appear To Thinlc oneselT superior is probably one oT The dangers oT greaTness. lT is our responsibiliTy To avoid a Too obnoxious asserTion oT our posiTion. fXnoTher responsibiliTy enTailed by our world leadership is The con- Tinual sTudy oT The ever-changing world problems. We have given you some ToundaTion Tor such sTudy here aT Columbus. l-lowever, iT will be only by conTinuaTion oT The sTarT ThaT you have made here ThaT you will measure up To The sTandards demanded oT us as world leaders. You are hereby assigned an all-embracing lesson ThaT should mean homework Tor The resT oT your lives. MARTIN L. WILSCDIXI Principal .js 1

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ff DEDICATION We, lkie members ol llwe gradualing Class ol June, I953, dedicale our yearbook lo Danny Pololsky wliose unlrimely passing filled us willi so muclw sorrow. We sliall nol lorgel liim. We slwall always remember llwe good nalured, lunloving Danny wlwose presence could enliven an unevenllul day. A nalural alkilele, lie excelled in every sporl lie fried. Danny was like mosl Seniors, lwe worked as besl lie Could, worried aboul marks, and lialed lwomework. l-le liked people and people liked lwim. l-lusky, allracliye, and genial, lie could always be lound in llfie cenler ol a group. Willi gralilude for llwe gaiely and warmllw and lriendslwip lwe exe lended lo all of us, we would like our Class book lo be a Conslanl reminder ol our alrleclion lor a line personkllanny Pololsky.

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Edwin J. Browne Educalion means many lhings lo many people. For some, il is simply a means ol poslponing lhe necessily lor malcing decisions as malure adulls. For olhers, ils sole purpose is lo lurlher malerial success--a beller iob, more money. Slill olhers lhinlc ol educalion as The open sesame lo social preslige. As young men and young women who have iusl Jrerminaled a large segmenl ol your educalion, you should be evalualing your concepl ol il. Whal has il meanl lo you? Whal will il mean in lhe lulure, whelher in college, or in lhe school ol hard lcnocl4s ? For your educalion is a conlinuous and never ending process. l-love you become or are you becoming a more responsible person? Are your dealings wilh olher human beings based on consideralion and fairness? Do you have slrong conyiclions on basic moral issues? Are you really concerned aboul lhe welfare ol your counlry? Your answers lo lhese and olher gueslions should lell you whelher or nol you are being educaled. EDWIN J. BROWNE Adminislralive Pxssislanl