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

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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

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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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Americons horve olwoys dreomed of giving rheir children o belrer life rhon 'rhey +hemselves hove hod. We, your leochers ond porenrs, ore no exceplion 'ro rhe rule. ll wishing could beslow upon you success ond hoppiness, lhey would be yours in obundonce. Bur becouse in rhe blinding lighl of world crises we hove ocguired some wisdom, we know lhol one wish should Jrronscend all olhers. ll is rhe wish Jrhol lhe world you live in will conrinue +o be one in which you con be free, con respecl eoch orher, con slrive logelher for choriry ond iusrice for all men. These ore The essence of lile in Americo. Americon democrocy is nor so much o polilicol sysrem os o woy of life. l-lere in Columbus for lhe posl four yeors you hove lived Thor life, free +o express your ideos ond To live up lo your honesr convicrions so long os you observed Jrhe rules of good order. Doy in ond doy our you hove experienced nol only The respecl ol leochers ond odminislrolors lor you os individuols, bul olso Their genuine concern for your personol well being. Regimenlolion of your lives hos been unheord ol. The desire To help you recognize your highesr obililies ond inleresrs ond lo develop rhem hos been poromounl. Our hope lor you is lhol you moy conlinue lo enjoy lhe lundomenlol blessings ond Jrhol you mczy slrive To preserve rhem for Those who follow you oul ol Columbus. ELSA G. BECKER Adminislrolive Assislonl Elsa G. Becker