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

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as Elsa G, Becker Chrisfopher Columbus High School will, I hope, always coll up for you a joyous picfure of friendships made, subiecfs and skills learned, and fun shared wifh fellow sfudenfs and feachers. Buf, I hope fhaf as fime goes on and you fhink mafurely abouf fhese four high school years, you will see fhem ciosely relafed fo evenfs of world im- porfance which mark our age as fhe beginning of a new era of human righfs. Here your spirifuai and infellecfual growfh has faken place in an environmenf fhaf admifs no superiorify excepf on fhe basis of characfer, service, and abilify. You have been free fo fhink and fo speak, fo meef openly, fo worship God according fo your own conscience. Here you found feachers and counselors infenf above all on fhe developmenf of you as unique individuals, you found faculfy and sfudenfs encouraging you in fimes of frial ouf of a spirif of brofheriy love. These are fhe living manifesfafions of a free sociefy. They are fhe fesfimony fhaf your school pre- senfs of ifs faifh in fhe democrafic way of life, embodied in your fhinking and behavior. You cannof leave Columbus wifhouf a deep concern lesf fhese joys and privileges which you have experienced be losf in fhe presenf giganfic war of ideas. Lef your concern fake a posifive furn. Avoid fufile fear, decry affempfs fo sow seeds of racial, religious, and class hafredsg recognize for fhe enemies fhey are fhose who fhreafen freedom. Lef yours be a concern +ho+ expresses ifself in fhinking wifhouf prejudice and in acfing courageously on fhaf fhinking. Concern of fhaf kind is fhe dynamo fhaf wili keep fhis beloved democracy of ours alive. ELSA G. BECKER Adminisfrafive Assisfanf

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,,ff X ,,,,, fy ,.., yy X ss -5 Q, :XS iii Y? Yew Marlin E, Healy The faulf, dear Brulus, is noi' in our s'rars, Bu+ in ourselves, +ha'r we are underlingsf' This quo1'a'rion came +o my mind when a member of 'rhe facully 'lold me aboul one of our s'l'uden+s who had performed so far below his capacily in Columbus 'lhal he was now unable +o aHend +he college of his choice or choose +he career he desired. The young man biH'erly mainlained 'ihal olher people were malcing decisions for him and +ha'r his freedom of choice was curlailed. Of course, when we sludy +he si'I'ua+ion more closely, we realize +ha+ he had spenl four years making his own wrong deci- sions which made il' impossible for him +o gain one of his maior obieclives in life. While if is qui're lrue +ha+ noi all of us are capable of soaring 'lo speclacular heighls, if is also unforlunalely +rue lhal many of us do noi' use our 'ralenls and abililies 'ro full aclvanlage and wind up, all loo oflen, blaming lhe Tales for our failures. MARTIN E. HEALY Adminislraiive Assislanl 7

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