Corfu Central High School - Crest Hi Yearbook (Corfu, NY)

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Administration 1513? 7 PRINCIPAL, C0111-'U PRINCIPAL, EAST PEMBROKE f L f 'igi . 3 Ae' uf E E d 1 . .F . R qVEmWWj. M i L m,,i ' to 1.A x1- A , Q 'if 5 M x 4' , if fat ,. MR. BARBER MR.WO0D MR.LANE Board Of Education ! MR. R.HILLS, CLERK, MR. VLHAMILTON, MRS. R. COURT, MR. T.POST, PRESIDENT, MR. E.WELLS, MR. 0.MALLORY. 6

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Principal' Message MERICANISMH by definition a trait or usage peculiar to the American people is not hard to understand. How- ever if you consider Americanism, as I am sure you intended, it is easier to tell of the things associated with our country than to define it. ' C HAT is America? ls it just a geographical expression naming a land mass be- tween two oceans and boasting the largest group of inland lakes, large river sys- tems, plains, mountains and all the variety of physical features associated with them? ls it not also an ideal of political and religious freedom, of freedom from want and the right to develop one's life as he is able and chooses without forgetting the duties and responsibilities that are always linked with these freedoms? This notion seems to have gripped the minds of men since the founding of our government. Where else could a man by character and ability alone become a captain of industry or rise to a high po- sition of leadership in any phase of life? In what other country has the opportunity for education been so available? Every item of equipment in building that are modern in every sense and staffed with fully trained teachers is the rule. Even transportation must be provided for pupils in our district who have never known any other kind of school. The opportunity of freedom has become so much a part of the way of the American way of life that, if one pauses to consider he might well ask himself Do I appreciate all this? and, lsn't there the possibility that because of taking too much for granted, I may lose my way of life? Thomas Paine expressed it concisely when he said What we obtain too cheaply we esteem too lightly . The world situation now demands that we do consider this, and ask ourselves how we may fit into the national need. Most of you were in the seventh and eight grade when World War ll ended. I am sure that all of you can remember it called for everyone to do something important to the national effort. It may have been the purchase of War stamps, raising a victory garden, or collecting scrap metal. Each had a job to do and did it, for in war or peace, Americanisrn demands that in return for our freedoms we also accept and perform the' duties that help to perpetuate those freedoms. That is the essence of Americanism. If the cold war worsens, you may again be needed. That you will do your part I am confident. Sincerely, 5

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E ROW IZ MR. WOOD, MRS. ALBERT HAMILTON, MRS. LESLIE LAMB, MRS. CLARENCE FULLER, MRS. RAYMOND MILLER. ROW III MRS. THEO RANDALL, MRS. CARL DIBBLE, MRS. MARSHALL RONAY, MRS. NOBLE BAKER, MRS. WILLIAM GABBEY, MRS. CLARENCE GILLIAN. ROW III: MR. DOW, MRS. GORDON KNOX, MRS. DONALD LAWRENCE, MRS. JOSEPH UNSELT, MRS. FRED WILSON, MR. CARMODY. He who helps a child helps humanity with an immediateness which no other help given to human creature in any other stage of human life can possibly give again. Phillips Brooks CQHUS the objectives of the P. T. A. are: to promote the welfare of children and youth in home school, church and communityg to raise the standards of home life, to secure adequate laws for the care and protection of children and youthg to bring into closer relation the home and the school, that parents and teachers may cooperate intelligently in the training of the childg to de- velop between educators and the general public such united efforts as will secure for every child the highest advantages in physical, mental, social and spiritual education. OFFICERS FOR 1950-1951 PRESIDENT ........ . Mrs. Leslie Lamb lst VICE PRESIDENT. . . Mr. Samuel Schlagenhauf Znd VICE PRESIDENT ........ P1-in. Lisle D. Wood RECORDING SECRETARY ..... Mrs. R. Miller CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. .Mrs. A. Hamilton TREASURER ............... Mrs. C. Fuller Pictured here is only the executive committee of the entire group. 7