Erasmus Hall High School - Arch Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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Ol-I, LADS AND LASSIES Oh, lads and lassies, one and all, Come join us in a song OT endless Tame Tor The dear old name QT old Erasmus l-lall. Then Tlash wi+h living Tire each daunTless eye As we view Thy vine clad walls, WiThin Thy well loved halls. high WiThin Thy well loved halls. Chorus ' Erasmus l-lall Thy colors brighT Are sTarred wiTh gleams oT golden !ighT To ev'ry breeze unTurled, Wifh ioyous hopes empearled. The Blue's The hue oT Brave and True The Tender BuTT's The shade OT dawn, ThaT Tells The splendid years To come When youTh's Tair dreams are gone. II As Mecca loved by Moslem bands Our hearTs To Thee do Turn. As calm and Tranquil ever sTands This Theme Tor song and pen. While ardenT love oT Thee runs Through our veins, We'll sing Thy wondrous loow'r. While Tirm aTTecTion ever gains, No clouds aloouT iT lower. J. l'lerberT Low

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ff aw- O TO Tl-TE MEMBERS OE Tl-IE SESQUI- CENTENNIAL CLASS OE ERASMUS l-IALL: l'learTiesT greeTings To you all and congraTulaTions upon your success. As you are graduaTed This June, Erasmus l-lall compleTes one cenTury and a halT oT service Tor The youTh oT our land. The TaiTh, The vision, and The sacriTices oT Those who in 1786 esTablished This school and oT Those who Through The years have supporTed iT have been iusTiTied in iTs long record oT use- Tul service. We hope ThaT your Tour years here have developed your powers oT mind, ThaT you have come To a Tuller knowledge oT people and To a greaTer maTuriTy oT personaliTy and oT characTer. You Tace a world uncerTain oT iTs purpose, scep- Tical oT many belieTs ThaT guided our TaThers, Torn by conTlicTing ideas, TearTul oT impending disasTer. Unable or unwilling To Thinlc Tor Them- selves, Too rnany men are swepT along in mass Thinking and in mass acTion. The abdicaTion oT personal responsibiliTy and The TlighT Tor reTuge To The auThoriTarian dicTaTorship oT Tyrannical in- dividuals or oT groups consTiTuTe a danger To ThaT democracy which we believe To be The besT way oT liTe. As you go ouT Trom school, may I impress upon you individually your responsibiliTy To Thinlc Tor yourselves and To worlc Tearlessly Tor The righT. IT democracy is To survive and iT civilizaTion is To advance, The good ciTizen musT be prepared and willing To do his parT in solving The problems Tacing us Today. John E. McNeill

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