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

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1 We, lhe members of lhe Class of January l95O, sincerely dedicare This edilion of fhe ARCH lo our Grade Adviser, lviiss Florence Denholmg and To Jrhose who have guided us wilh wisdom, friendliness, and under- slanding ro The road of fulure success commencing a'r our gradualion.

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jo the Glass of January 1950 CongraTuIaTions upon The successTuI compIeTion oT your high school course and besT wishes Tor conTinued success in whaTever you underTaIce in The many years ahead. Your Teachers hope ThaT Erasmus I-Iall has sTimu- IaTed your minds, broadened your vision, helped you develop habiTs oT indusTry and diligence, and opened your eyes To The imporTance oT The individual in The social scheme. lvlay The TuTure be a rich TuITiIImenT oT The promise you have shown here. IT is easy To be pessimisTic in a world characTerized by inTernaTionaI Tension and suspicion and by inTernal biclcering and sguabbling. To The sTrong in mind, hearT, and characTer, however, presenT condiTions are buT a challenge ThaT presenTs an opporTuniTy To you, The new generaTion. The modern young man and The modern young woman will noT be depressed by The TaulTs and Tailures oT manlqind buT will see in Those very Tailures prob- Iems ThaT you can and will solve. The Tair-minded, Too, will see abouT us abundanT examples oT how we are overcoming wealcness, preiudice, and iniusTice and how we are opening wider The doors oT opporTuniTy To all. Erasmus I-Iall has Trom iTs beginning sTressed The imporTance oT The individual. The obiecT oT The old Academy was To educaTe youTh on a liberal plan and To Trame Their manners upon The principles oT virTue and poIiTeness. In beginning his worlc as principal, Dr. WaITer BalTour Gunnison ouTlined The purpose oT The modern Erasmus I-Iall in These words: Erasmus I-Tall shall sTand, so Tar as in me lies, Tor sound scholarship, Tor general cul- Ture and reTinemenT, and Tor ThaT characTer Thar shall be seIT-reIianT and manIy. ThaT ideal has persisTed, and iT will conTinue, I Teel sure, inTo The TuTure. And The Troubles and problems oT our day will be meT adeguaTeIy only iT all oT us Teel ThaT personal responsibiliTy and grow in mind and characTer oT The TinesT and highesT Type. IT is The earnesT prayer oT your Teachers ThaT Their eTTorTs in some small degree have conTribuTed To This deveIopmenT in you, The hope oT America. I-IearTiesT greeTings and besr wishes To you all. May The years ahead be Tor each one oT you Tull oT happiness, growTh, and accompIishmenT. Sincerely yours, JOI-IN F. McNEII.I. Principal

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jo the Glass of January I 950 Your cruise in The realm oT educaTion was well under way when Mr. Korey's promoTion leTT your ship wiThouT a capTain and l was given com- mand oT iT. The course was seT. Now The porT is in sighT and This cruise nearly over. Soon iT will be all ashore, -commencement-a new begin- ning,-a new advenTure. You will be Thrown upon your own resources, To Thinlc Tor yourselves. To decide Tor yourselves, To acT Tor yourselves, To sTand alone if need be. Your success will depend largely on The hapiTs oT sTudy and concenTraTion already Tormed and pracTised, on The aTTiTudes you have adopTed, on The moral code To which you adhere. We have emphasized The imporTance oT courTesy. cooperaTion, and dependapiliTy. l hope we have made you conscious oT The TacT ThaT The righTs and privileges which are your inheriTance as Americans are a TrusT which you may enioy only as long as you accepT The responsibiliTy Tor iTs mainTenance. IT, as The years go lay. you Tail To do your parT in saTeguarding This inheriT- ance you will be conTribuTing To The loss oT These righTs and privileges which now you Talce Tor granTed. LeT your philosophy be, WhaT can l conTrilouTe To The conTinuance oT The American way oT liTe? raTher Than WhaT's in iT Tor me? No doul3T you have heard iT said, and wiTh reason, Blessed are Those who expecT noThing. Now as you seT ouT on a new cruise. look To your charTs and compass. and ploT your course wiTh care. Each should seT Tor himself some worTh- while goal and sTrive as besT as he can To achieve iT. You have my hearTiesT good wishes Tor your success. Guard your healTh. Weigh careTully your opporTuniTies. STand up To Tace The TuTure unaTraid, wiTh The assurance ThaT all Things worlc TogeTher Tor good To Them ThaT love God. The admoni- Tion oT The Old TesTamenT propheTs is sTill wise and TiTTing: Be sTrong and oT good courage: Tear noT, Tor The Lord Thy God, l-le iT is who doTh go wiTh Thee: l-le will noT Tail Thee nor Torsalce Thee. FLORENCE DENT-IOLM