Fort Hamilton High School - Tower Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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OUR GRADE ADVISER We, 'rhe seniors who are now ar Jrhe very door of igradualion and a new life, wish +o give our sincere and hearrfelr Jrhanks To Mr. Srerne, ,our grade adviser. To each and everyone of us he has been nor only a +eacher, buf a friend. Our days al' Forl' l-lamillon were made more pleasanr because 'rhere was someone ro whom we could 'rake all of our problems wirh Jrhe knowledge Thai' he would help us 'lo work Things our. We will remember his jokes . . . how he, foo, wore The Senior pin wirh a feel- ing of pride' . . . his appearance al every one bf our social funclions . . . rhe way in which he was able 'ro call by name some i335 seniors . . . how proud we were whenever his special Jralenr for playing The piano asserred ilrself. We hope 'rhal' in fulrure years he will look back and remember Jrhe class of January '45 as being associared wi+h many pleasanr memories. We hope 'rhar he will be glad l'o have known us as we have been proud and happy 'ro have known him. Now, on leaving Fori l-lamilron, 'rhe enrire senior class joins hearls and voices and says Thanks, Mr. Slerne, you've been swell! 5

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FROM THE PRINCIPAL To The Class of January, I945: GreeTings and congraTulaTionsl We reioice wiTh you on This happy occasion. So many oT your cIassmaTes have already IeT+ Tor sTerner Tasks in The Armed Forces oT our counTry. QThers, I know, will Tollow I3reedom's call. When They reTurn, you, wiTh Them, will be called upon To make many adiusT- menTs in a posT-war economy. IT has been our purpose during your high school days To help you be prepared Tor The demands oT This newer, and we hope, beTTer world. Geographically, There are Tew TronTiers IeTT in America, buT There is a vasT domain open To all oT you in science, Technology, medicine and The complex problems oT human relaTionships. America looks To iTs youTh To help build Tor a beTTer socieTy, The parliamenT OT man, The TederaTion oT The world. May you always look back To your days aT I:orT I-IamiITon I-Iigh School wiTh a deep saTisTacTion ol: high endeavor and generous emoTion and may your memories OT your graduaTion bring you much joy and happiness. There is no shame in Tailure. Disgrace lies only in noT having Tried. Service To your Tellow-man is The ToundaTion Tor conTenTmenT and success. Cordially and sincerely yours, AUGUSTUS LUDWIG, Principal. 4

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DEDICATION We, The Seniors oT January, I945, dedicaTe our yearbook To The boys Trom our class ThaT are now in The armed Torces. This dedicaTion is buT a small parT oT The pride and graTiTude we Teel Toward Them. We are proud in The knowledge ThaT They are parT oT us, The living nucleus oT The youTh OT America. We are graTeTul Thar They have so graciously Taken over The Tremendous Task oT preserving The ideals which have been handedidown To us Trom our ToreTaThers. On December 7Th, I94I, Pearl l-larbor was aTTacked by The Japanese. IT didn'T mean much To us Then. We were very young and unconcerned wiTh The world. We had a liTeTime ahead oT us and we ThoughT oT The TuTure wiTh hope and eagerness in our hearTs. We never ThoughT ThaT some oT us would TighT and die To make ThaT hope oT The TuTure a realiTy. BuTg now we are a liTTle older and a liTTle wiser. We have TelT The Touch oT war and deaTh. Many oT our boys know whaT iT is To TighT and many will noT come back because They prized democracy and Treedom more Than They prized Their own lives. lT is inconceivable To us ThaT These boys are now maTure young men who are TighTing and dying To-r Their counTry. We knew Them when They were 'The kids around The corner' and 'The guys in our cliem. class'. BuT They're noT around The corner anymore. They're in France, Belgium, lTaly: They were on The beachheads aT Anzio and Siapanq They are in every parT oT The world where There are American Troops: They're TighTing in places ThaT we've never heard oT before:-in iungles and on deserTs: in swamps and on mounTains. Yes, They are TighTing, buT noT because They wanT To. They are TighTing be- cause iT is The only way They can show whaT is in Their hearTs. When we leave ForT l-lamilTon High School This January, addiTional numbers oT us will go inTo The armed Torces. OThers will conTinue Their educaTion by enTer- ing college and The resT oT us will sTarT ouT in The business world. No maTTer where we go or whaT we do we will always Think oT The boys Trom our Senior class ThaT could noT be here Tor graduaTion. We will always remember Their courage and sTrengTh. To These boys The Senior class ioins in saying:- God be wiTh you 'Til we meeT again. GRACE DELANEY 6