Freeport High School - Voyageur Yearbook (Freeport, NY)

Page 17 text:

RUTH E. COCHRAN Vice-Principal of the High School C LASS OF 1937, greetings! You are explorers, every one, for life is a great unknown continent which must be explored by each one of us whether we will or no. To be a true explorer, you must have a worthy purpose which will challenge all your powers. The old saying, Hitch your wagon to a star , still holds a wealth of meaning. To be successful, you must also have courage and the will to work. But these two are not enough. A compass, a guide, is absolutely necessary or you will never be able to find the way to your goal. The safest guide is a good conscience, which will unerringly hold you to the right course. As we study the lives of other explorers, we see how many years they spent in preparation. Admiral Byrd is only one of many we might mention. How his years of preparation must have been filled with the joyous anticipation of future success! There will be hardships and difficulties, but the knowledge that you are striving for something worthwhile will give you this joyous anticipation. May I suggest that you remember those around you as you journey on your way. They, too, are explorers and will need your help as much as you need theirs, and may they find they are stronger as they onward go; because They have in their lives the courage you gave When once they touched shoulders with you.” Always, your friend, RUTH E. COCHRAN. Thirteen

Page 16 text:

MARTIN M. MANSPERGER Principal of the High School I O THE CLASS OF 1937: WE LEARN BEST THROUGH EXPERIENCE. Those of you who have had the privilege of editing a newspaper, serving as the president of a club, or captaining an athletic team, know the truth of this statement. Through these experiences many of you have found your life's work. The editing of a year book is the task of collecting and compiling the experiences of an entire student body. Through the pages of this book surges the life blood of a great institution. If you, the members of this graduating class, would get a picture of the forces which have done much in preparing you for the next step after high school, you will do well to explore the pages of your Voyageur . In the class room and through extra-curricular activities, Freeport High School has done its best to provide MANY EXPERIENCES which will enable you to live a more ABUNDANT LIFE in the social and economic units of which you may be a part. Through these experiences we trust that you have learned to be more SENSITIVE to the NEEDS of those about you and that you have discovered the VALUE of PERSONAL INTEGRITY in human relationships. You should be better able to THINK for yourselves and in large measure IMMUNE to the VICIOUS PROPAGANDA which confronts you on every hand. As you go out of your high school into the LARGER EXPERIENCES of life, the best wishes of your principal and members of the faculty go with you. Twelve MARTIN M. MANSPERGER.

Page 18 text:

Fourteen