Freeport High School - Voyageur Yearbook (Freeport, NY)

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JOHN W. DODD A.B., AM., Ph.D. STUDENTS OF FREIEPORT HIGH SCHOOL IN VVRITIP-IG This arTicIe Tor your yearbook, I wish I were able To convey To you The ThriII ThaT comes To me in speafqing in your assemblies, in meeTing you aT your aThIeTic conTesTs, aT your schooI pIays: and oT The pIeasure and privilege oT greeTing you aIong The high school corridors and in The cIassroon'ws. As I IooI4 aT your accornpIishmenTs and records, I conTess To pride in The presenT generaTion oT young peopIe. GraduaTion To me represenTs young peopIe aT Their besT enTering upon The mosT viTaI period oT Their grow'I'h. Here is an imaginary miIesTone on The TurnpiIce oT growfh and achievement aT once a resTinq place Tor ThoughT and mediTaTion, and a sTarTing poinT Tor Tresh exerTion in The perTorrnance oT The journey. The Tame, The popuIariTy, The Triendships, and The cheers oT your high schooI days are aII a necessary parT oT your educaTion. Our ToremosT chaIIenge is ThaT oT producing ciTizens who respecT IrnowIedge. are eager in iTs pursuiTs and sIriIITuI in iTs use. Fame may be accidenTaI, popuIariTy may Take wing, The crowds may cheerq one Thing aIone endures! ThaT is characTer. CharacTer is The resuIT oT Two Things' fmenTaI aTTiTude and how we spend our Time. T5esT wishes To each member oT The cIass oT I938. JOHN W. DODD, SupnrinTonrInnT aT Srlmale iI.wfiir1

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GREETINGS TO Tl-TE CLASS GE T938 FREEPQRT High School is sending TorTh The largesT graduaTTng class in ils hisTory- a class prepared Tor service To The communiTy in business, social, and civic liTe. The Year Book presenTs a word and picTure sTory oT your service To EreeporT High School and is desTined, ThereTore, To become one oT your mosT Treasured possessions. The mosT inTeresTing worlc oT your class, your clubs, your aThleTics, your organizaTions, are recorded here. To everyone in EreeporT High School There is a warm appeal in The sTory OT high school liTe which These pages Tell-nThe sTory oT school ilTe' -scholasfic, aThIeTic, and social. High scholarship, good Tellowship and The developmenT oT characTer building Through class work, and exTra curricula acTiviTies are The aims Toward which The sTudenT liTe in EreeporT High School is direcTed. A spiriT oT Triendliness, an earnesT and conTidenT cofoperaTion beTween sTudenTs, TaculTy and The communiTy, are dominanT characTerisTics oT our schcol. The TiTness oT The Theme oT your Year Boolc aT graduaTion Time challenges ThoughT. Eor years The radio has aTTracTed youTh. The Tigure you see peering inTo The microscope in radio research is broad shouldered, young, and vigorous. lT is TiTTing, ThereTore, ThaT This Year Boolc should Talce as iTs cenTral Themeferadio. Radio iTselT has Tparely made a beginning, as accomplishmenTs oT Today are measured. lT presenTs a genuine appeal To The inTeresTs oT all young people. lT is an upATo-daTe and worThwhile Theme Tor your Year Book. BesT Wishes To The Class oT I93B. May each oT you have The saTisTacTion oT well deserved achieve- menT won. GEORGE C. COLYER. PresidenT oT Board oT EducaTion BOARD OE EDUCATTGN Dr. George C. Colyer PresidenT Mr. Leo E. Giblyn Mr. CliTTon B. SmiTh Mr. OTTQ Jensen Ten Mr. George E. Williamson

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TO Tl-TE CLASS OF T938 MAN is a gregarious being. l-le craves comradeship, fellowship, and sympaTheTic undersTanding Trom his Tellows. This urge oT The human race is responsible Tor The wireless, Telegraph and Telephone, The radio, and Television. Through The medium oT radio and Television, space is no longer a barrier To man in his desire To communicaTe wiTh his Tellows. Man noT only wishes To be wiTh his Tellows buT he wanTs To be desired by Them. ln high school we label Those who are desired mosT by Their Tellows as popular. Those who are popular in The besT sense oT The word, we call leaders in school liTe. We elecT Them presidenT oT our clubs and capTain oT our Teams. These people who are giTTed wiTh The abiliTy To lead have a greaT responsibiliTy To Their Tellows and To The school. Those who use Their populariTy as a license, Tailing To recognize Their responsibiliTy To Those who are looking To Them Tor leadership. soon Tall by The wayside. The Voyageur is a record oT Those who have lcepT TaiTh wiTh This TundamenTal urge oT humaniTy. These sTudenTs have accepTed posiTions oT leadership in The school and have made good. The biggesT problem in The Tields oT business, indusTry. and The proTessions awaiTing The members of The I938 class is, ThereTore, The age old problem oT human relaTionships. M besT wish Tor you aT This commencemenT season is ThaT you may conTinue To be leaders in all worThwhile movemenTs in socieTy, ThaT you may be aT all Times True To The Trusf and conTidence oT Those who are looking To you Tor leadership, and ThaT you may aT all Times be worThy OT lasTing Triendships. MARTIN M. MANSPERGER. Principal oT The High School MARTIN M. MANSPERGER B.S.. A.Iv1. Twelve