Freeport High School - Voyageur Yearbook (Freeport, NY)

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MARTIN M. MANSPERGER Bs., AM. THE WORLD OF TOMORROW As WE in our imagination try to visualize the World of Tomorrow, we are inclined to think ofa World of things. We dream of a world in which television becomes the common possession of all men, a world where men Hy through space at a speed unknown to present-day aviationg or in our flights of fancy we may dream of a universe where men on the earth have regular communication with men on other planets of the solar system. The events of the past few years have shattered the castle of our dreams. We are gradually dis- covering that the world which men have longed for and prayed for lies not so much in the realm of scientific discovery and achievement, but rather in the realm of the intangibles, in the realm of the spirit and not in the realm of physical comfort and material progress. Great inventions, which have made of our world one large neighborhood, have failed hopelesrbl in giving us a urtiverral brotherhood. Our young people long for economic and social security. They want a world in which they are free to seek opportunity. Yet, it must be perfectly clear to any thinking person that security is im- possible in our present world dominated by fear and hate. We are confronted with a choice between World brotherhood and World suicide. Herein lies the challenge to present-dayyouth. The Class of 1939 will be called upon to join the youth of the world in meeting this challenge. Your high school is counting on you. YOU MUST NOT FAIL! MARTIN M. MANSPERGER Principal of High School

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1oHN w. noon Aix., A.M., imp. GRliIi'I'INGS TO THE CLASS UI logo: 'liHROl'C2IlCC,lt1C'21llt7I1 young pt-oplt' art' taught to Iivt' nobly, to work valiantly, to think Clt-arly and to servo wvll. 'l'hc VIf1lIl41fI'7lI' and thc- artivitics it reprf-svnts art- roncrvtt' proof ofhow wvll wc attain thvst' pu1'posc's. VVc' art! proud ofthv surct-ss which thtl Class of logo has achivvvd in all phasvs of High School lift: Thx' litnvss ofthv thvmc of your yvar hook, 'l'ht- W'orld of Ton orrowf' Challt'ngt's thought. In a gallvry in tht- City ol' Brussels is a portrait, more striking than famous, t-ntitlvd, Tlicf Man ol' tht- Ifuturt' and thc' Things ol' tht' Past. 'l'ht' Con- Cvption ol' tht' artist t-mhodit-s in fascinating sim- plicity mort' than a Ccntury of human progrtxss. ln this pititurt' wv find an idval which vvvn vn- llglllfdllxll humanity has not yvt attainvdg a 'Wvorld ofTomorrow which is tht' vmliodimvnt ol' undvr- standing, ol' work and oliarliit-vt-1nt'nt. Thr' tintf cxprvssion, whvn applitfd to a young man, whirh brings honor to him is, A manly lbllowf' The- young person of whom that can hc said is going to hc' thc kind whom you like- to mvtft. VVll6'I't'Yt'I' ht- livvs ht' will ht- lookvd up to and trustcd. Ht' will lx' a leadvr and ont' toward whom all Gyvs will turn with admiration and rcspt't't. What tht- VVorld ol' Tomorrow ncvtls is a largc supply UliSl1Cll young pcopltf who know both what thvy darv to do and what tht-y dare not do. Bffst wishvs to cach niviiilxir ofthe Class of logo. JOHN VV. DODD Sllpi'I'lI1lt'IlCll'I1t of Schools

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CLASS or 1939, oRr1H1'1Nos1 THE World of Tomorrowgwhat thoughts it brings! In your school days, even if you had not in mind that thought, you have been preparing for your future world- What is the difference between a savage and a civilized man? There are many, but one difference seems to me to be basic. The savage sacrifices anything or everything ofthe future for the enjoyment of today. The more civilized man will endure hardships and privations and will sacrifice anything of the present that he may reach the goal ahead. The one thinks ofthe now,'g the other fixes his thoughts on a goal far in the future. An instructor was teaching a youth to drive a car. The car wobbled back and forth across the road and the instructor said, f'Look farther ahead on the road and you will go straighten One has said, I will lift up my eyes unto the hillsf, That is it-ethc long look ahead and upward. Your World of Tomorrow is dependent upon what you do today. Will that World of Tomorrow be any better because you, the Class of 1939, go out into it? Knowing you as I do, I have faith to believe that it will. Your sincere friend, RUTH E. COCHRAN UBEND one cubit to straighten eight,,' is a lesson which I hope, the Class of 1939 has learned. It was phrased by an ancient philosopher, and though spoken for his World of Tomorrow, it is as appropriate for ours. It requires putting away childish thoughts and moving as men. Children occasionally dash blindly toward distant goals, unmindful ofintervening dangers, or of the appar- ent truth that disaster might have been averted by bear- ing slightly to the right or left. In human relations, the shortest distance between two points may not be a straight line. To pursue a blind, stubborn course may be to ignore the rights of others. To ignore others may be to create difficulties for oneself It is better to bend than to break. Good Luck! CECIL H. MAHOOD RUTH E. COCHRAN, A.B. Vice-Principal and Dean of Cirls CECIL H. MAHOOD, A.B., M.A. Vice-Principal and Dean of Boys M Q23 wx 5' ,gall ,V I 2 . gif: fi