Freeport High School - Voyageur Yearbook (Freeport, NY)

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GUID ANCE A GREAT astronomer once remarked to a friend: To the astronomer, man is an infinitesimal dot in an infinite universe. mAh! said his friend, abut man is still the astronomer. That reply illustrates a great truth: the individual is the only foundation on which any social order may safely build. You will be individuals after June, 1939, you will belong to the Mexeswfhowever you develop as individuals depends on how well you were self de- pendent during high school. So to you, as a new individual in your midst, do not permit yourself to become a dot in the world of tomorrow but hold to your individualities and your high principles, then you will be in a position to say as the friend saidfMMan is still the astronomerll' FRANK F. PIERSON, JR., Senior High School Counselor I l WE ALI, enjoy being with those we like! That is l why I canlt begin to tell you, both Students and 1 Faculty of Freeport High School, how I appreciate the opportunity of serving with you. We are happiest when we are busiest! There- fore, my wish for you is that, throughout your life, your time may be filled with worthy activity. And in it all-and through it all, may you achieve the success you so richly deserve and desire for yourselves. Sincerely yours, WILLARD VV. JONES, AB., B.D. Junior High School Counselor

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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

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