Freeport High School - Voyageur Yearbook (Freeport, NY)

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BOARD OF EDUCATION GREETINGS TO THE CLASS OF I946 OR Tour years we have worked under a war-Time program in our naTion, our communiTy, our homes, and our schools. The whole emphasis oT living was direcTed Toward winning The war. Now, The swing is back To normalcy and educaTion Tor peace-Time acTiviTies. The public school is a highly eTTecTive Training ground Tor democracy. lT musT develop in young people The knowledge and deTerminaTion To piTch in and make democracy work aT every level, Trom Tamily and neighborhood To The new one world which science has esTablished. l-lisTory, geography, and governmenT can Turnish a rich background Tor undersTanding boTh in our own counTry and oTher naTions real- isTically and inTelligenTly. Working TogeTher in high school acTiviTies is a mosT eTTecTive preparaTion Tor The applicaTion oT The principles oT uniTy and cooperaTion in adulT scivic liTe. Learning To Tace issues squarely in sTudenT liTe is The besT Training Tor making unbiased decisions in adulT liTe. We hope your school acTiviTies have been viTal and inTeresTing. You have enTered inTo Them wiTh enThusiasm. Your record has been accomplished by consTanT good work. CompeTiTion is keener now especially Tor high school graduaTes whose ambiTions and aims are high. A careTul check oT successTul men in business and proTessions indicaTes ThaT The besT anyone can have is The desire and The abiliTy To work hard. There never has been Tound a subsTiTuTe Tor good honesT work. lvlay happiness and all good Things worTh having be yours and may The Train- ing which you have obTained in FreeporT l-ligh School aid in The aTTainmenT oT your worTh-while ambiTions. Cn behalT oT The Board oT EducaTion, which has always aimed To encourage and promoTe every school acTiviTy essenTial To a real educaTion, l say, CongraTulaTions and God speed To each member oT The class oT l946. LEO F. GIBLYN PresidenT oT The Board oT EducaTion LEFT TO RIGHT: Mr. CliTTon B. SmiTh, Dr. E. Freeman Miller, Mr. Loo F. Giblyn, Mr, Harold Pearson Mr. OTTO Jensen. 8

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JOHN W. DODD GREETINGS TO THE CLASS OF I946 O chronicle The acTiviTies oT FreeporT High School, To capTure someThing oT iTs spiriT, and To esTablish a means oT recalling To The sTudenTs Their IiTe in FreeporT High School is The purpose oT The year book. No oTher acTiviTy is more deTiniTe or more worThy in iTs aim. To every sTudenT in high school There is an irresisTible ap- peal abouT The sTory which These pages Tell: The sTory oT achievemenT, abiliTy, iniTiaTive, indusTry, and knowledge: The sTory oT a group inTensely in earnesT abouT puTTing The besT ThoughT inTo work: The sTory oT all phases oT school liTe - aThleTic, social, and scholasTic. The Voyageur presenTs a word and picTure accounT oT your service To FreeporT High and is desTined, ThereTore, To become one of your mosT Treasured possessions. ln a happy liTe, as in a happy school, There is always an abundance oT service. The class oT 1946 - The TirsT peace-Time graduaTing class Tollowing World War ll, has a greaT opporTuniTy Tor service - service which requires sTraighT Thinking, The capaciTy Tor criTical Thinking, and undersTanding oT uniTed and cooperaTive eTTorT, good work habiTs, respecT Tor The abiliTy and righTs oT oThers, and The capaciTy Tor adulT living which will yield The maximum oT saTisTacTion. Think Tor yourselT, exhorTs PresidenT ConanT, and lisTen To The opinion oT Those who are more experienced Than yourselT. Think Tor yourselT, advises PresidenT HuTchins, and Take parT in The worThwhile acTiviTies abouT you. No Two words are oTTener on our lips Than The Two words, Thinking and ThoughT. IT you would experience your TondesT hopes and greaTesT amloi- Tions, puT your besT ThoughT inTo your work and aim To develop an orderly mind. BesT wishes To The class oT I946. JOHN W. DODD SuperinTendenT oT Schools 9