Freeport High School - Voyageur Yearbook (Freeport, NY)

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HARMONY IN FREEPORT HIGH SCHOOL HARMONY is often defined as a nice adjustment of parts to one another so as to form a connected whole. The modern high school is made up of many parts. Freeport High School is proud of its varied offerings and of its academic standing. Pupils are given the fullest opportunity to participate in athletics, clubs, and music organizations such as bands, orchestras, and glee club. The HARMONIOUS blending of class room activities and extracurricular activities has brought an ORDER in Freeport High School of which we can all be justly proud. This ORDER is reflected in the class room and study hall and on the athletic field. We work together as one large family in the accomplishment of our goals. Each student is encouraged to have ideas and interests distinctly his own, but at all times and under all circumstances, he is expected to respect the ideas and interests of other students. CLASS OF 1948, the ORDER which you have sensed in Freeport High School should prepare you for the challenge which awaits you after your graduation in June. The responsibility which you owe to the adult society of which you will soon be a part was well expressed, more than five hundred years before Christ, by Confucius, the great Chinese philosopher, as follows: With righteousness in the heart, there will be beauty in character. With beauty in character, there will be harmony in the home. With harmony in the home, there will be order in the nation. With order in the nation, there will be peace in the world. These are the words of Confucius, yet, in a world which is weary of war and longing for peace, these words stand as a challenge to the youth of this generation. MARTIN M. MANSPERGER Principal 10

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GREETINGS TG THE CLASS (IF 194H HECAUSE:—of all that the Class of 1948 has signified in character, intellect, and school spirit; of all that has been done to uphold the standards and traditions of F. H. S. through thoughtful service, typifying worthy purpose, high ideals, and understanding, Harmony is not only a challenging theme for your Yearbook; it is a most appropriate one. That intangible and interesting quality—Harmony—plays an important part in everyday work. Harmony is the spirit which creates good fellowship and promotes the smooth running of the many units of any organization. Harmony is the outward expression of an inward consideration for others. Harmony untangles, pacifies, regulates, enlightens, and uplifts. It lightens the task and mellows the day’s work. Harmony is a familiar term in music. The conductor mounts the podium, lifts his baton, and the long-awaited concert begins. The brass is there supplying strength and rhythm; the wood-winds and the strings too—sweet and harmonious—round out the melody. Each musician plays his part. Soloists alone, however, cannot reflect the grandeur of it all. The grand finale is reached only through mutual agreement and coordination— harmony. So in life, we must fit our individual talents into the whole plan, working together for the common good. Now, a greater audience—the world—awaits your performance. It may be hostile, ready to criticize, but we are confident that the Class of 1948 will measure up to high standards with trained minds and the spirit to win. With harmony as the keynote, you will succeed. Best wishes to each of you. JOHN W. DODD Superintendent of Schools 9

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ADMINISTRATION AND GDIDANCE DNE of the most outstanding women in the Freeport educational system is Miss Ruth Cochran. To know Miss Cochran is to know her as an embodiment of her favorite poem, I Would Be True,” by Harold Arnold Walters. She truly is an inspiration to all who meet her. Her beautiful and sincere spirit is strongly felt wherever she goes. Among her various duties in the school, Freeport's First Lady is Vice-Principal and Dean of Girls. She finds time also to teach a trigonometry class and to have charge of the Junior Honor Society. Freeport is indeed fortunate to number among its educators Miss Ruth Cochran. The primary purpose of the Senior High Guidance Department, directed by Mr. C. Over-ton Tremper, is to prepare the Juniors and Seniors for entrance to college or vocations. This is accomplished by giving information on applications, writing letters of recommendation, bringing Mr. C. Overton Tremper Miss Ruth Cochran attention to all scholarships, and advising on courses to be taken. In certain cases which require adjustments to the school curriculum, Mr. Tremper arranges conferences with parents, teachers, and students. From the standpoint of the Junior High, the guidance department has a dual purpose: to Mr. W. Southard acquaint the young, inexperienced student with the divers subjects in the high school and to aid him in choosing the proper course of study conducive to his specific requirements. This is accomplished by giving assemblies in which various occupations are discussed, sometimes with the use of slides. At these assemblies the student is free to ask any pertinent questions. The student will also be interviewed by the Director of this Junior High Guidance, Mr. Randolph. Preceding this, however, a letter is sent to the parent giving lucid information about the course-offered. Recently a much needed position was created—that of coordinating and adjusting the sixth grade pupils to the seventh grade curriculum. The operation of this post is in the capable hands of genial Mr. W. Southard, whose official title is Vice Principal of the Freeport Junior-Senior High School. Mr. John Randolph 11