George Washington High School - Surveyor Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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PAGE EIGHT Chief Administrator MR, ERNEST -I. CUMMINGS From the Principal .' MR. CUMMINGS' MESSAGE Scarred on the rocky walls of Thermopylae is the story of man's indomitable will for freedom and the part heroes must take to win and keep that freedom. But in the centuries that followed that historic battle heroes have died and sluggards have slept, while the Pass of Thermopylae stood stark and reproachful to remind man that once he had been free. Again at a time of bitter trial another hero of no less stature than Leonidas stood em- battled to recapture man's ancient birthright. None but Americans, cried Wasliington. Put none but Americans on guard tonight! Under Washington, freedom was wrested anew from the fetters of tyranny, seemingly for all time, but those same bonds are being forged again to shackle it down, The father of our country, fortunately, was a practical man with a vision in focus with reality. Among his last public utterances was the admonition to promote institutions for the general dif- fusion of knowledge. This brings us to George Washington High School and to the responsibility of you Seniors about to graduate: Your diploma of graduation carries the assurance that the holder is a real and true American. Are you? Do you realize what will be expected of every real and true American in the times that lie ahead? The years that you have spent in George Washington High School and the record of your achievements here make the answer un- questionably Yes.,'