Harrison High School - Harrisonian Yearbook (Harrison, NJ)

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FQ i JOHN P. MURRAY S1lpC'T1!fSil1g Principal The new day that faces you graduates of 1942 is not a particularly bright and cheerful one. Its horizon is clouded over by the smoke and dust of a titanic war, in- volving all the powers of the earth. Our country is playing a leading part in this war. Peace, and the peaceful scenes of other days seem remote and inaccessible. The future, to all appearances, offers nothing but blood, sweat, and tearsf' Truly, the outlook for you young men and women is not a pleasant one. However, it is always darkest before the dawn. How true is this adage today! We are asked to make sacrifices, to endure hardships, to walk, as it were, in a blackout of truth and justice, freedom and hope, for a little while, that eventually this same truth and justice, freedom and hope may be a permanent part of the lives of all men and all women throughout the world. This is the goal to be attained, the prize to be won. Is the price we are asked to pay too exorbitant? Is it worth the sacrifices, the days of darkness? There can be but one answer for us. There is no other! And so I ask you to take courage, to be of good heart, for assuredly brighter days and happier times loom ahead, bringing in their wake peace and happiness for each and every one of us. I ADMINIS Page Six

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DM Q N8 THIS, THE ELEVENTH VOLUME OF THE HARRI- SONIAN TO OUR BAND, IN-DUE RECOGNITION OF ITS OUTSTANDING RECORD OF ACHIEVE- MENT FOR THE YEAR 1941-1942.

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Not since the first graduate of Harrison High School went on his merry way to conquer mythical worlds has a group been faced with a problem similar to yours. The world of today is filled with unrest, uncertainty, and confusiong with haste and more haste. Its pace is so accelerated that details are drawn into the larger spheres as dust particles in a whirlwind. You go not to conquer a mythical world but to prevent the conquest of a world threatened by the forces of evil, and coveted by the greed of a few unbalanced men. You must go forth with the thought ever uppermost in your minds that the world of today should be a youthls world, and its possession is to be achieved under the guidance of more mature and experienced minds. ' Most of the actual physical and mental effort to be expended in the task of prevent- ing the subjugation of our land will be youth's. The responsibility of preserving what has been so aptly expressed by our President as our way of life, will be as much yours as it will be the soldier,s or sailor's in the actual combat zone. Thus to ou raduates there are no words of raise, no encomiums for the 'ob well Y g l done, no exhortations to seek a richer, fuller life. No, all you can hope for, at this present writing, is the strength and perseverance to continue until the present battle shall have been won. XVILLIAM F. GRA NT Prizlrijml R TIO Page Seven