Harrison High School - Harrisonian Yearbook (Harrison, NJ)

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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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Page Four FOREWORD In this eleventh volume of the HARRISONIAN we have attempted to record in a simple manner the annals of our class. In its pages you will find no startling innovations, no striving for the spectacular. Rather, have we chosen to trod the path of our predecessors, believing that the success which crowned their efforts merited our emulation. However, ours is a far, far different world from that faced by the classes of four or five years ago. Ours is world of marching men, of lumbering tanks, of plunging battleships, of shrieking planes, and ex- ploding bombs. Ours is a world seemingly forgotten by God. Truly, these are times that try rnen's souls. Yet, we, the class of 1942, are not despondent, are not dejected, ominous though our outlook may be. Our faith in the American XVay', of life cannot be shaken. For we are firm in our conviction that when the moon of the bomber is down, there will come another dawn, bringing with it a new day, and a new world in which peace and freedom, justice and righteousness will be the rule rather than the exception. EDNA SULLIVAN, '42.

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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