Hawthorne High School - Ursidae Yearbook (Hawthorne, NJ)

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To the Class of Iune 1935 HAD there been more occasion for my scoldinq you, I should have scolded you, had there been more and lenqthier requirements, I should have re- quired them, but had there been more reasons for my Working With you and for you, I should have done so with my best. Since you're a special re- sponsibility oi mine, you have, consequently, a very special consideration of mine, and with characteristic partiality, I Wish you all-very special success. CLAIRE E. FLYNN . we My 56'

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GRADUATION from high school marks the close of one chapter and the commencement of another in your life. Twelve years of school experience begins to fade into the land of yesterday. What have they meant to you? Among other things, I trust that you have learned the art of making friends, that you have acquired a deeper insight and a keener appreciation of the world in which you live, broader sympathies, a tolerance for the opinions of others, and the ability to solve problems. This implies the capacity to think and to act constructively both for your- self and for your fellow man. I further hope that each of you in his own way has gained a greater confidence in himself, experienced the joy of success, and lived more abundantly. You now pass from the shelter- ed environment of your high school into the great world outside. And may l remind you that al- though a good beginning is ex- ceedingly important, the ability to finish is even more important. You are all aglow with enthusiasm and great resolutions as you set forth, but how will you be as the days wear on and the daily grind grows a bit monotonous? Life is much like taking a voyage. lt is when you are riding the high seas with the waves dashing all about you that the true test comes. Are you going to allow yourself to become dis- couraged, and to quit, or are you made of the stuff that doesn't begin to fight until the sailing gets rough? Success in life will depend not so much upon your intellectual acumen as it will upon your ability to get along with people, to take criticism with a smile and to profit by it, to be honest and square in all your dealings, and to cooperate with others in the solution of common problems. This day l usher you to your post of duty on the Ship of Life as she steams forth from the harbor of H. H. S., and I sincerely hope and trust that each suc- ceeding year will find you, a sailor, better able to weather the gales that blow. Farewell, and may the blessings of God be ever with you. LEMUEL R. IOHNSTON, Principal.

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5 . F fl' -tiff Ursidae Staff Editor-in-Chief Lawrence Mahon Assistant Editor Ruth MacArthur Literary Staff Betty Ackerman Reeder Butterfield Helen George Edwin Vandenberg Iames Wiley Art Carrie Wilkinson Victor Weinrich Tracy O'Hara Finance Edith Mahnken Charles Tanis Alice Stewart William Meister Douglas Moore Roger Williams Photographs Alice Stewart Alfred Meyers Dan Whitney Athletics Dom D'Auria Frances Whelan Editorial OLD FATHER TIME takes out his age-worn hatchet once again and lops off another scholastic year. This year the old sickle takes in a new school. Hawthorne High by name. This newly-severed class presents to the world one hundred and thirty-three new faces. Every face represents twelve years of education in the public schools of Hawthorne. For one brief moment on graduation eve the entire group will share the spot light. The next day they will be a drop in the bucket of humanity. A drop in the bucket! Are we to be but an ordinary spec, lost in the vast dust of the every day world or can we make of ourselves that element which even though minute, can make itself manifest in overpowering surroundings? Can we make our names and ideas prominent in the world in which we live? We can. Let us make a name for ourselves and our school, make our school a synonym of perfection, then, in the years to come, when Father Time whets his blade for the annual operation, his action may be a signal to our world that another perfect product is ready for its benefit, to ,help make it a better and nobler place. LARRY MAHON. Editor-in-Chief, Ursidae, 1935. 46? URSIDAE