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CHARLES I-I. VOSBURGH Principal, jamaica High School
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TO THE GRADUATES OF JUNE, i936 Dear Girls and Boys: Perhaps you may have heard that this June I shall com' plete the fortieth year of teaching in Jamaica High School. In that time I have watched the school grow in registration from less than one hundred pupils to over nine thousand, its graduf ating class from five a year to over twelve hundred a year, its teaching staff from four to three hundred. This phenomenal growth has had its advantages and dis' advantages. Keeping pace with increasing numbers came im' proved facilities for education, varied courses, more specialized teachers, but with these advantages came also the disadvantages of large classes, a shorter school day, less personal instruction, less individual contacts between teacher and pupil. With all these changes there has been one constant factor -the student. You boys and girls of today are essentially the same as they were forty years ago. You dress differently, some of you apply a little color to help nature, you are more sophisf ticated, and you may smoke occasionally, but at heart you are the same simple, wholesome, fun loving, cooperative students as were those of a quarter a century ago. My most fervent wishvis that you develop into as good, loyal, upstanding, courf ageous citizens as those who graduated before you. ,f i,.sMYou are leaving your Alma Mater at a difficult time, a tiineof Hnancial stress and social readjustment, and it may not be easy for you to find your particular niche, but there is such a place, as there always has been, if you will only have the courage and perseverance to find it. If at any time you are in need of a little encouragement or the advice of an older person, do not hesitate to come to me. I feel that my responsibility does not end with the granting of your diploma. My office door will open to you just as freely as it has for the past four years and I shall be glad to help you at any time. I congratulate you on your graduation and wish you all success and the best of luck. Sincerely your friend, CHARLES H. VOSBURGH, Principal, jamaica High School.
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