Levittown Memorial High School - Echoes Yearbook (Levittown, NY)

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ep 'erinti Students: Hands are mankind's basic tools. They give action to his thoughts. Through sensitive hands, successive generations have, with skillful brush, with quill and pen, with chisel on stone, ex- pressed the creativity of man's mind. Agile minds, pitying toil- blunted hands doomed to repetitious labor, have wondered what higher destiny these hands could fulfill and the first machines to till the soil, to weave the cloth, to grind the grain were fashioned. The hand without the mind to move it remains inert and helpless. Working in harmony, hand and mind can thread a needle, guide a steam shovel, reveal the secrets of the atom and write such words as will send men bravely into battle. Hands perform the bidding of the mind - the act of mercy and the vengeful blow. They are our prime instruments - our most immediate, direct and per- sonal way of putting thoughts into action. May our hands always be swift and beautiful for good.

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There are many problems confronting a Board of Education in a district as large as ours. In spite of this, our board has had an impressive record of accomplishments. For a school district so young to be known and studied nation-wide is in itself a significant indication of their work. The advances that we make in our future careers will be based upon the sound educational founda- tion that has been established this year and in the preceding years.

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-A- Message from Ou.r Principal Dear CLASS OF 1959, How frequently we speak of the wonders of democ- racy! How proud we feel when we realize the many freedoms we enjoy as compared with those provided by- any other form of government, past or present. We hope that when our seniors leave by graduation they will put into practice the more serious parts of democracy that they have learned and used in school. The future of democracy will depend more and more upon the activity of its members. The only way a de- mocracy can function with complete efficiency is by every citizen expressing his considered opinion on every problem or question brought before him. This is a big order. We must be familiar with all national, state, and local issues. We must be alert as to our responsibility in raising issues that need considera- tion. We must learn all.we can about candidates for all public offices. We then have our greatest responsibility— register and vote! Let us use our own final decision as our guide. After election of officials we must keep them informed as to our opinion on all matters with which they are concerned. The future of democracy will be decided by ballots, not bullets. Meeting our responsibilities as a citizen may not be all that needs to be done to safeguard demo- cracy for future generations. However, you may be sure that it cannot be guaranteed unless we do. Keep informed; register and vote! Charles C. Jacobs CL. Principal