Lincoln Junior High School - Lancer Yearbook (Yonkers, NY)

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MESSAGE FROM OUR PRINCIPAL THE ENDURING QUEST The sages of every age haxe med 1tated upon the mean1n of hap pmess how to achleve It and how to preserve It It IS safe to say that happ1ness IS an mtangl ble vlrtue sou ht by all but achleved by few Thls may be the case because there are two lunds of happmess the happlness that naturally results from the good fortune of others and happmess that comes from w1nn1nD some personal trlumph or galnlllg a selfish goal At thls t1me an over whelmmg seffment of our SOCICIY IS feverlshly SKFIYIYID for the sec ond klnd of happmess to get happmess through ltnowl edge for knowledge 15 m the final analssxs the foundation for wxsdom and from wisdom comes undez tandmg Happmess IS understandlng It IS the understandlng of the other people ln the world thelr joys and sorrows tl1ClI' emotlons and problems m rtlatlon to ours Hap pmcss may be found ln understandlng of the fundamental truth conccrnme, the way to lne your llfe Happlness may be found m llfe ltself but only lf we understand how to lne lt 7 ' ' U' - O 9 'i . A . U l D ,, . . . U 4: D . . . ,. U - At Lincoln we recommend trying . . y . . V. l K , , I . . Y. S . K I V ,, . . Y 7 . . I i B . I . U - . A . . X . 04 vc V . . , .

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APPRECIATION few ML X Wwiwwjhffw FOR THE ANECDOTES LAUGHTER TO OUR LIPS AND THE TEACHING METHODS THAT HAVE BROUGHT KNOWLEDGE TO OUR MINDS HIS SIX YEARS AT LIN COLN TEACHING SPANISH FRENCH ENGLISH AND LATIN HE HAS GIVEN EXCELLENT PREPARATION TO MANY STUDENTS IN LANGUAGE STUDIES AS FACULTY SPONSOR OF THE YEARBOOK HE HAS PRO VIDED THE STAFF WITH ADVICE AND GUIDANCE CONTINUOUSLY AND CONSCIENTIOUSLY THROUGHOUT THE YEARS FOR THESE REASONS WE PROUDLY DEDICATE THE 1960 'LINCOLN LOG' TO MR. MORGAN HUGHES, A MAN SETTING A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE IN EVERY WAY FOR THOSE IN ASSO- CIATION WITH HIM. 6 I -,fl THAT HAVE Bnoucm . . . IN

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MESSAGE MR HE RBST FROM Today 1n our Amerlcan soclety there appears to be a trend toward moral dlsorlenta t1on Ind1v1duals 1n the1r attempt to achleve success reach for the goal wlthout too much concern about the means The ernphas1s on success has caused a d1lemma On the one hand, opportunxty 15 more w1dely d1spersed than ever before and at the same tlme we are less bound by the rules of fam1ly and communlty Thus more responslbxllty IS placed upon the 1n d1v1dual to choose on h1S own 1n1t1at1ve the rlght road to follow The responsxblhty for th1s cho1ce l1es somewhere between tlght control from the outs1de and complete freedom Internal regulatlon of conduct IS 1nvolved however It IS not an author1ty but a self unposed acceptance of the values of ethlcal hvmg If accepted as a way of l1fe th1s prmclple can contr1bute greatly to hvmg 1n har mony Wlth others and w1th one s self 8 K K I , . 3 I Q g 5 nf' Q . ,. . . .Y . . , , J 9 3 ' . , . , - . , - . , ,