Mabel Dean Bacon Vocational High School - Torch Yearbook (New York, NY)

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DEAR GRADUATES: May I congratulate you upon your graduationl Although the joy of the occasion is a little dimmed by the grave condition of the world at this time, there is much for which you can be thankful. For one thing, when you seek that position for which you have planned, studied and trained during the past four years, you will find a greater variety of desirable positions open to you than have been available to graduates for many years. You will find also that the trade skills you have acquired will be in greater demand and so, higher salaries will be attainable, Better still, you will find yourself equipped to do a share in the total pro- duction so necessary to our country's defense in the great crisis we are experiencing. lust as vocational schools were ready and able to train and retrain men when the first call came for education for defense, so term by term, they have been privileged to turn out hundreds of young people like you, trained in skills now vital to our national welfare. I-low fortunate you are to be able to help your country and your homes in their dire needl How fortunate your country is to have so many thousands of young people like you, who appreciate their responsibilities and their power to be of service. lt is my hope that you will march forth and take your places in the great production army, knowing how much our country needs your services, how much our armed forces and civilians depend on your labor, proud that you you can and will contribute so much to final victory. FLORENCE MCKEOII S M C K E O N ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

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M R S C A S S I D Y y y y v PRINCIPAL TO THE GRADUATES: Today is probably one of the happiest days of your lives, and you are entitled to this happiness because you have attained the goal for which you have been striving. This happiness, I hope, is being shared by your families, your friends, and your teachers. This happiness, although tempered with a note of sadness when your thoughts drift back toward Pearl Harbor, Corre- gidor, or Bataan, must continue, for you are leaving school where your teachers were ever ready to lend a helping hand when things went wrong, to take your place as leaders in a war torn world. You are entering a business world that has been affected by war. Perhaps that job about which you have dreamed is no longer important compared with the urgent calls of our war industries and our government! Should you choose to follow this patriotic calling, remember it is only temporary. When this war is over, you, as a highly trained worker in a particular field, will be in great demand. During these trying times we must all find two kinds of service or employ- ment. One will bring dollars and cents in return, the other satisfaction and hope. The latter may include volunteer welfare work for our allies, volunteer services with such recognized organizations as our own Red Cross, U. S. O., or Minute-Women to promote the sales of war bonds. Be your service what it may. Go forth, do your share to make this a different but a better world for every race, color, and creedl MARY Q. CASSIDY

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SENICDR EXECUTIVES IENNIE PIPIA ERNESTINE PEVERI IEROLINE SANTA CRUZ ANNA CARBONI President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer ADVISERS MRS, ELIZABETH LEVY MRS, OLIVIA POI-ILE ffiri