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

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TORCH STAFF Editorein-Chief Nancy Signorini Assistant Editor Elizabeth Burkhardt Patricia Alexiades Anastasia Fratsia Helen Carogana Stella Zangrilli Shirley Klein leroline Santa Cruz Dorothy Murdock Anna Guastella Marion Fleischer Sylvia Kavetslcy Ernestine Peveri Faculty Advisers Miss Minnie I. Karr Miss Lillian C. Goldsmith Miss Amelia Bachmann, Art

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' , ji Y '. 1' ,gif - DEDICATION HIS YEAR we are not dedicating our book to any- , one. Instead we are dedicating ourselves-'to the service ot our country. In the crucial days which lie ahead of us we earnestly hope that we may be- come part of our country s tremendous war efforts During our years in school we' have been taught the principles of derrtocracy. We hope that we, too, as welll as our fighting forces, will help to keep these dem- ocratic principles part of American life. We are de- termined that with our help, this government of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth. EDITOR-IN-CI-IIIET, for CLASS or IUNE 1942. l I f if i t f

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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