McKee Career and Technical High School - Yearbook (Staten Island, NY)

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5 rv3 r w r ' v»« rv» cr ' w r; n w r w (rw rs(rv» )irMw ir T) Mr. James Harrigan McKee Vocational High School St. Marks Place and Wall Street St. George, Staten Island My dear Harrigan: It affords me pleasure to comply with your request to write a few words of greeting for the yearbook. In my opinion, you and your faculty have done extraordinarily well in gradually building up the large, complicated school organi- zation that the McKee Vocational High School represents. Only an educator who has lived with such problems can appreciate the many difficulties you had to solve and the skill you and your faculty have displayed in meeting them. I am sure you will agree with me that the Board of Education, in its wisdom, added much to the wealth of your community when it created a splendid school in which boys and girls interested not only in books but in the practical processes of commerce and industry have an opportunity not only to live happily but, day by day, to acquire knowledge and skills that will increase their ability to earn a decent living. Your graduates will be able to sustain themselves in the battle of life and escape the degradation of the bread line. In addition, they will have real culture because their knowledge of science and mathe- matics, as well as the social studies, has been vitalized by intimately connecting them with the problem of living. But, in the final analysis, neither brick nor stone nor costly equip- ment makes a school. A real school consists not of these material things but of the boys and girls who live under its hospitable roof and who not only receive instruction but who make their contribution through diligent study, honorable achievement, and, above all, appreci- ation of the opportunities afforded them to become worthy citizens of our great city, state and country. I am sure that your boys and girls, by their zeal for study and orderly behavior, have justified the fondest expectations of Ralph McKee, of beloved memory, whose devotion to your interests trans- formed the school from a blueprint possibility into your present beautiful building. With sincere personal regards to you and the faculty and with best wishes for the success of all the pupils, especially the graduating class, I am Cordially yours, WILLIAM E. GRADY, Associate Superintendent. tJMh (LJH!hS ' Z li L M lA

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5 (TVSWZ) T V» r2i (TW« °T CPW ' t ' (T C Tj (T ' VW J) S T) (T » T) (T T) (T ' V X) S V» rt) rf y aear yotmgr friends: The hand of time is pointing to the day when you are to sever your connections with high school and move on to try your skill in a broader life. You entered with little thought of what you could do or would like to do. You are leaving with your mind broadened by the knowledge of a great many useful facts and experiences, your skill tested in the elements of many occupations and a better knowledge of how to get along with people. Your self-control and self-respect have been tested in your relations with your teachers and fellow students, and your perseverance has been rewarded by a diploma from high school. This equipment is much better than that of the average citizen of today and should give you confidence, in yourself, respect for your fellows and the faith in God which are essential to success. Principal. )( h ±JHb (i Wk (L 4)f