Midwood High School - Epilog Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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Principal's Message Dear Seniors: l owe you a debl' of gralilude for helping fo malce my lirsl' year as Principal of Midwood a pleasanl one. Al all limes l fell l could rely upon your cooperalion and underslanding. Dr. Conanl, former presidenl ol Harvard once wrole: Unless rhe educalional process includes al each level ol malurily some confinuinq conlacl wilh lhose fields in which value iudgmenls are of prime imporfance, il musl fall lar shorl of fhe ideal. The sludenl in high school . . . musl be concerned, in parl al leasl, wilh lhe words 'righl' and 'wrong' in bolh lhe elhical and lhe mafhemalical sense. Unless he feels lhe imporl' ol 'rhose general ideas and aspiralions which have been a deep moving force in fhe lives ol men, he runs 'rhe risk ol parlial blindnessfl Your gradualion is in ilsell prool: lhal your eyes have been somewhal opened 'ro l'he spirilual and moral values 'rhal musl govern human relalionships, and lo The ideals and aspiralions implicil in our democrafic way of life. Bur 'rhe real challenge or 'resl is slill ahead of you. There are forces abroad which would have you believe fhal comlorl or malerial gain is all lhal mallersg 'rhar lhe ancienl virlues of honesl decency, unsellish service, and sympafhy are oulmodedg lhal The basic w 9 individual musl give way lo 'rhe communisl worship ol lhe all- 5 e, l 'rrusl' lhal your experience al lvlidwood will h - eel lhis challenge. By holding lasl' lo lfundarnenfal moral values a - A - ralic ideals you will play a parl in building a beller nalion and a H -. r d, Godspeed lo you Sincerely yours J L BERNSTEIN Principal

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Xb I L ffa 3' .Sum -Y fu.. - , . 3 1 PROLOGUE 'QT' -'.-.lufl-'.k 'L . ',w ' l:'Q' ' ','.'.','f ' T 1 6. 1-1-,146 K '- T 'ffg M W' 3 , , . ' ' ' ' L 'iLvQ6!4'!-159 li RLAL-viii? - 'lliif-1, 9-'f 1 We know whaT we are buT we know noT WhaT we may be. Shakespeare said iT in The sixTeenTh cen- Tury, buT he could have said iT in I954 in an ediTorial To graduaTing lvlidwood sTudenTs. We know ThaT we have spenT Tour years working and playing TogeTher, To some oT us They have been years OT happiness, To oThers years oT diTliculTy. To all oT us iT has been a period oT maTuring-of learn- ing new Things, meeTing new people and developing new ideas. BUT whaT we may be will be deTermined by vvheT we do wiTh The knowledge ThaT we have acquired. We have lived whaT seems To us a compleTe liTeTime, buT we sTill have a Tull liTe yeT To come. We have learned many Things here aT lvlidwood ThaT we should Take hold oT and keep as our ideals ThroughouT our lives. We have sweaTed on and sup- porTed losing Teams, and seen The TruiT oT ThaT eTTorT come in glorious vicTory. We have seen The wonder- Tul Things ThaT can be accomplished when people oT diTlerenT religions and races work side by side Tor The common good. WhaT we may be is also eT'lecTed by The negaTive inTluences ThaT have played upon us, and our abiliTy To know wrong and regard iT as such. For example, we have wiTnessed unwarranTecl encroachmenT upon Tree inquiry and Tree speech, as well as oTher democ- raTic righTs. We have TelT The sadness and sense oT diTTerence in The communiTy and even among some OT our sTudenTs because oT an economic and social dispariTy. If we are able To recognize These Things as wrong and regard Them as such Then our ex- perience wiTh Them has been an imporTanT parT oT o r e Rqwnvxvft - At 'fgp-nl. I, ,Jr wwf N s'i'i'j,f' 'f WX ' '.-,jp ,, fi- -gS?'1v 4- as FQ We are now ending a greaT era in our lives and en Tering inTo an even greaTer one LeT us puT To good use The experiences we have had and make The besT of The TuTure we have beTore u ArTy GelTzer li- ,g,. A , . . U A S. fl A - -f ef: are - cf -- I ,

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So Worthy a Friend Dear Dr. Bernslein, This lasl' year ar lvlidwood has been lhe mos? signi- ficanl of our lives. We will leave Jrhe halls of lvlidwood spirir, yer reluclanr ar hearr. We realize 'rhal before us is nor very clear: and all of lvlidwood, lhe sublle values we had lalcen lor granled loom be- our eyes. We wish lo l'6lC6 advaniage of Jrhis opporluriily To fell you ol our deep and sincere gralilude. Allhough we have lcnown you for only a shorr rime, we have deeply fell your genuine inleresl in us, and we are 'rruly grarelul for il. To many, lvlidwood is lhe final schooling: +o orhers, lvlidwood slands as a solid slep 'rowards our lulure as- pirarions. Wilhin This senior year we have been able 'ro feel close lo you, our principal. The privilege ol malcing an appoinrmenr wilh you, and fallcing over our problems is a greal one. We lhanlc you for The help you have given US. You have aided us in developing for ourselves fine, clear-cur worlc habils and lhose olher 'rhings essenlial To a successful lulure. To many of us, you have been a paragon of kindness and underslanding. We only hope Jrhar we can live up lo The slandards lhal you have ser for us. lr is gralifying 'ro lcnow lhar The lulure classes in lvlid- wood will have as slrimulaling and as encouraging a lrierid and principal as you. ll is lor lhose 'fulure classes as well as for ourselves lhalr we say, Thank you from Jrhe bollom of our hearlsf' The Classes of I954