Morris High School - Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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A Foreword support of its ideals in our land. Among all enlightened na- tions, democracy is to-day, not merely a sentimentg it is a creed, a. religion. Amongst our own people, its worshippers prize the precious heritage of the past, and are determined that the ty- ranny of neither king nor class shall overthrow the institutions of our Republic. In this crisis, and for this cause, I summon every Morrisite who enters our portals, to the high task of making the most of his opportunity. May we so discharge our sacred duty, that those who come after us, shall receive from us their heritage unsullied and enriched. 47 10 16

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A Jlnrnunrh To The Board of Editors, and Business Staff of the Morris Annual, Greetings, and congratulations on this publication which records the achievements of the past year, and pays tribute to those, our Morris Boys, whose heroism and devoted service to our Repub- lic in the Great War are an inspiration for the dedication of ourselves to its service in the peace which their supreme sacri- fice has helped to secure, and so, too To All Morris Boys and Girls, Greetings and a word on some of the ideals that, as I sec it, should domi- nate the life of our school. The boys and girls who enroll at Morris thereby accept citizenship in a republic within its walls, dedicated to the ser- vice both of the individual and of the community, a republic in which consideration of the rights of others is the test of good conduct, and in which, exactly as in the nation, the basis of good citizenship is good will and cooperation, a republic in which equal opportunity is real and genuineg a republic in which only those receive the rewards and blessings of citizenship, who, by hard work and discipline, acquire an outlook upon life, at once loyal in purpose, constructive in deed, and reverent in spirit. We are privileged to be teachers and pupils in Morris, in the most momentous years in the history of mankind. In the words of President Wilsoii, We are witnessing the dawn of a uew day1 The great lesson of the war forthe schools, is this: that only that man is efficient who is trained, and that the man who knows is the man who leads. Ours is the responsibility of upholding the high traditions of our beloved school, traditions of fair play and hard work, of honor, truth and service. A new tradition created for us by the war must ever, hereafter, be our inspiration. The glo- rious record of Morrisites in their country 's service challenges us to become their comrades, now and as long as life shall last, in reverence for the principles of democracy, and in unstinted 12

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rs X I X l-3 ff .Q 1 N l xx' 2 - V Xl C -1.11 ' -Eats. iv X DEDICATION. CTo those who lie in Iflrmzcaj The Book is ope11 and with golden pen He erosses slowly from the Page of Life The names of those whom He has called to Him ..g..g..g..g..gng..q..g..g..g..g..g..g..q..q--1. The hour came, and passed, and found them true, They gave to freedom all that man could giveg They fought like heroes, and like heroes diede But not their memory, that for aye shall live. For them grim death no fearful terrors held, 'Twas but a rest from duty nobly doneg And as they passed away their white lips smiled: For, to the hero, death is victory Won. Though men shall come, then pass in death away, And sculptured marhle in the dust shall lie, Heroic dead, your names shall live among The names of those who were not horn to die. Rest ye in peace, there stands upon your graves The highest honor won by pen or laneeg The highest honor man may hope to Win In death is thine-a cross on the fields of Franee The Book is elosedg the pen is laid away To Wait, like man, the trumpet's clarion call Proclaim the coming of the Judgment Day. IRVING P. ORENS, '22 14