Morris High School - Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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A Glllh Starz l ' S A' W HESE are the chosen few. These are the sons M X K 'Q 1 of Morris who laid down their lives in the ,ii V war to end war. -iggx To us they represent the best that Morris p hi ,,, . ever can boast of. To us they are an incentive ik ,! 5 M i to greater achievement. They are our heroes, ,r I +1 p the bravest of the brave, and so we honor them. ' A ' . But our words can never do them justice. ii 1 THEIR DEEDS speak for them. These splen- 'muse did youths have a tale that is simply told, but oh, how glorious, how inspiring it is. Theirs is a tale of duty done, which in the doing cost them life. Each one 's story we give to you. Some are long and some are short, but all tend toward the self-same end, Death for hu- manity. ,,, ,, ,. Emanuel Abel graduated from Morris in June 1914. He left Cornell where he was studying mechanical engineering and enlisted in Company A, 39th infantry. As he was a member of the Regular Army he was sent Over thcren at once. On Sep- tember 30th, 1918, Private Abel lost his life in the Argonne- Meuse fighting. He was twenty-one years old at the time of his death. Lieutenant James f'owan Andes graduated from Morris in 1910. In school he was a member of the Rifle Team and won many medals. To him was given the signal honor of being one of three New York men to receive the Distinguished Service Medal. It was on July 19th, during heavy fighting near Sois- sons that he, at the head of his platoon, went over the top. He led his men in the face of heavy machine gun fire to a cave in which several Germans had taken refuge. Rather than allow his men to undergo the risk, he entered the cave and demanded the surrender of the enemy. As a result of this heroic act he was slain. Elliott B. Clark, Jr., met his death in the carrying out of his duty. While carrying a despatch on a motorcycle he col- lided with a truck. This resulted in his death. He was but seventeen years old at the time. Elliott had attended Inwood Annex and then the main building. He showed considerable activity, being a member of the Boy Scouts and several other organizations. Sergeant Lawrence F. Condon, of the 106th Infantry, was killed in action. On September 4th he entered battle and was 15

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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

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ELLIOTT B. CLARK, JR. NENN'BI2RRY HoI.BIz,00K WILLIAM J ONES DAVID VV. BIILLER 16