Morris High School - Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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Gin Ihr Ollaum uf llunv, 1925 ln the ebb and flow of life we find that what formerly appeared in the distance as a goal later turns out to be a gateway to another prospect with another goal beckoning us onward. Having spent your allotted time under the roof of Morris you are being swept out into that vast and copious future beyond our walls. New scenes, new experiences, new ambitions, new opportunities! May each of you make the most of them! And we who remain behind carry in our hearts a hope chest for each of you. It is filled with good wishes and high expectations. May all your dreams of happiness come true. But remember Barrie's words: The secret of happiness is not doing what one likes, but in liking what one has to do. ELMER E. BOGART. 5

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TO MR. BOGART In the principal's office, at a plain unimposing desk littered with various documents, a man sits writing busily. He writes until he has finished and then rises to proceed on one of his innumerable duties within the builde- ing. As he passes by, one realizes that upon him rests the huge responf sibility of administering an institution of four thousand students, upon him depends the smooth functioning of a secondary school of no minute proportions, and upon his methods of administration depends the destiny of the Mcurris High School. As one gazes with admiration at this man's form receding in the distance, he cannot help but wonder what past experif -ences, what colossal efforts have led him into a position of such stupendous responsibility, into a position which calls not only for genuine hard work but also for leadership, unselfishness, and an unlimited amount of good common sense, Elmer E. Bogart, like many of his distinguished friends and asso' ciates, was born on a small farm in southwestern New York. After passing through elementary school, he was enrolled in an academy at Owego, three miles from his birthplace, where he distinguished himself both in scholar' ship and in extrafcurricular activities. He was very proficient in his study of Latin and Greek, but that did not prevent him from taking part in athf leticsg in the latter field, Mr. Bogart distinguished himself as a highfjumper and also became very skillful in handling a baseball. When Mr. Bogart graduated from the Owego Academy, it was with the highest honors and the sincere esteem of his principal. Upon his graduation from the academy and upon the advice of his relatives, Mr. Bogart decided to enter Cornell University. During the summer he studied unceasingly, and in the fall successfully passed the examinations for a scholarship to that institution. During the first year at the college, his brilliant scholastic accomplishments were recognized, and as a result he obtained an undergraduate scholarship which went far toward the payment of his expenses. He continued to do excellent work in the classics, and received special mention for his proficiency. It was in college that Mr. Bogart met many of the people whose inf fluence has shaped his beliefs, his ideals, and his very outlook upon life. It was there that he encountered those personalities which have always req Seven