Mynderse Academy - Myndersian Yearbook (Seneca Falls, NY)

Page 16 text:

Frank Page BS MA Alabama P0bll'6?Ch7ZZC lmtztate Cornell Unzverfzlyf The Mynderrzan Staff IS to be congratulated for 1ts dec1s1on 1n selectrng a year book theme that pays tr1bute to the four great powers the Un1ted States Great Br1t1an Russ1a and Ch1na nat1ons that w1ll CXCFCISC a most profound 1nfluence 1n developmg 1nternat1onal democracy throughout the World The future dest1ny of man k1nd a dest1ny of contmuecl 1nternat1onal hatred and SUCCCSSIVC wars based on 1gnorance selfishness and mtolerance or a destrny of world peace founded upon the Chf1St13D pr1nc1ples and ract1ces of truth freedom and respect for human d1gn1ty depends upon the co operat1ve efforts of the our great powers For a few years 1nternat1ona1 democracy and world freedom w1ll be only an asp1rat1on Part1a1ly by force but ma1nly by precept and example of the leadmg nat1ons w1ll It be poss1ble to extend de mocracy to all countr1es The 1deals of The B1g Four among the Unrted N at1ons must be made ava1l able to all peoples 1f democracy IS to be made safe for the world ust as Amer1Can boys are bemg called to fight where the fortunes of free men are at stake so w1ll Amegcan youth be needed 1n every land to 1nsure Amer1ca s contr1but1on to the bu1ld1ng of a better worl The development of that better world IS a funct1on of educat1on Our type of world twenty five or fifty years hence w1ll depend upon the educat1onal OPPOYEUHICICS prov1ded our ch1ldren and youth of today and tomorrow Let s not sell them short FRANK PAGE Saperznrendent of School: Seneca Falls 10 1 l E , 1 I, u I Q . 1 s 9 ' J . I J a a fp 9 Q s ' 9 a ' , . J , -4 1 Q1 9

Page 15 text:

Board of The Board of Education has the responsibility of formulat- ing the educational policy for the Seneca Falls Public Schools, Comprising Mynderse Acad- emy, the First Ward and Stan- ton Buildings. Its members are progressive, forward looking citizens who provide instruc- tors in a well-rounded curricu- lum. This includes besides the basic grade instruction, aca- demic, scientific, vocational, MR. JOHN BRAcHT President s MR. JOHN FYFE MR. FRANK KNIG MR. JAMES ROMEO MRS. J HT OHN MANN 9 Education and aesthetic training for the students attending our schools. The personnel of the board has changed but little in recent years. Mr. John Bracht is the veteran president, while other members include Mr. John Fyfe, Mr. Frank Knight, Mr. Thomas Bevins, Mr. James Romeo, Mr. Earl Hilbert, and Mrs. John Mann. The latter is finishing out the unexpired term of Mrs. William Medden, who resigned recently. MR. THOMAS P. BEVINS MR. EARL HILBERT

Page 17 text:

Congratulations to the Seniors of 1945. Your record in scholastic and extracurricu- lar activities have been outstanding. The theme for this year's Mynderrian, shows that you are thinking clearly of the re- sponsibilities you are about to assume as citizens of the United States and of the world. If we are to have peace during the coming years, some sort of international organization must be formed that will work. There must be a system for world co-operation in all spheres of life. We must realize that our own domestic policies affect peoples of other countries, and must cultivate the practice of consultation on international and social problems. Only through knowing the backgrounds and aims of other people can this be accom- plished. A FRANK W. VOGEL Principal Mynderse Academy We on the Home Front, temporarily or permanently, have a definite responsibility to help win the peace in a way that hasn't been stressed so much of late, it has even been de-emphasized and spoken of as over- optimism. It calls for close co-operation with our Allies, the Big Four. The only chance for the Axis now is through negotiated peace, to split, not our Armies, but our home front, through public opinion or the lack of it. Let's jettison fuzzy thinking, and be prepared to win the peace by being realistic -straight thinking-not sloppily senti- mental, or antagonistic to our Allies, but forthright partners to do a complete job. REXFORD M. ROCKWELL Vice-Principal Mynderse Academy