North Andover High School - Knight Yearbook (North Andover, MA)

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ALVAH GEORGE HAYES

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1940 YEAR BOOK YEAR BOOK STAFF EDITORIAL STAFF EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER SPORTS EDITORS FACULTY ADVISER Dorothy V. Dainowski Robert S. Hall Marcia Barker, James Flanagan Edith L. Pierce ADVERTISING COMMITTEE John P. Casale John B. Casserly Arthur P. Currier H. George Porteck, Jr. John S. Ranfone Eugene R. Ruess John Lanni GENERAL COMMITTEE Helen C. Burns Lillian R. Burns John P. Casale John B. Casserly Robert H. Cunningham Arthur P. Currier Louise H. Detora Grace Driscoll James Flanagan Doris H. Gustasfon Eva Hoel Marguerite Kenyon John Lanni I. Elsie Lundquist Frances G. Martin Marguerite McKinnon Hazel E. Morse Lillian S. Polichnowski John S. Ranfone Eugene R. Ruess Ruth M. Stevenson Eleanor M. Valpey Kathrine E. Wainwright Virginia M. Wentworth TYPISTS Helen C. Burns Lillian R. Burns Louise H. Detora Grace Driscoll Marguerite Kenyon Marguerite McKinnon Florence T. Petteruto Lillian S. Polichnowski Eugene R. Ruess Eleanor M. Valpey

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ADDRESS TO THE SENIORS w over all others, at this particular time. You are about to go out into a changing world ; a world dominated by hates, prejudices and fears; a world rampant with national animosity and strife, in which freedom of the individual has become, in the greater portion of our world, a phrase of the past. Personal liberty and freedom have been submerged in the swirling waters of an intense nationalism, which can event¬ ually lead only to economic and social chaos. Your parents will remember a like situation twenty-odd years ago. They will remember the economic hardship, the mental and physical strain, and the all too frequent loss of those they held most dear. This was endured in the firm conviction that the world was being made safe for democracy. Yet twenty years after, the true democracies of our world are far fewer than the number which existed twenty years ago. Prior to our entrance into the previous conflict, our country was deluged with propaganda aimed to play upon our most sensitive emotions. Much of this is now known to have been false, its primary purpose having been that of securing our physical as well as financial aid. How well the desired out¬ come was achieved is now a matter of history. If the present conflict is pro¬ longed, you as citizens will be faced with the same emotional propaganda, having the same purpose as its end. It is my sincere hope that you, as students in this school, have learned to recognize propaganda for what it is, and that you will carefully weigh all statements which are designed to play upon your emotions, before you will accept them as facts. If all Americans would do this, it is conceivable that it might be the means of preserving those ideals which we as Americans cherish most highly— those ideals of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. My last message to you as a class can be very brief, and I know you will all join me when I say, “Thank God we are Americans.” HEN asked to write this brief message to you graduates, 1 considered various topics, but there was one which seemed to take precedence ALVAH G. HAYES