North East High School - Brahma Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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-ff- ' fy To the Senior Class of 1955 Dear Friends: Between the America of yesterday and the America of tomorrow stands your generation. To you has fallen the duty to preserve the Faith, the Honor, the Strength and the Glory that is America, The history of our Country is the history of a people with Faith. You cannot think in terms of failure, and then succeed, in terms of weakness, and then be strong: in terms of fear, and be courageousg in terms of doubt, and then have Faith, The time has come when we must act, not procrastinateg when we must lead, not follow, when we must speak, not listen, when we must unite, not divide. Our Hopes are that you assume your responsibility as citizens with atrue concept of Free- dom, Justice, and the Dignity of Man. Ellie'-allay of

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f5,amdof7 NORTH EAST RURAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT P l'L..,.xNJ'r,' -!...J Victor O. Beck, Walter Meckel, Clarence L. Camp, President: Walter Zettner, Secretary: Leslie Steubing 7zm'4 Em 7494 72- 7.,4. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE President, Mrs. G. W. Morgenstern. Back row, left to right: Mr. L. E. Harmon, Miss Arlene Rasor, Mrs. Lucile Todd, Mrs. Howard F. Judson, Mrs. Tafton Little, Mr. W, C. Reader. Middle row: Mrs. G. L. Berry, Mrs. Clyde McHaney, Mrs. William A. Barry. Mr. Lee Odiome, Mrs. M. S. Yeats. Front row: Mrs. W. L. Cooper, Mrs. Lee Odiorne.

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PW Nc: PA and MESSAGE In these critical years, nothing holds more hope for our democratic way of life than the thought, time, and money we spend ln preparing ourselves for sane and useful living. Our revered ancestors recognized this fact in the famous Ordinance of 1787 which declared that religion, morality, and knowledge being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged. Knowledge for the citizen of tomorrow, and also knowledge for the citizen of today, is the key to democratic government. Where government is by the people, all the people must have the requisite knowledge if' govemment by, of, and for the people is to be good. As was stated in a recent publication, we must do all we can to give the young citizens of our na- tion a reliable scale of values, a sense of personal responsibility, and all the technical and scientific knowledge, all the creative skills, and all the human understanding and serenity of spirit that they can acquire. Only in this way can we win through to a world of free men Principal living together in assured peace and growing prosperity.