Northampton Area High School - Amptennian Yearbook (Northampton, PA)

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GEORGE A. EICHLER, Ed.D. Superintendent

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NORTHAMPTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS NORTHAMPTON, PENNSYLVANIA Office of the Superintendent To the C lass of 1044: I his message is written on New Year s Day 1944, a year of destiny according to numerous announcements on tlie radio and in the newspapers. It is the year in which we most sincerely hope victory will crown the efforts of the united nations. ou surely are not graduating into a dull and uneventful world. Lvents of world-wide importance are almost daily occurrences. I he fate ol humanity seems to hang in the balance from day to day. Certainly in lew years ol the world s history has the challenge to men and women heen so great. I he greatest problems the world has ever faced will have to he solved after a military victory has heen won. Achieving a just and lasting peace for all the people ol the earth is imperative il we are to avoid another world war a generation hence. I he world is counting heavily upon your generation to work out successfully the age old problem of peace and good will among men. Best wishes to every member ol the class o! K)44. Sincerely,

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NORTHAMPTON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL NORTHAMPTON, PENNSYLVANIA Office of the Principal A embers of the C lass o] 1044: on »ire graduating at a time when the American high school hoys and girls are called upon in this period of conflict and contusion to prove that they are essential elements in the maintenance and strengthening of those foundations upon which our nation was huilt— Our democratic form of government.’ American education must strengthen itsell and go forward it it is to play its full part in winning the war and the peace. 1 he schools are now placed in a highly competitive situation. I hey must fight to maintain themselves; light for the ideals and objectives ot our American democracy; and fight to protect education from the casualties ol war; tight to maintain the value of life for which the war is heing fought. Our war sacrifices will he in vain unless we preserve the basic values ol our democracy. We believe in our free democratic form ot government. We have not grown soft as our enemies predicted; we have proved to them just the opposite. Pri ncipal