Norwood High School - Tiot Yearbook (Norwood, MA)

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EDITORIAL STAFF VERA DAUNT Co-Editor in Chief ROBERT BODGE Co-Editor in Chief ARTHUR SCHRAMM Photography Editor ARLIXE GERCSO Art Editor FRAXK FRUEH Circulation Editor LESTER LECHTER Advertising Editor PAUL MURPHY Advertising Editor

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iEMtanal We the youth of the United States, who are graduating from High Schools through- out the country are stepping into a world which has never before been wrought with such turmoil and confusion of universal war. It is into this scene of the world ' s stage which we are placed as another generation of young Americans, born and reared amid surroundings and blessings of democracy. Our own nation, by whose people, peace is cherished and war despised, is playing one of the leading rcles in this present day drama of freedom against slavery and subjugation of the human race. It is this, our nation which has given us a liberal education and which will continue to offer equal opportunity to all through its system of self government. We are a vitd part of that system, the fruits of an investment made by our elder contemporaries and by all the far sighted and courageous citizens who have brought about the realization of the great Ameri- can dream. Therefore, the responsibility which has been bestowed on us is only too obvious. It is for us, the future leaders of the land, to school ourselves in the duties and ideals of men and women of this, our United States, in order that at the time of our eventual passing we will upheld the tradition of our forbears by leaving this country a little stronger, a little better place in which to live. It is with honor that we should accept this sacred trust, for that reimbursement would be small, which we, in our present capacity, could offer those who have already given so much to us and those who have, and are, willingly sacrificing their lives for this democracy, confident that those who live will take care of it when they are gone. We have been termed, and justly so, the life blood of the nation. If this title be appropriate, then we the graduates of the class of 1942, have greater and more numerous opportunities to show our worth and patriotism to the United States than any other such group in its brief but glorious history. We must make use of our education, which has been so generously given to us and so lightly accepted by us, and we must carry its benefits with us always into that society of which we shall soon be so vital a part. We must individually do the work of one, for the good of all, during the present crisis and the inevitable reconstruction period which will follow. Armed with this education we shall fulfill our obligations to our flag, our country, and our fellow men, if we but become, in the fullest sense of the word, good citizens of this, our United States of America.

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MR. LEIGHTON THOMPSON Principal MISS RUTH GOVV Dean of Girls Head of Mathematics Department MR. CHARLES HAYDEN Submaster