Riverside High School - Skipper Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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DEDICHTIUH Rxversxde Hxgh School IS truly a mmlature Unxted Natxons where the sp1r1t of tolerance and coopera txon IS more than an ldeal to be attamed Here, wlthm the four walls of our school we have achleved It Re presentatlves of almost every European natxon and rel1g1on fmd no dxfflculty xn llvmg harmonxously These dxverse backgrounds of or1g1n and bellef have not become barrlers We have learned to work and play to gether and most lmportant of all, to forget our dlfferences as Amerxcans Th1s does not mean that we forget or deny the lands from whlch our forefathers have come Rather, we are proud of thexr contrxbutlons to the cultural, soc1a.l and 1ndustr1a1 progress of our natxve Amerlca Our own commumty Rlversnde, IS the product of many allen hands Our own school IS a testxmony to the1r de slre that knowledge demed to many of them, be granted to thelr chlldren Here ln Rxversxde Hxgh we have found that by sacrxflclng our personal wlshes we can effect a more dem- ocratlc att1tude w1th1n the student body and a more efflclent management of the school We, the Class of 1947 dedlcate th1s ' Sklpper to that sp1r1t of tolerance and umty always ln evldence in Riverside We cherxsh the hope that xt may be dupllcated IH every commumty ln every natxon of the world 5 . . . . . . H . . gy . . . , . ' , . , . , . , . 7 . . 4 . yy . . . . . I 9 i l l '

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FUHEUJUHD Today our supreme obJect1ve IS to mamtaln the peace for whlch A merxca has pa1d such a dear prlce It IS for th1s sacred purpose that the Un1ted Natlons has been created Our country must fxll an exact lng role of leadershlp 1n thxs world orgamzatxon by offermg an example of harmon1ous umty to the rest of the world It IS absolutely 1mperat1ve that all the d1ssens1on and ugly petty quarrels that are based upon dxfference 1n race creed, or color be fused and forever obllterated 1n our great American melting pot There IS only one creed we must observe tolerance toward our fellow men There IS only one law lxve and let l1ve cessful operatlon of the Umted Natlons the greatest challenge ever of fered to any generat1on If we are to survlve lt must succeed 11 lt falls our c1v1l1zat1on must crumble Wlthout thls sp1r1t of tolerance among natxons wxthout a wllllngness to sacr1f1ce nat1onal mterests for the com mon good of all men truly there can be no Umted Natlons nor ln real 1 One World As our personal contrlbutxon to 1ts reallzatlon let us pract1ce thls virtue of tolerance toward our fellow men ln our own llves Let us re member that whatever our color race or creed before God we are all equal 4 I I I . . . . . , ! ' Q- lt ' , -- - 7! . , . As it is in America, so it must be in the world. We have, in the suc- . ' . . . . T ' 1 7 . , . . . . . . . - ,, . . ,, . - -ty -- ca 9,1 , . 3 J l 7

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6 lf , , x 1 10, C R a,.l, 'I .ly ,tg 4 .g c 1! Q X15 .r I gf' 3 o Q A 9 , xi I Riverside adds another gold star to its service flag in honoring the memory of one of its former students, Corporal Willard A. Seitz, reported kill- ed in action over Tokyo, March 10, 1945.