Samuel Gompers Vocational Technical High School - Artisan Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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Xl' THE Knowing not what was before them carmg not what was behmd the fearless Forty nmers pressed forward mto the wxlderness ln search of newer peace and securrty These men had a job to do It was they who had to forge ahead to hack out of forests what was to be our great C1tleS and our flourlshmg farms Flrst came the coonskm garbed men who had to iight Indlans to w1n peace Then arrived the homespun farmers who were to start our great corn and wheat belts More and more ploneers followed A man named Perry m order to secure more frlends for our country led an expedltlon to Japan Some tlme later a cousm of h1s by thelr mutual uncle Sam at tempted to ploneer rn a newer way He started a League of Nat1ons for bettermg natlonal relatlonshlps H15 name was Woodrow Wxlson Exploring to the south went Admlral Rlchard Byrd Through these exploratlons we clalm an area called Llttle Amerlca To the north many hardy men went to chop a c1v1l1zat1on from the frozen wastes of Alaska Reahzmg the necesslty for mamtarmng good relatlons a ploneer by the name of Franklln Delano Roosevelt establlshed what he called a Good Nerghbor Pollcy whereby our country helped our nerghbors to the south ln return for thelr frlendshlp and understandmg Symbollc of the lnternal expanslon of our peace lovmg democracy were the Forty Nmers and thelr followers They sought somethmg more than gold or glory They made lt posslble for our country to attain the prnnacle of securlty lt has today become a haven for the oppressed provlde a home for the homeless and offer a protectorate for the persecuted Now one hundred years later new Forty Nmers appear the Class of Nineteen Forty Nlne Our Job IS to attempt to follow ln the footsteps of the great men who have preceded us for we too are ploneers But lt IS not gold for whlch we search lt IS somethlng more valuable We must find the means of msurmg ever lastmg peace ln thls world and grvmg a sense of securlty to all men ln all countrxes George Duncan 6 T X -- X ' 1 f , Y Y Y u Q 7 1 - ' ' u ' ' yu Y ' ' ll . . ,, . Y V U , . .4 - n 1 Y - 1 I Y I ' v .

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'X ,Ak X K! Admmzsttatzve Assrstant Admmrstratwe Asswtant COUNCIL OF STATE CL to R Clockwxsej Mr Kolovson Flrst Assxstant Academlc Subjects Mr Barckman Fxrst Asslstant Health Educatlon Mr Hyman FITSI Asslstant Electrlcal Department M Maher Chalrman Auto Machme Mr Lucey Mr Low ens F1rstAss1stant Related Department Mr Barker Mr Wallen MISS Kendall Secretary Mr Gelssmger Mr Adams Guldance Coordmator Mr Kelly Attend ance Coordmator f 'V , A af-5 .- . 1 STUART C. LUCEY CHRISTIAN A. GEISSINGER .1 . . . ,' o ' , 5, . ' ' , V ' 'z r . I,