Sarah Hale Vocational High School - Mannequin Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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M A N N E Q U N . i - K lTi7 Piihlivhrd bv the C:ia of Junr 19.i2 Sarah J. Hair X ' ncatioiial High School Brooklvn, N. ' . Mar L. Drtw, Principal VOLUME XII JUNE 1952 NUMBER 2

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Manuscript r )«.ir Ciiaduatfs: June 1932 When ()u were a pn-kindergarten tot it thrilled you to have an older person read you a stor from nur m rv own book, ' ou played with the children in the story and with tiicir pitv. and it was verv real to vou. In school, through the bookv you read, you became actjuainted with nianv peojile in other lands: vou knew what the ate. how thev drevsed. what the did and how they livid. Later, when iiu joined the publii librar ou discovered that inanv books were written on every subjec t man was interested in. Books on travel, science, art. jjoetrv. romance, fiction, drama, religion, on the history of every country, on transportation and occupations, fill the shelves from the floor to the ceiling of many libraries in rnanv lands. Great ple.isnre. inlorniatinn. inspiration and guidance are lound in these book--. They hel]) to mold the li -es of the peojjfe. When despot-, seek to destroy .i people, they burn their books, and the people mourn dccpK. Perhaps ou now own a lilirarv ol nn ' own. ' ou chose the books with tjreat care and often at a real s.k rili( e, but those books are precious, and have true Wdrlh for you. As you go out into the world vour interests should widen and theie will he many difTerent kinds of books that xou will buv as your taste develops. 1 he books nii own and the books (iu read are vour triends. C hoosc them wiseK and treat lliem well. Ol course, no libraiv. howevei ' small, is comjilcMe with- out a tew ol the classics, a lew books ol spec i.il inieiists. and The Bible. One caution -you cannot live in a world t f iiooks alone. I ' he work ou do. the people vou meet, the friends vou make, the pleasures ou scik. the experiences ou live through, plus the books vou reail will, all toucther. in.tke our lile a fuller and a richer one. As the hour of parting draws near, let me point out to you that the many ex- periences of vour student davs here liave provided real material Irom which vou have composed a verv memoralile book om ii own class Mmiiii (jtini. Its value will increase with the ears. as its ccmtents t.ike on a luller and deejjer meaning. Everv time vou open this book. i:)u will hear me sa to cui. ' Heartiest Oin- gratulations ujxjn your Graduation. . nd may God go with you alw iys. Sine crelv. Principal