Stroudsburg High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Stroudsburg, PA)

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lltth lloni Xn lo our Nlnia Mater we'll he true- ALMA MATER 'hen the first faint flush of tlawn is seen lVhen the evening sunheatns gently fall, Calmly still, calmly still, From the sky, from the sky, erl in gleaming' lfoltl and crimson sheen g g Tenclerly they gilcl the western wall ls our high school on the hill. Of our clear old Stroutlshurg High: e of all our youthful joys thou art. And hy fortune though our lot he cast llappy clays, happy claysg Far away, far away. tl the throh of each tlevotecl heart It will come to us throughout the past, ls re-echoefl in this song of praise: ,Ns a guicle upon our onwarcl way. iongh the years quickly ily, In vain will we sigh .Xll our loyal friencls give place to new, ,Nucl foncl lneniories will linger o'er STROIIIDSIIURG IIIGH, STROITIJSBURG HIGH. S'l'ROUIJSl3URG HIGH. STRUITIDSRURG HIGH. Thr 1948 Piom For the happy hours that are no more, 'r'

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thunder of the 'bombs, or the hum of enemy airplanes. When we think of these men who died for our country, we realize as never before that our nation has presented to the world the highest type of government which man has yet devised. Here we have been able to at- tain the ideal of civil and religious liberty. VVe have realized the kind of life which every human being ought to be able to live. We have developed a public school system which is the brightest flower of our democracy. In thinking of these brave men, we think of the long history of our nation. VVe think of those pioneers who at the risk of their lives endured long suffering, hacked a wav through the wilderness and fought with savage men. VVe remember those heroes of Valley Forge and Gettysburg, and we know that our boys of VVorld VVar II are part of this long line of heroes. We realize that we also are American citizens. Let us resolve here and now that like them we will do our full duties as living Americans to the en-d that our country may en- dure. If, in the Providence of God, we may be called upon to sacrifice and suffer so that our ideals of democracy may endure, we will 'be enjoying a rare and priceless privilege. Standing here and looking into the faces of this group of young people, we catch a vision of the future, which, under God, we hope can be realized, when all the nations of the world shall live in peace and happiness, free from the fear of war and danger. When the guns were silenced and the war ceased, there were some who did not return- twenty-eight of t-hem from our group. We knew many of these boys, some of them very in- timately. It was with a great pang that we realized that they were not going to return to us. VV-e can sympathize very deeply with the parents and friends in the loss of these young lives. It seemed as if they had sacrificed their lives almost before those lives had started. But inthe midst of our grief, let us not forget that the greatest life ever lived was cut off at an early age so that men might live and grow closer to God. Next to the service of God, the greatest thing is service to mankind and these young men in dying for their coun- try, died in the service of their fellowmen. In doing so, they approached the ideal which is almost divine. The world very soon forgets those who have livedg even the noblest life is forgotten almost before it is ended. It is not the purpose of Stroudsburg High School that these boys should ever be forgotten, and for this reason we have secured the most enduring stone which it is possible to secure and have caused the names of these heroes to be carved upon it. We have made it as nearly permanent and everlasting as it is in our poor power to do. As fthe years come and go, we know that teachers. pupils and the public will look at this stone. They will read th-e names on it, and I can say that there will be no one so stolid or heartless that he can look at this and think of these men without a catch in his throat or a throb in his heart. No one will look at this and be so cowardly that he will hesitate to live for his coun- try and defend it with his life. There will be no one so stupid who will fail to realize what this nation stands for. Let us then dedicate this monument to the memory of these brave men. Let them rest where they lie beneath their country's Hag, forever shrouded in the glory of a life well lived, a service nobly rendered, a sacrifice freely given. And now let us pro- nounce that this monument is herewith dedicated to the memory of these men, and let us here highly resolve that we the living will forever dedicate our lives to the free America for which these men have died and that we will live to maintain those principles which have made and will keep us free. The 1948 Pioneer 7

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