Thomas Jefferson High School - Aurora Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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OT-Tice oT The Principal lvlarch 29, I933 Dear GraduaTes: ln The aggregaTe The poTenTial brain power oT The graduaTes oT The class oT June, IQ33 should be suTTicienTly greaT To modiTy The exisTing order oT Things. This sTaTemenT is noT meanT To be TaceTious or To TlaTTer you or make you vainglorious. We are living on The Threshold oT new ideas, oT new modes oT be- havior and oT enTirely new problems ThaT awaiT soluTion. You are The pioneers in This expanding universe. Yours is The opporTuniTy To bring The world ouT oT The chaos inTo which iT has been plunged. Only amongsT large groups, such as yours, which emerge Trom our high schools, can This sorely Tried old world oT ours secure The Type oT leadership which no longer will remain in bondage To TradiTional, ineTTecTive meThods. Success may or may noT mean The acguisiTion oT maTerial beneTiTs. Rarely, however, does any success come unless The vocaTion selecTed is based upon The possession oT Those abiliTies ThaT The chosen vocaTion demands. Again, success in liTe is uncerTain unless a diversiTy oT inTeresTs leads To an enriched liTe unhampered by The inTolerance and narrow- mindedness which undue specializaTion alone is apT To induce. CompleTe living-a liTe Tilled wiTh maior inTeresTs-a liTe in which unbounded happiness resulTs because The vocaTion selecTed brings con- sTanT, inner saTisTacTion-ThaT is The Type oT liTe which l wish Tor all oT you. May God will iT Tor you. Cordially, MARTIN MENDEL AcTing Principal

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To MISS LGUISE SMITH, friend and adviser, we dedicalre Jrhis, our las+ achievement The Ciess Book of June, I933.

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MISS FREYGANG MR. MENDEL MR. MULDORF MISS SIMONS