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

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MISS FREYGANG MR. MENDEL MR. MULDORF MISS SIMONS

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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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s l ' 1 I K I l -'Tl ix' Tr , ' X- GGSUTGI' , , -4' :U i 6' yu 1 x ' ' xi ' , SecreTary l ii 4 Vice-president PresidenT JACK COT-TEN RUTH ROSENTT-TAI. X 3' N ROSE AUERBACT-l sr' Ax ABE SILVERSTEIN Y. J ' N' XT X. ' Friends and Fellow ClassmaTeQ' T ln The days oT The iabled easTern monarchs, There lived a mighTy lfing who summoned beigre him Thefwise men oT The realm. CreaTe Tor me a senTence, he said, ThaT shall be True and appropriaTe aT all Times and in all siTuaTions. .The old sages pondered and Then presenTed To The ruler These words? And This Tloo shall pass away. This brings To my mind, The nearness oT our graduaTion, graduaTion which means The severing oT many Triendships, graduaTion which means leaving our Alma?MaTer. Some oT us ascend To higher insTiTuTions oT learning, oTheQ enTer The business world. As The impressive commence- menT ceremonyflsinifshes, l shall again hear, And This Too shall pass away. We are3rr'oT so selTish as To Thinlc ThaT we alone are responsible Tor The achievemenT oT our goal. ThereTore, we exTend our sincere Thanks To Dr. Lieberiman, and his mosT able assisTanTs, The TaculTy, who have been The chieT TacTors in The compleTion oT our presenT sTudies. OUT parTing should be Tilled wiTh happiness, noT wiTh melanchdly and sadness. ThereTore, leT me Talce This opporTuniTy To wish you, my Triends, all The success and happiness ThaT The TuTure may hold Tor you. FraTernally yours, ABE SILVERSTEIN