Tilden High School - Classic Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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THE SENIOR CLASSIC VERY LARGE corporation in New York has adopted a one-word slogan for its employees- Thinkl Every man and woman em- ployed there must go through a rigorous training in the work he is expected to do, and the predominant idea throughout the course is Think! The firm occupies several floors in a large office building and on every wall is the sign- Think! Employees are promoted according to the success they achieve in adhering to this slogan- Thinkl What a wonderful world this would be if people would think more! It has occurred to me that this would make an ideal slogan for you, now- Thi'nk! You have completed a four-year high school course. Some of you intend to continue your education in an institution of higher learning. Many of you plan to work as soon as you can get a position. Regardless of what specific commercial abilities you have developed, if you have learned to think-hard and earnestly-you will succeed. Everyone is endowed with the ability to do at least one thing better than anyone else in his city, in his state or perhaps in the whole world. What is your great ability? What is your greatest ambition? Have you thought about it seriously? Have you a plan to fulfill ythat ambition? Have you conferred with others who might help you formulate a plan to work toward that goal? Now is the time for you to consider the matter more seriously than you have ever considered it in your whole life. You have reached one of the great milestones in your life. Complacentl willingness to let destiny bring you what it may is a cowardly admission of resignation to defeat. Think! Form a plan. lt may have to be revised from time to time, but always be sure your aim is perfection and your ideals are high. The success- ful man is the one who is never entirely satisfied with what he has accom- plished and who never ceases to strive to reach perfection in his work and in himself. I do hope you appreciate the free education you have been given during the past twelve years. I hope you appreciate it so much that now, of your own volition, you will continue to improve yourself-in college, in a profes- sion, in business or in private studyl And I hope, furthermore, that you will use this education for a worthy ideal. Love thy God and love thy neighbor. Do nothing to offend either. Do everything you can to make others happier. Think and work to effect such a creed and your life will be crowned with glory and success. THOMAS H. READYOFF Page Seven

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THE SENIOR CLASSIC FEBRUARY 1933-IANUARY 1937 Commencement Day is drawing near and is involving us in a host of activities and obligationsg and yet we find ourselves constantly indulging in pleasant reminiscences of our stay at S.T.H.S. Recollections of our first days at Tilden, of our peccadilloes and derelictions, of our failures and suc- cesses crowd through our memories in our last weeks at Alma Mater. How well we recall the mixed emotions that filled our hearts on that eventful day in September i933 when first we became Tildenitesl The school was new, the faculty new, the student body new. We of the class of lanuary '37 missed the traditions and heritages handed down to us by past classes. We missed the traditional rivalry that for twenty-five years existed between Boys' High and Alexander Hamilton: we missed the spirit and color of an Erasmus-Manual football game, we missed the trophy cases gleaming with shining souvenirs of victories of our school's teams. And missing these things, we felt that we had been deprived of a goodly share of high school life. But soon we became aware of compensations for our loss. We awoke to the realization that we were to be the germ from which was to spring a new tradition-a Tilden tradition which would be handed down to future classes to revere and uphold. And we did it! We established traditions in every phase of secondary school life that will be followed by countless numbers of future Tildenites. Scholastically, we have built up a reputation that ranks with that of the best high schools in the city. Future citizens of Alma Mater will have to work hard to sustain that reputation. Socially, we have striven toward the ideal that a Tildenite is a perfect gentleman. , Physically, we have built up a reputable tradition. Our teams in the four years of our stay here. have won championships. Whether successful or not, they have carried the conception of a Tildenite with them. In victory or defeat, they remembered whom they represented and played hard but clean. . lt becomes the duty of the class of February to maintain this glorious heritage that is to be passed on to future Tildenites. In collegiate activities and in our normal life we must not forget that which we wish others to maintain. The principles we have built up in the past four years must be preserved by us. And when we come back ten and twenty years from now to cheer the team playing in the shadow of an ivy-covered building, we will point with pride to the traditions and spirit that we began when Tilden was young. Page N me