Tilden High School - Classic Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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glue lgrinciloa .Spawn 5 The forces of democracy and 1'ol'ali+arianism are working 'fasf and furiously on alomic and o+her deadly weapons +o be ready for 1'he sfruggle we hope fo averf-bu+ which Commun- ism regards as inevilable. Communism seeks 'ro enslave 'rhe mind and body of man bu+ democracy slands in +he way. And democracy will use i+s know-how, i+s Technology, i'l's induslrial mighf +o preserve lhe peace. If we should fail-and we dare no+-civilizafion ifself may be undermined o-r perish. AYOUTJCARL A D C T 'Freedom and peace a realify. Bul' alas, new ideol- ogies rise anew fo frusl'ra're lhal' hope-Naziism, Fascism and now Communism. Even fhe Russian people-if nol' 'rerrorized by an all-powerful, brufal dicfalorial governmenl-would vole over- whelmingly for peace and freedom. Man wanfs fo live. He wanfs 'ro be recognized as a human being wilh basic righls 1'ha+ are inalienable. Man seeks +o be cons1'ruc'rive and crealive, noi' deslrucliveg useful, noi' useless. Na+- ural or unspoiled man seeks +o work and +o live in peace wilh his fellowmen-regardless of race, creed, color or origin. Only miseducafed or ignoranf man is inl'oleran+, prejudiced, domi- naled by greed or lusf for power. True edu- cafion seeks +o eliminale lhese wrong aHi'rudes which spell frouble and keep nal'ions and peoples divided. For cenfuries, man--inspired by idealisls -has soughl' peace and brolherhood. The greal men, l'he chief religions and l'he greal' educafors and prophefs have preached peace and brolher- hood as 1'wo inseparables. Unless we aH'ain These, civilizalion cannol' survive. Our hope res'I's upon you-fhe youlh of +he world-who alone can help us build +he new sociefy and help ii's cili- zens +o be molivaled and inspired by love of 'l'heir fellowmen. Like 'lhe greal' educa'l'or, Horace Mann, Be ashamed +o die un+il you have won some vicfory for humani'ry. You and l leave Tilden l'oge'rher. You, 'I'o build a creafive, useful life and l, lo relire, noi' 'ro hi- berna+e, bul' +o liighl more eFfec1'ively for 'Things I value-freedom, equal oppor'runi+y and iuslice for all people. May you be inspired 'lo live as did 'lhe prophe'I's of fhe ages: may you, loo, ba++le for greal' social causes, and may your Fondesf dream be fulfilled in a world a'I' peace. ABRAHAM LEFKOWITZ

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From +he lessons of hislory have come +he beliefs, efhical principles and sfandards for law. For 'lhis declarafio-n, if implemenied by law by 'rhe various sovereign nafions, would give +o so many, 'ihe equal civil liber+ies enjoyed by so few. Mosl impor+an'r, il' is concerned wi+h 'rhe proiecfion and securify of ihe 'Family as a social unii. Since ihe fuiure of our civilizafion depends upon fhe well being of fhe fam- ily as a fundamenfal unil' of socieiy, +he family musl' be assured of 1'he saiisfaciion of cerfain basic needs: The righl' +o worlc. The righ+1'o an educaiion. The righl' fo religious freedom. The righl' +o live free from oppression and a'Haclc. H' is imperaiive 'rhal' fhe realizaiion of 'lhese hu- man ideals benefii' all manlcind. Man's dream of a beH'er world will become a realily when he under- sfands +he 'I'rue meaning of +he broiherhood of man, -fhal' he is more like fhan unlike his neighbor. Perhaps 'fhis idea mighi beH'er be expressed in fhe words of Carl Sandburg, who said, There is only one man in +he world, and his name is All Men. There is only one woman in ihe world, and her name is All Women. There is only one child in fhe world, and +he child's name is All Children. ROCHELLE KATZ

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