Tilden High School - Classic Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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OUR PRINCIPAL S MESSAGE My dear boys and gIrls The +heme of ihIs year s ClassIc Growfh IS mos+ ap proprIa+e Growfh IS a law of all IIVIHQ fhmgs The momeni grow+h s+ops fhe lIfe process comes fo a hal'r Jusf as fhere musf be growih If pro+oplasm IS +o conhnue operahng blO logIcally so In SOCIETY fhere mus'I' be grow'I'h for wlfhoul If +he socIal organIsm s+agna+es a+rophIes and quIckly QIVES way +o some oiher group In whIch +he llfe force IS shll sirong l should lIke +0 make a dlshnchon befween growlh and change All grow+h Involves change bu+ nol all change ImplIes growih Thus when George Washlnglon successfully led fhe Amerlcan Revoluhon or when Thomas Jefferson wrofe fhe Declarahon of Independence or when Abraham LIncoln Issued hIs Emanclpahon Proclamahon 'lhese epoch makIng evenfs marked changes In our hIs+ory ihai were deli mle evIdences of growih On +he ofher hand when Hlfler look over +he fuehrershIp of Germany In l933 and pro ceeded 'lo Issue decrees In whIch democracy was crushed Jews cremared Cafhohcs persecufed and war elevafed +0 a vIr+ue 'these were changes bul' noi' grow+h Whal' 'lhen IS fhe Imporlanl' dIs+Inc+Ion befween change and grow+h7 Change IS any movemenl' away from 'rhe sfafus quo lf may be a movemeni' backwards or forwards H' may mark progress or refrogressnon Growlh on +he o+her hand IS always change In 'lerms of bIologIcally and soclally useful goals A good fesf fhen of whefher a change means grow+h IS fo ask yourselves fhe queshons Whal IS The purpose of 'lhe change7 Wha+ goals IS +hIs change Infended fo ai' +aIn7 Are lhese goals goIng +o be helpful for mankInd7 How may you as fhe mos'f recen+ graduahng class of TIlden HIgh School apply lhe lessons of 'l'he foregolng? SImply fhls all educahon and we frusi' you have receIved a good baSIC educahon a+ TIlden has for Ifs malor purpose +he all around developmenl of +he human beIng lf I5 our 'Fond hope +haf we have con+rIbu'l'ed durIng fhese pasl' lhree or four years subsianhally 'ro your growfh Bear In mmd hai' fhe more 6Vld you are for knowledge 'lhe more CUFIOUS you are aboul' llfe s bIg puzzles fhe more you wIll experIence 'lne +hrIll of con1'InuIng growfh an developmenl' An Indl vIdual who has s'I'opped askIng ques'l'Ions and wonderIng abouf 'lhmgs has come close fo sfagnahon Remember foo fhal' no'I' all change IS growfh Throughoui lIfe keep +es+Ing every Issue or proposI+Ion lhai IS raIsed by askIng whefher 'lhe change +ha+ IS beIng advocafecl IS one lhaf wIll 'Furfher fhe well beIng of +he people as a whole ln fhe lasf analysns fhe well educafed man IS one who con serves fhe besl values of fhe pas? bul who IS unafraId ia expenmenr wI+h ll1FlOV6lIODS fhaf are poIn'l'ed In soclally useful dII'eCllOl1S May you always experIence Qrowrh and progress In your own lIves CordIally yours ABRAHAM MARGOLIES Prlncupal I . . I O II In - I I ' . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . I I I I I - I - 1 I I I . I I . . . . . ' I . . .I . II II . - - - In II - o :I n ' I I . . . . . 'L . . ' I . , . . . I I F . . . . . I . - . . . . . . . . . . I . .