Waterford High School - Fordian Yearbook (Waterford, NY)

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Waterford High School Jf acuity Roscoe L. Williams ......... Superintendent Union College, Schenectady, A.B.; New York State College for Teachers, Albany, M.A. M. Marian Ranney...........................................Principal New York State College for Teachers, Albany, A.B.; M.A. John F. Coughlin.............................................Science New York State College for Teachers, Buffalo, B.S. Elizabeth M. O’Connell...................................Mathematics College of St. Rose, B.A. Helen M. Gainor..............................................English Syracuse University, A.B.; New York State College for Teachers, Albany, M.A. Hazel Wilt .......... Home Economics Plattsburg State Teachers College, B.A. Doris H. Haley.............................................Librarian New York State College for Teachers, Albany, B.S. in Library Science Raymond C. Henry.................................................Art New York University, B.S. in Ed., M.A. in Ed. Jane Koncewicz...........................................Mathematics New York State College for Teachers, M.A. Mary E. Lawlor ........ English, Social Studies College of St. Rose, A.B. Juanita McGarty.............................................Commerce New York State College for Teachers, Albany, B.S. in C. W. Clinton Merritt.................................Industrial Arts Oswego State Normal School; Columbia, B.S. Frederick Morris............................Boy’s Physical Education Ithaca School of Physical Education; Syracuse University Mary Agnes Mariana..................................Social Studies New York State College for Teachers, Albany, A.B. Jane McKennan ........ Girl’s Physical Education Cortland State Teachers College, B.S. Arline Shaw..........................................School Nurse Cohoes Hospital, R.N.; Syracuse University, B.S. Sylvia F. Spraggins............................................Music Crane Dept.-Potsdam State College; Northwestern University; Ithaca College of Fine Arts Ursula Tetrault....................................French, English New York State College for Teachers, A.B.; M.A. Helen Ramroth.......................................Social Studies New York State College for Teachers, B.S. W. David Zelie...............................................Science Union College, A.B. Janet Mather .......... Commerce New York State College for Teachers, B.S. Eleven

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1946 Fordian Ten

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1946 Fordian )t J eto Generation “Eternal Vigilance is the Price of Liberty”—Demosthenes The years following the end of the first great world conflict were more or less dominated in America by the actions of a group of people whom present day novelists have come to designate as the “Lost Generation”. These people earned this somewhat weird appellation because they were caught in the web of circumstance which decreed them too young or immature to either prevent or actively engage in the original conflagration and, sadly, far too short-sighted, complacent, and dormant to avert the one just past. They were common, ordinary people, this “Lost Generation”, enjoying their baseball games and bridge parties just as we do today. Their only real fault rested in their inability to see, or, in some cases, their unshakable will to deny the world conditions rapidly fermenting through the years into the eruption of the war and the ultimate dooming of millions to the chaotic pits of famine and pestilence. We, the members of the Class of ’46, find ourselves in a similar situation. We were far too young to voice strong enough criticisms of our almost ludicrous policy of complacency, and just short of the age requisite for the joining of our older brothers on the far-flung battlefields of the world. We have all that is necessary to establish ourselves in future years as another “Lost Generation”. But we fervently pray that by the grace of Almighty God we shall not! Never before in the history of man has the oft-repeated phrase, “Youth is the hope of the world,” held more truth than it does at this very’ hour. We must dedicate ourselves to the practice of combining cooperation and friendship to other nations with a healthy vigilance against the forces of evil which seek to destroy all that America stands for. Never again must we and the other peace-loving nations of the world allow ourselves to lower our guard against the aggressive powers of imperial- ism and totalitarianism. Upon our decision as to which path to follow, the one indicated by vigilance and leading to peace and security or the one indicated by complacency and leading to the grave, rests the destiny of mankind. God grant that we choose the right one. Roderick O’Connor, Editor-in-Chief. T welve