West Side High School - Lamp Yearbook (Newark, NJ)

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M H. REYBURN TO THE CLASS OF JUNE, 1940 THE FULL LIFE i. You would live fully? Quicken then your pulse In kinship with those high, heroic hearts Who hold aloft the oriflame of Hope, Deathless and bright across the groping years. The Man of Nazareth upon the Cross, With anguished cry, “They know not what they do; Forgive them, Father! Socrates unshaken Drinking the hemlock; stalwart Charles Martel With hammering blows routing the Moslem horde; Columbus, eagle-hearted, driving his ships With dauntless purpose through the unploughed seas; And millions more, dream-stirred, without a name, Whose glowing vision or uplifted arm Have rived the shackles and on us bestowed The blessings of a thousand centuries Lift up your spirit, and exultant feel One with the breathless stretches infinite— Mighty Orion and the Polar Star But on the threshold. Fancy faints imagining Our principal, Mr. Reyburn A. Higgins, was a former teacher in West Side. Mr. Higgins received his A.B. degree from Indiana University and his A.M. degree from New York University. Нау- ing come to West Side in 1926, he remained here for seven years as a member of the English depart- ment. In 1933, Mr. Higgins went to Weequahic where he was the chairman of the English depart- ment. Mr. Higgins returned to West Side in 1937 as principal. A. HIGGINS The Suns beyond our Sun—Worlds without end Time a mere fleck upon Eternity; And Man within these regions measureless Though thrall to Time and Space, with head un bowed. 3 Learn, too, to love the little things of life The spring-awakened crocus in the grass; The light upon the waters, and the breeze Rippling the maples with a soft caress; The clinging hands of children, and the warmth Of friendship; the inner light that glows From deeds unselfish and from honest mirth 4 Then on some clear-eyed day—as roseate light Revealed the Grail to the rapt Galahad You glimpse the Infinite within the Rose; Eternity within this passing day; And each of us, component parts of Life, Helping to bear that Life through Time and Space Till Time and Space themselves shall be no more , E алуа. бу. 2 жона Page Five

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FUOREWORD Dear Diary, To you we confide the sacred memories of our four years at West Side High School. We are the graduating class of June 1940, and we are most indebted to our parents and instructors for their kind guidance. There is no doubt in the mind of any senior of the sacrifices our parents have made that we might complete our high school education. Their sympathetic understanding has been a beacon for us when we were surrounded by the darkness of what we believed to have been unconquerable odds. How sorely we must have tried the patience of the teachers who co-operated with us in the production of our senior show and collecting material for this book which you represent. We trust you to guard jealously our confidences so that in the future we may turn to your pages to revive our dimming memories. None of us as yet realizes the importance of the four years we are about to complete. The knowledge we have gathered is the foundation for a higher education and a wider range of experience. The traits of character we have developed will remain with us for- ever more, and they will determine whether we shall be more or less successful in later life. There is one thing you must bear in mind Diary, that is, we shall never stop learning. This Senior Class of June 1940, геа!- izes that although we shall have graduated from West Side High School our learning will never cease. We must be willing to accept new ideas that will influence our life in the future. It is necessary that we keep our minds open so that we may be broad enough to accept the views of the world at large. Still another thing that we must impress upon you is the major part played by our parents and instructors during these years. How fortunate we are to have had such patient friends guiding us. Diary, it is in you we must write a record of our school days so that the past may be brought closer to us. Some of us are going on to higher institutions of learning, others are not, but all of us will hold you responsible for retaining our memories. A Senior.

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MISS M. BERNICE Miss Bernice Hamilton is our assistant prin- cipal. Miss Hamilton has attended and grad- uated from Newark High Schools. She also graduated from Goucher College, Baltimore, and the Teacher's College of Columbia. Ве- fore coming to West Side High in 1926, Miss Hamilton had been at South Side High. Travel- ing and reading take up her leisure moments HAMILTON