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

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Administrative Dear Seniors. My words to you are, I Shal Do. I believe anyone whom you encourage and help to think and rethink in today's crisis will find his thought leading him back to things that are basic in American ife—freedom, sanctity of the home, thrift, work, each man and each woman making his small contribution to the whole by trying what we used to call right living. Let us make the point that other generations of Americans have had their crisis, too—their bloody wars, ther long-lasting and soul-searching depressions, their riots, and even their threats of imminent extraction— and yet America has indeed made remarkable progress, largely by adhering to principles which may seem old-fashioned. To sum up. the resolution of today's crisis in American life must begin with each individual The relationshp which you and I have with members of our immediate famiies is the beginning of a chain reaction Within our family groups, we must teach and learn understanding, reasonableness. justice, love, fidelity, patriotism, love of God—for then and only then wil we achieve the love of our feilowman which. I believe, can and wil save our city the country and the world. Edward Hale, a former chaplain of the United States Senate, sums it all up nicely for us in these words: l am only one. but l am one. I can't do everything, but I can do something And what I can do. that I ought to do. and what I ought to do. by the grace of God, I shal do Love and Peace. Nathaniel L. Potts Principal Principal 20 Administrotlon Mr. Potts giving trophies to Tensley McClendon and Phlbert Smith