William Cullen Bryant High School - Postscript Yearbook (Long Island City, NY)

 - Class of 1938

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Posfscripf James P. Warren Principal O . if X Ceiling Zero fs K Ji - Aviafion luas brougluf many new words info our language. One plurase affracfed affenfion recenfly because if was flue fifle of a moving picfure. I refer fo flue words ceiling zero . ln passing flurouglu flue luall one day, l asked a boy wluaf ceiling zero meanf. l-le replied quife alerfly, Oh, l know wluaf fluaf means. In ayiafion flue sky is sornefimes so filled wiflu clouds, or fog, or misf fluaf no one can see. Tluerefore, as fluey say in aviafion, fluere is no visibilify. Since flue aviafor cannof see wluere lue is going, if is generally considered unsafe flying. Two

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T June, l938 AT The presenT Time a greaT many read abouT condiTions in The proTessions and in The business world. CriTics bemoan The lack oT opporTuniTy Tor employmenT. ln oTher words, There seems To be hardly any opporTuniTy Tor a Tavorable ouTlook on liTe. ln such cases There will probably be Two poinTs oT view. l. The pessimisT is likely To borrow The phrase Trom aviaTion, ceiling zero . ln oTher words, he believes ThaT all hope Tor success and prosperiTy is gone. ConseguenTly, The ambiTion To prepare Tor a beTTer business and professional world is crushed. 2. The opTimisT, Taking a longer view oT liTe and iTs opporTuniTies, has learned ThaT long as a period oT unemploymenT may be, The TuTure always inviTes hope and courage. The opTimisT shows ThaT over The years There have been The lean as well as The TaT years. Think oT whaT happened when The radio, The airplane, and The auTomobile came inTo operaTion. Now aviaTion, always improving, more and more requires experT assisTanTs. The auTomobile iTselT has TransTormed The whole coun- Try, creaTing new indusTries and changing The social and economic liTe oT The naTion. MighT iT noT be inTriguing To inquire whaT The TuTure oT air- condiTioning and oT Television mighT be in The world abouT us? A graduaTe oT high school, however, has a very deTiniTe Task seT Tor him. IT is his immediaTe business To TulTill his conTracT wiTh his parenTs, his school, and his ciTy by applying himselT as well as he can To his sTudies. The habiTs ThaT make Tor success are much The same all The Time. ln sTudying qualiTicaTions, The graduaTe has only To read whaT may be Tound on employmenT blanks oT business houses and on The admission blanks Tor colleges. Become selT-criTical Tor a momenT and answer These quesTions: l. SCHOLARSHIP ln whaT quarTer oT The class does The pupil sTand? 2. CHARACTER ls The candidaTe always honesT, dependable, sTraighTTorward? 3. PERSONALITY a. Describe The speech, voice, dress and manners oT The candidaTe. b. ls The candidaTe able To geT along wiTh oThers? c. Describe his iniTiaTive, alerTness, and adapTabiliTy. Ceiling zero! Someone has said: An opTimisT is a man who Tends To your eyes. A pessimisT is one who Tixes your TeeT. JAMES P. WARREN, Principal Three

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