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

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Posfscripi' Grade Adviser June I942 ESTHER SAXON Your wise guidance nas helped us make imiooriani decisions rnrouqnoui our nigh scnool career. Vfe aloioreciaie your sincere infer- esf in our problems and your words of encouragement Four

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June, I942 Tomorrow Engineers and Their works have always cap- Tivafed The onlooker. From Their dreams have sprung masTerpieces in wood and sTeel and sTone. The Tai Mahal, The Grand Coulee Dam, and The Golden Gafe Bridge, are dazzling. BuT, you will say, whaT can a poor Senior do buf admire? Perhaps The Senior has never heard The saying, You are The archiTecT of your own forTune. ln facT, There is an expression quife common To America, l-le was a self-made man. CerTainly you can do much To mold and shape and fashion The mosT inTeresTing obiecT in The world -yourself. - WhaT is This we heard recenfly from WashingTon? STay in school. The T942 edifion of Wl-lO's Wl-IG records ThaT nine ouT of Ten successful men and women aTTended college, and ThaT Three ouT of every four were graduaTed. In addifion, The invesTigaTions of The Rockefeller Foundafion and of The Carnegie Foundafion indicafe ThaT a person wiTh an educafion has an advanfage of 20 To I in suc- ceeding in life. ln oTher words, in any field of endeavor, whefher iT is business, nursing, aviafion, or any oTher field worfh while, science, maThemaTics, arT ,and oTher subiecfs such as you sTudy in high schools, are required for success. WhaT are you doing abouf This? ln fashioning yourself during The Time ThaT you are in high school, Two condifions were found necessary. FirsT of all, you had To have some aim which proved a TesT of your abilify. This aim, however, musT have been a challenge To perform your besf aT all Times. BuT in doing your besf, you felT a deep inTeresT in whaT you were doing. You became so absorbed, ThaT Time and work became acTually sweefer. Everyfhing seemed To be inspired. . ln a word, in order To loe The archiTecT of your own forTune, you musT have some definife obiecTive which you will pursue wiTh zesT and enfhusiasm, because you know ThaT you are making your own career. For confinued success- STay in school. JAMES P. WARREN, Principal.

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l - June, l942 Social Adviser June I94-2 LILLIAN DUNN Our social aciivilies have been all 'rhe more enjoyable and en'rer- Taining because of your cheerful cooperarion and friendly help. You may be sure rhal' we seniors will noi' forgef your parience and charm. Q Five