Brodhead High School - Red B Yearbook (Brodhead, WI)

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Miss Dougal . . Pongo . Crumpet . Uncle Fred A Maid . . Julia Parker . . Wilbur Robinson . Mr. Parker. . . Mrs. Parker . Judge Basher . . Lady Duff-Wilson Mary Duff-Wilson CLASS PLAY CAST Edwin Meichtry .Ann Wheeler . John Maurer . Sara Conway .Sally Schultz . Allen Olson Wayne Richards Karen Zimmerli James Deppeler . Nancy Foss Bonnie Hawkins . Judy Putney . Karen Brandenburg . . Gary Ringen Second Policeman . . Robert Dorr Miss Spencer . . First Policeman . TICKETS: Mr. Keen, Mrs. Sveom, Karen Brager, Lyvonne Fairman, Sara Conway, Gloria Swenson. PROGRAMS: Sandra DeVoe, Mrs. Sveom. SCENERY: Mrs. Cain, Mr. Uphoff, Home Economics and Industrial Arts Classes. PROPERTIES: Sara Conway, Bonnie Hawkins, Judy Putney, Karen Brandenburg. MAKE-UP: Carolyn Hoff, Sandra DeVoe, Carolyn Pree, Margaret McKeown, Anna Lea Peterson, Becky Pfisterer, Jeanette Whitledge, Miss Preston. STAGE MANAGER: Gary Ringen. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Nancy Foss. DIRECTOR: Miss Preston. 54

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Valedictorian Address lndependence of manner and thought seems to have been at least partially stifled by the conformity of today's society. Too many people refrain from making up their own minds because they fear the disapproval of their neighbors. Where would our nation be today if our doctors, scientists, and engineers had all thought, l'll let someone else do the discovering, it's difficult enough for me to make use of these discoveries after they are made. Progress is made only by the independent thinkers who are using their time today to work toward a better tomorrow. Never do today what can be done tomorrow is an anathema to these men. lt could, and should, befor all of us. Resoluteness of purpose is a virtue to be looked for in the leaders of today and tomorrow. This resoluteness begins at home with parents who are independent and resolute themselves. Such qualities must be imbued in a person from the time of his childhood. Children must be encouraged to make their own decisions, with proper guidance as to the standards of right and wrong. Johnny should learn to ignore the crowd's ieering at his cowardice when he refuses to take part in cooning melons, or as a teenager, in beer parties. But where does such strength of purpose and mind come from? There is actually only one source of such strength, belief in a Supreme Being. This Being tolerates no interference with His plans. Often, little is understood of His motives. Sometimes they seem to foster evil, but always they are good. Believing in and trying to understand this Being should form an es- sential part of the individualist's life. Too often those people who express themselves publicly are ostracized for their courage. But of such courage is a strong nation born. This courage should be more prominent in a nation's leadership. A vacillating leadership will soon lead a nation to its destruction. Like- wise a populace with mercurial opinions, which is easily led by fiery-tongued rabble-rousers, will do little or nothing to keep a strong nation strong. As citizens, we must keep ourselves open-minded and well-informed, or else we shall suffer the bitter consequences. lndependence of thought and word often requires less courage than independence of action. A word may be soon forgotten or remain unheard, but the evidence of an independent action propelled by a strong will often remains to be felt or seen by the future. Columbus was often criticized for his vision and Picasso, the great experimenter, is misunder stood by many. Their criticized, misunderstood actions were and are actually expressions of an active, independent mind searching for release. This independence of action should be condonec and the individualist, for such he is more than enything else, regarded as a proper member of society. After all, where would our world be without such eccentrics as Einstein and Pasteur? Often such eccentricities as these men displayed are tolerated because of their perpetrator's genius, but why should not the individualism of the average, law-abiding citizen be treated as such? Conformity has become the reigning rule in American society. Individualism is on the declin- and can be restored only by a man's change in attitude in the United States. Individualism must be appreciated and fostered by the young people of today. Our scholars should be regarded as teachers, rather than squares, our painters as an elite, rather than as sissies, our educators as men rather than wardens in a iail without bars. Let us not follow their ideas like sheep. Let us evaluate those ideas. We must make our own decisions regarding them. In that way our own individualism of thought and action will be a big part in making and keeping- our nation strong. Like Voltaire l disapprove of what you say, but l will defend to the death your right to say it. Elzie Laube 56