Colebrook Academy - Clipper Yearbook (Colebrook, NH)

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anchor to windward. It is equally imperative honor of the individual. If the individual lacks this quality, it will be found wanting in the social group.. You have heard it said of one man that his word is as good as his bond. Such a man is genuinely honest with himself. Men of this integrity would never desecrate their nation's honor. Contrast this with the man who says one thing and does another or offers a pledge of faithfulness and then displays treachery. This war has brought outfstriking illustrations of this form of deceit and trickery. This same quality of individual honesty applies equally to busi- ness. uFor there is an honor in business which is the fine gold of it: that reckons with every man justlyg that loves lightg that regards :indness and fairness more highly than goods or prices or profits.n Business executives with such concepts have established and always will establish reputable firms. Need one fear this kind of man? Indeed, phere is a crying need for more like him. Then ds not ths.kind of honor thick the battlefield calls forth, but rather, that which the daily I xperiences of life bring to light. Every real man has at times this .oncept of honor. ', Man who is true to himself offers full allegiance to another - fuality--that of courage. This means not only courage that is displxwd ,n the battlefield but also the exhibition of moral courage. Indivimud tzourage is not found only in warg it is found in the everyday walks of life during peace. There is courage among men to build the foundation sf the futureg there is the courage of youth facing the future. Fre- quently man is called upon to display allegiance to his convictions, a form of loyalty which only a free man can demonstrate. No nation made up of men enslaved under the hand of a dictator can express indiv- idual fancy. Such people have sold their birthright for a pittance p themselves. As a people, such because, individually, they were false to disaster would not have befallen them had they possessed, in their individual selves, such moral courage,for oxamele,as that of our mothmn of today. Loyalty to oneself, a strong will, and a determination to mm keep people in the fight to live. There is a third ideal to which man should offer full allegiance. it is adherence to some form of religious belief. That it is inherent .n man to have faith in some form of God, the record of human events nears out. Man's faith in a Supreme Being has been one of the greatest activating forces in the history of the world. Striking examples of this are shown in times of war. Joan of Arc's divine inspiration lei mer people to victory. General Washington at Valley For e Abs h , - g 18 am nincoln during the Civil War, and our own president in this struggle-- ll h ' ave asked the help and guidance of God. dardly a message comes from General MacArthur but he attributes his victories to God. Indeed L it seems that war amplifies the faith of man. The president who steers Ehis nation through war, or a peacetime panic, or a depression has iaith in God, in himself, and in the people of his countr Tf . . y. 16 student las faith in his teachers. Such confidence is good for man, but it is nl thr h Q y oug faith in One Being that man acquires faith in himself and mis friends. This faith in God in times like these is perhaps man's strongest that his sense of honor nd his oersonal coura e be hi hl va clearly, if hardily, know himself--probably is,whatever the family, . L g g y lued and ,ttained. Man should make it his business to .is most difficult lesson. In the last analys 60

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ideals for his country. We are in the midst of a war waged to make certain that those American ideals of government and life may survive. We look forward to victory that will mean those ways of living, of feeling, and of thinking that seem to be the marks of our people and our history, We find that it is our heritage that has made us what, we are. Looking back into the past, we can see many prophets who have voiced the American spirit. Abraham Lincoln managed to get the whole thing into a sentence: HAS I would not be a slave, so I would not be a mastcr.n This portrays well our idea of equality. A great American loves his country and believes in its high destiny. He is a man of vision. Washington and Lincoln caught thc vision of a great united people--the American Nation. To establish and preserve this nation they dedicated their lives. And so must we dedi- cate our lives for the real ideals of truth, honor, bravery, justice, kindness, and faith. Truth to our country, our fellmfmen, our church, ourselves is a necessity. Honor and bravery lie close together in the fields of conflict, battle, and strife. Kindness, as we all know, should be everywhere. Faith is the hope of the world, a foundation for everything, and without it there can be nothing. A great man is a just man. He is one who recognizes the truth that the power for good in the world is greater than the power forevil. He believes that right makes might and must prevail. he knows that no question is ever settkd intil it is settled on the basis of justice. All these ideals added together make a great American. If you bel eve that race, creed, or color makes an American--then you are wrong. If you believe in your class before your country, your section before your nation, your own self-interest before the nation's need-- then you have not lived up to these ideals. In America men and women come together in freedom to make their own laws, to worship as they choose, to build for the future with hope, to plan for the present with daring, to get along with neighborliness, and to live in the faith of the free. These are pretty big meanings for any persong they are what Americanism means. And our lives, in our time, shall be measured by how we live up to those intentions. Jean Walker '45 SELF-ALLEGMANCE In times of stress such as these, when a nation's existence hangs in the very balance, patriotic zeal is high. Everyone's enthusiasm in the national effort is unquestioned. However, in days of strife, it is well for.man to search his own soul to discover his true standards, cms- cerning not only the principles of the state but also his personal V ideals. Every thinking man sooner or later recognizes the fact that allegiance to himself and to his own code of living preeeeds allegiance to his country. The poet aptly phrased this thought through Polonius who said, uThis above all: to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.n How shall one be true to oneself? ,The first step is the setting up of ideals and principles as standards to be attained. Among the most de- sirable are honesty, courage, and adherence to some religious concept. Let us consider the abstract quality of honesty. Honesty in government and in all dealings among people can only be as high as the ' 459-

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- L. the church, or the state may demand of a man, his answer will be the poet's who said, UDQ what thy manhood bids thee do, from none expect applause: He noblest lives and noblest dies who makes and keeps his self- made laws.n , Parker Hicks '43 CLASS QJFT Music more than any other art offers us an opportunity to get away from the ord1nary'things of life. In proportion,as we understand great music, we are lifted out of ourselves into an ideal realm. Many people know what it ls, but few have described it as clearly as Dr. Spaeth, who has called it the organization of sound toward beauty. Music, too, is a universal language. It is impossible to go into any part of the world and not find there some form of music. Music occupies a very wide field in which much progress has been made. The beginning of music was vocal in character. Primitive people :rested songs while at work or play. .Through the ages very beautiful 'music has been handed down thru sacred chants, thru folk songs, thru negro splrituala and thru other forms. Especially, ln a world filled with turmoil as we find it today, we are stirred by the music which we hear. Marches make us want to join the fighting ranks of our men. Hymns in church bring a quiet reassuring silence over the congregation, whose hearts are praying for the safe return of their loved ones who are ln danger. Dounhearted and depressed soldiers forget hardships when strains of music reach their ears, and are filled with a new zeal which enables them to carry on. For the past few years the students of Colebrook Academy have had to study music with an inadequate supply of good records. The few which they have been able to secure have either been borrowed or owned by the music teachers. nGood music is exactly as mysterious and com- plicated as any other of the artsg and no more so. The way to appreci- ate it is to hear it, and the way to understand it is to be familiar with it.n And so on behalf of the Senior Class I wish to present to the school a few albums of carefully-chosen records. It is the wish of the class that these records be available to all students who have a love of good music. Edith Fellows '43 BIOLOGY CLASS Teacher: Begin right now to draw and label the parts of a frog. Groans from the class. Teacher: See how easy it is? You've get the croak already. -61-