Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts - Mohawk Yearbook (North Adams, MA)

 - Class of 1945

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Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts - Mohawk Yearbook (North Adams, MA) online collection, 1945 Edition, Page 28 of 70
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IVY UHMIUN ODAY we planted a sprig of ivy. From this tiny plant will grow a strong and sturdy vine, a vine which will grow ever upward and outward, a vine which will cling ever tenaciously to this solid wall. Should we observe this bit of ivy during any winter to come it would look brown and brittle and all but dead, but experience has taught us that with a new spring will come new life, renewed vigor and further growth. Yes, flowing through the veins of that winter blighted plant will be the slow-moving but vital life blood which patiently awaits the encouragement of spring sunshine and warmth. The life pattern of our ivy is one of alternating periods of growth and dorm- ancy with an ever-present and constantly flowing undercurrent of life connecting them. Ifwe were to follow the course of education through the ages, how closely its pattern would resemble that of the ivy! We would find in its development alternating phases of advance and stagnancy but beneath the surface we find man's determination that education remain a vital and growing force. Man's desire to fathom the unknown, whether it be the physical or mental world, has always been tremendously strong, has always been a powerful incentive to investigation. Acting upon this incentive, man has accumulated a large body of knowledge which he has made a part of his very life. His science has in- creased his physical comfort and health, it has drawn the parts of his world to- gether with ties of communication and transportation. His social sciences by uncovering many of the experiences of the past have offered lessons for the future. His psychology has made man himself more understandable. His sociology has made the relations of one man to another less obscure. His philosophies have disclosed the almost infinite ranges his mind can reach. Having made all his discoveries so much a part of him, man has found it necessary to transmit these discoveries to the younger generation. Here it is that education is given its impetus, here it is that it takes root, herein lies man's determination to keep educa- tion a vital and growing force. Once a thing is rooted it begins to grow, and as it grows, many of the char- acteristics which it develops come as the result of the environment. Our ivy plant, once rooted, will begin to grow and should we observe its growth we shall find that it has been affected by the contour of the wall, by the foundation over which it spreads. 26

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Only a plant - Unnoticed - But wait! - See! Over there - a woman approaches, Picking her way over dangerous ground. Searching and sobbing for a loved one - for someone, For a living something on this desolate ground! Suddenly she sees the tiny plant. Thank God, she breathes, I'm not alone. This little plant is still alive,- And if so small a plant can live - I too can live - - -I will go on - - -I must! She lifts her eyes to Heaven. Her lips move in silent prayer And she continues on her way with head held high. Only a tiny plant you tell us - This bit of green we plant today. Small, unimportant, little-remembered - I wonder ---- We'd like to think that in some little way Our ivy may some day, in years to come, Give just one man that little extra something To make him raise his eyes to I-Ieav'n again. And we will know we've planted here today More than a plant ---- We've planted Inspiration. Ruth Sullivarz 2 5



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Education has developed in much the same way, it has reflected the basic philosophy of the people. Its development has been channelled along certain lines in keeping with the prevailing philosophy. The Athenians admired a beautiful body and a well-developed and fertile mind and they educated their young men in such a way as to develop well-rounded individuals. The Romans wanted a politically minded citizenry and they educated for that purpose. Dur- ing the Middle Ages emphasis was placed upon religion, upon the life after death and as a result of this emphasis education was of a decidedly religious character. Today, in the United States, we stress the rights of the individual and what is perhaps more important we stress the duties and responsibilities of the individual in a democratic society. Our schools, in keeping with our philosophy, also stress these rights and privileges, these duties and responsibilities. In the course of history wars have inflicted their deadly destructive forces upon man and all his aspirations, leaving them quite barren, leaving them drained of much of their freshness, buoyancy, and go-forwardness, leaving them apparent- ly lifeless as the blasts of winter leave the ivy brown and brittle and lifeless. If we look at the world today we can see just such a destructive force at work. How can man educate the youth for the future when at present all his energies and even his life are being sacrificed to the so-called God of War? How can the youths themselves be educated when they find so much of upheaval and destruction in their lives, when their energies have so little chance for expression in the constructive and the positive? We might well ask ourselves, how can man endure the hardships and uncertainties of war? How can he withstand the blight and ravages of war? Blighted as the ivy appears it still holds the very essence of life within its veins. Blighted as man seems, he still holds within himself the very essence of life and hope and the desire for a better world. Yes, wars may seem to stop man for a time, he may even seem to go backward taking with him all his educational advances. But there inevitably comes a time as certainly as spring follows winter when man will again go forward, aspiring ever upward and outward, purged by the blasts of war of much that was destructive and detrimental. Yes, as the ivy clings tenaciously to its wall so education clings tenaciously to its basic foundation in the good and in the hope of life. Etta Burglmrdt 2 7

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