Rockland High School - Cauldron Yearbook (Rockland, ME)

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6 THEACAULDRON Years in Schools Name Subjects Rockland Attended Dorothy Coiley Bookkeeping 3 Beal Univ. Typing Univ. of Maine Commercial Arithmetic Gorham Normal School Ruth B. Sturtevant Typing 18 Simmons College Iunior Business Colby College Trainillg Harvard Univ. Mary A. Browne Geography 27 Castine Normal Farmington Normal Carol Iillson Music 3 Farmington Normal Arthur Grinnell Machine Shop 325 Union Charles Grant Woodwork 3 VVashington State Norm il Univ. of Maine Oswego, New York Ruth Sanborn- Music 7 Northeastern Univ. Univ. of Maine Helen S. Overman Physical Education :Z Univ. of Maine Gordon College Boston Univ. Bryant and Stratton Katherine Taylor Home Economics 315 Farmington Normal Leroy Brown Vocational 2 Gorham Teachers' College john Brann Vocational Shop 1 Fitchburg 'State Teachers Mass. Extension Course Mass. State Vocational Teachers, Training Hilda Levitt English 1 Farmington Normal Science Boston Univ. Raymond Willett Science 1 Univ. of Maine Mathematics Robert Clunie Mathematics 34 Dartmouth College Science Sanford Delano Machine Shop 35 Rockland Army

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8 THE CAULDRON EDITORIAL RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE Intolerance is an ugly word, yet everywhere, in every walk of life, we see evi- dences of it. Especially prevalent is religious intolerance. How often we hear such statements as, Why, I couldn't ask him, he's a Catholicf, or, He's a jewff As a matter of fact, every religion, great or small, has some group opposed to it. Many brilliant and capable people are held down because of religious preferences. But why should these things be done here, in America, of all places? Our Con- stitution, the supreme .law of the land, guarantees the right of each to worship in his own way, and yet, certain small, narrow-minded individuals have always per- secuted, in one way or another, those of faiths other than their own. Through the centuries, people have suffered untold agonies of mind and body because they dared to express their beliefs. A We have seen what can become of a nation which grinds one particular religi- ous philosophy into the dust. Soon, no religion is safe, and at last it becomes-a nation of brutal atheists-a nation without God. And a country without divine guidance is like a ship without a helmsman-it will eventually be driven upon the rocks of greed and hate, which is exactly what happened in this last and most terrible of wars. Religion is personal, and should not be brought into the school or place of busi- ness. A man is not judged by his church, but rather by the way in which he does his work, and by the way he treats his friends and associates. The very roots of religion are embedded in, and nourished by, the fertile soil of fellowship. The second of the two great commandments of Jesus states, Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyselff, This idea was admirably expressed in Leigh I-Iuntis famous poem, Abou Ben Adhemn. From this literary gem we have the immortal words, 'I pray you then, write me as one who loves his fellow men. We all love and worship the one God, my friend in his way, and I in mine. Let us keep our views to ourselves, if expressing them means hurting the feelings of another. For, only when men treat each other equally according to the Golden Rule, can all be one in the sight of God, and only then, can there be perfect peace on His earth. ' Paul M. Payson