Weymouth High School - Campus / Reflector Yearbook (Weymouth, MA)

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This work must be carried forward in the future. Co-operation and team play are necessary from everyone in order successfully to complete the tremendous task. As in all other fields, education holds a prominent position. Colleges and universities all over the country offer courses in agriculture and forestry. In the grade schools, clubs and organizations foster a sympathetic outlook toward nature in eager young minds. The government extends aid and advice to all who need or desire it. Colleges are constantly seeking to improve and increase farm production. It must be remembered that the United States is a government of the people, and this government is most effective when the people get behind it and give their support. That puts it directly up to us. We must do our part to support conservation. Theodore Roosevelt once said, When the soil is gone, man must go, and the process doesn ' t take long. It ' s up to us to see that the nation we give to posterity is not scarred and blackened but green and beautiful. In this time of national emergency, it is vital that our resources be conserved, so that we may help to strengthen the organized might of America in the critical years ahead. It ' s up to us. □ 16 n

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VALEDICTORY ADDRESS THIS RESPONSIBILITY By MURIEL FLORENCE CORMACK HE scene which you see before you is a familiar one throughout the nation. To most people it represents the end of a public school education. In reality, it is the beginning, the beginning of our careers in a country dedicated to free- dom. I repeat, it is a country dedicated to freedom; a country whose educational system has been widened to train a greater number of young men and women than ever before; a country where students are allowed the maximum of freedom in their selection of subjects and courses. The most vital question facing us to-day is: How have we exercised this choice? Have we planned our careers carefully? Have we given adequate con- sideration to our choice of vocation? This choice, once made, is an important one, and to-day may well be the deciding day of our lives. Opportunities this year will be better and more numerous than for some time past. Actually, more people will find employment in America this year than in any previous year in the history of our country. Our factories, stores, and offices will employ from three to six million more workers in 1941 than in 1940. Many in this graduating class will take their places in the business world immediately. Others will continue their education. All must choose a career sooner or later. Careful consideration should be given to this choice, because a change of mind after a few years of work results in a great loss of time. And conservation of time and energy in the lives of human beings is conservation unparalleled. For those having mechanical ability the question of choosing a vocation is comparatively easy. One of the best prospects for employment in 1941 will be found in the defence industries. We, in this area, have already felt the tremen- dous surge in business resulting from this increased demand for workers. Nearly one hundred thousand new workers are needed now in these industries through- out the nation. Forty thousand more will be needed early next year. Mechanical ability and a desire for this type of work should prompt a selection in this field. Others with some one special skill or outstanding talent know the road which they will take toward their goal of successful living. Many who have developed useful hobbies will continue to follow them to earn their livelihood. Their interest in their work will insure their happiness. Many others have planned to continue their education in colleges and busi- ness schools. They have made this decision after months, yes, even years, of careful planning. Their parents and instructors have been consulted and have given their advice. Their capabilities have been measured; proper guidance has been given. Nothing will, and nothing can, deter them from their choice.