Bennington High School - Catamount Yearbook (Bennington, VT)

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Q 0 h Were advice a commodity that people accepted readily, I would advise you along sev- eral different lines, but ad- vice being what it is, allow me to make what I feel to be a few pertinent observations. You are the product of a governmental and education- al system which is unique in the history of the world. You are part of a society so dif- ferent from the remainder of the world that we are con- stantly being attacked by oth- er powers. Through our in- stitutions, man as an individ- ual has risen to new and un- heard values. You will be tested, teased and perhaps even be placed under physi- cal pressure to change your outlook. You will have to be firm in your convictions that ours is the only way of life MR. RISING if mankind, as we know it, is to survive. Communism, our nation's greatest foe today, is only a different word for dictator- ship, which your study of history has shown you has been tried and tried through the ages. Democracy incorporates some elements of many different governments. It is based on Christian principles, the truth of which are beyond reproach. If you accept the above, then you must stand ready to prove to the rest of the world that the way of life we know not only can function elsewhere, but if war and its use- less slaughter is ever to stop, it must come from a full appreciation of the dignity, the rights and the worthwhileness of the individual. The task confronting you is tremendous, for there are those among us who would for personal selfish reasons undo us right here in our own community. You must be prepared not only to assist the unenlightened abroad, but the unappreciative at home. You must learn to rise above the petty bickerings of our present day, and engage the great issues which must be solved. The opportunity you have to assist in bringing about a cure for a sick and ailing world is indeed a great challenge. Do not back away from it, for if you do, those in- stitutions which we hold in such great esteem may be lost forever. You are equal to your share. Strive mightily to see it done.

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