Bradford Academy - Chimes Yearbook (Haverhill, MA)

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Brad Ord .J-4nnaLs I I ' 1 QZBQ Brisfian mon K .. l i l I Iv' 'Y' 1 ' f Fx A 'f A l 3 PATTY STEADAIAEJ . . . HENRIETTA WESTWOOIJ ROIIIQRTS MARION CURTIS l,l'I I'I,EFIEI.lJ . GERTRUIJE SAWYER . EDITH MAY CLARK . MIRIAM YEAGER LODER GERTRUDE SAWYER . EDITH MAY CLARK BEATRICE COOPER GERTRUDE SAWYER . LORA BELLE LINCOLN . l'f-fmlfrzr ., ., a fir' l,I'l'Xf1lz'lIf l St'I'I'1'fl1! 14 'l'c'cl.fI1I'z'f' CHAIR MEN OF CuA1Ail'l l'lQ 1.5 l'r'11'wf' .llrffiflg . .1 li.fxiom1r,I' . . l I11I1r1I'f' UH lnnlirx' llomf I lffzlhlflrfflfv l10llll' llfzrrrlzilf Holm' Club . linzixofz llozm' F all the student Organizations uf tln- .-Xcznln-Inv nnnw is srrnngcr tlmn the Christian Union. Its pnrpnsc is l0I7I'Ul1lUll' :nnnng Ihr girls Chris- . l tlan work and Chrlstmn lwung. PI-rlxups flu- l1lUSl lI1lL'I'l'SIlIlgj part IS Ihv ,. ln llitil

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'23 rad Ord .J-4n21aL5 since it is our century, l am not going to disparage it. But I am going to say this: No man can understand the twentieth centurv who does not know something of the sixteenth and the fourteenth, and the third, and the cen- turies before Christ. No man has a right to live in our time and not know the times behind him, ani' more than l have a right to live in a great his- toric house and not know something about the men and women who lived and made it what it is in the rears before. It is not for us to inherit this priceless thing which we call civilization, reared bv the sacrifice and the self-denial. and the agonizing struggles of our ancestors, without bearing them continualli' in memorv. and without constant recognition of what they have done tor us. 'lihis subject has so many sides, and to-day the necessity of education, as the man in the world sees it, is so pressing, the tragedies of life are so largeh' the tragedies oi non-education, that it is not easy to stop when one has begun. llnt nu' share of the time of this morning is already exhausted. .-Xnd to the friends of Bradford .'Xcademi', which has so admirably, through so mam' decades, illustrated the great principles of education, not simply the traininif of the brain, but the training of the bodv, and the training of the imagination, and the training of the character, I say you cannot do a better service for your time, or for yourselves, than to give to such an insti- tution as this vour moral support and your greatest generosity. Nothing finer has happened these last few years, in all this rush and storm and tide of material prosperity, than the immense gains which education has secured. It is a blessed thing that in the profits and losses of year before last 'MHS HHH HHH went to educational purposes from private hands. That is a noble record. lt was an appreciable percentage of the profits of the year for the whole nation. .-Xb, but when the nation comes to understand that a democracv, above all other governments, depends for its stability on the 1 be no money which it will withhold, and l b 'll l 'fh the walls of its schools no labor which it will spare, to lay deep ant ui t ug ' r f ' ' f l and its colleges g for thei' are the nurseries of its strength, and out o tiem training of its citizens, there will must come the influences which are to make it great if it shall be great. l Loud applause. J f G7 I

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G3 rad orc! eyfnnats since it is our centurr, l am not going to disparage it. But I am going to say this: No man can understand the twentieth centurv who does not know something of the sixteenth and the fourteenth, and the third, and the een- turies ht-tore leihrist. No man has a right to live in our time and not know the times hehind him, :uw more than l have a right to live in a great his- toric house and not know something ahout the men and women who lived and made it what it is in the rears hefore. It is not for us to inherit this priceless thing which we call civilization, reared hv the sacrifice and the self-denial 'ind the agonizing struggles of our ancestors, without hearing them continuall-.4 in memory, and without constant recognition of what they have done tor us. 'lihis suhiect has so mam' sides, and to-dai' the necessitv of education, ini in the world sees it, is so pressing, the tragedies of life are so as the nz largeh' the tragedies of non-education, that it is not east' to stop when one has he-fun. llut nw share of the time of this morning is alreadv exhausted. .-Xnd tu the friends of Bradford .'Xcademi', which has so admirahlv, through so mam' decades, illustrated the great principles of education, not simply th t ainin ot the hrain hut the training of the hodv, and the training of Q' ff s - - . . the imagination, and the training of the character. I sax' vou cannot do a hetter service for vour time, or for vourselves, than to give to such an insti- tution as this rour moral support and vour greatest generosity. Nothing finer has happened these last few rears, in all this rush and storm and tide l of material prosperitv, than the immense gains which education has securet. ' l l ' 's of rear hefore last i -ssed thing that in the profits ant osse, I That is If ls fl llt N ff1llS,lltNl,lNHl went to educational purposes from private hands. a nohle record. lt was an appreciahle percentage of the profits of the year for the whole nation. .-Xh, hut when the nation c - - ' ' b'l't' on the a democracv, ahove all other governments, depends for its sta iii omes to understand that training of its citizens. there will he no money which it will withhold, and no lahor which it will spare, to lay deep and huild high the walls of its schools and its colleges 1 for they are the nurseries of its strength, and out of them ke it great if it shall be great. must come the influences which are to ma fLoud applause.l l G7 l