Brockton High School - Brocktonia Yearbook (Brockton, MA)

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BROCKTONIA A 17 AUDRFY RENAUD C E ay st Class Essay FRIENDSHIPS Is lf not flttlng that at thls lmportant event 1n our llves graduatlon we con slder the subject of fr1endsh1ps9 When we look around the hall at our class mates we are struck with the sudden reallzatxon of the friendships we have formed Ir IS wlth a pleasant sensa tion that we contemplate thus fact but then we waver and we wonder lf our attachments have been for material gain or just because we happened to be ln that persons class' A dark cloud IS over us but lt IS suddenly dlspelled by a glance at our friends and we know that ln the words of David Grayson Frlendshlp IS nexther a formality nor a mode xt IS rather a life There are a few well known facts about frlendshxp Everyone IS aware that the attachments of childhood are transitory Thls IS so but as the boy or gxrl grows he begms to realize the value of frlendshlp Acquaxntances formed nn school llfe generally prove to be lasting and beside those formed later the most worth whlle When we go out into the world we shall have new associates but let us always be ware ofthe falr weather friend the smlrklng sycophant of one s better days who seeks other friends when he IS most needed Always remember that a friend ln need IS a friend mdeed A true friend will stay by one and do his uttermost to give aid and comfort It IS SLllfablC l'l0WCVCl' I0 make IS less generally appreciated That IS that m high school our studles by means of which we are equipping our selves for the busmess of llvmg have increased both the number of our frxends and our capacnty for frnend shlp Conslder for Instance the study of lxterature I suppose you have never thought of If as a means for making friends Probably lt always seems to you that lt enlarges just your know ledge of authors and the books they have wrxtten so lf someone asks if lass ss i . O , 5 ' s y ' s D , ' Y! ' Y, ' ' ' 9 . . . , 1 . l . . QQ . . U . . . ,, , . ' , . . , 1 9 ' ' ' ' especlal mentlon just now of a fact that 7 . . . 2 . . ' . 7 l Q 7 , . , . . , ,, . . . . . A I l . . H . . . Y ' Q , . . ' . I . , . , . 5 . , . Q Q I 7 7

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BROCKTONIA to the Rack of Despair Then comes the mobilization of the powers Now It IS that the tramp of the avenging army draws irrevocably nearer, the sound is dreadful, awe 1nsp1r1ng Through the thickly encircling clouds of dust, w perceive their grim, impassxve lmea ments They will not be thwarted, they will not be foiled they are adamant They seek no quarter, they give no quarter Resolutely they approach They are coming XVhat shall we do? I am quite certam that many of you present consider that I am wandering tai afield n describing to you these horrible possibilities Yet, I think that I have not exaggerated, that I have not conjured up mere, hollow phan toms Indeed I may have spoken all too conservatnvely Let us not be so bllnd that we will not see Once, the inhabitants of a little seacoast village to undermine nts foundation Too careless and neglectful to construct a protecting sea wall, they awoke, too late, to the real zation of their danger It is for us to profit by their expert ence The latter generally costs dearly let us purchase it as cheaply as pos sxb e Of course, my supposition is, as yet, a mere phantasm, it is something in tangible and impossible but it can well material ze From sleek conten ment keep me free, and Hll me with a buoyant doubt says the poet Then there is another aspect to un employment We must take into con sxderatxon its effect upon the produc tive capacity of a man If he remains too long in idleness, he loses much of his skill and adeptness He loses speed and accuracy, he becomes less and less valuable Frequently pauperism IS the indirect result of unemployment Out of once respectable and law abldlng cmzens de velop hoboes and nondescript tramps Although xnstitutions h a v e been founded for the betterment of such unfortunates nevertheless, these aids are all too few Some of them, priv ate employment agenciesj have even been proved to be fraudulent It has been discovered that these agencies of ten overcharge or discriminate in re gard to fees required Often they retain these fees without having rendered the promised service Many times they are nn collusion w1th unscrupulous em ployers by arrangxng w th them to dis charge new laborers for the sake of additional fees They send men to dis tant locahtxes where there is in reality no apparent work They dupe ig norant, trusting immigrants In fact, many of them transact everythmg ex cept their legit mate business they are veritable parasites who literally snatch their money from the toil stamed hands of man I tell you if conditions such as these are not remedied, if we permlt this momentous question of un employ ment to r e m a 1 n unsolved throughout our land, if we preen our selves complacently while this mon its enormous hands drenched with the gore of man before us, we are de mented, unreasomng blind If we fiddle while Rome burns , then we are doomed we are perched upon a tottermg, tmsel throne that any mo ment may crash to ru n One poet has very aptly stated m no uncertain words Beside the road of time, the gaunt Sphinx lay Half buried in the dust of cities dead A mighty nation came with rngmg tread The monster rose, the traveler stood at bay And heard the riddle What is there to say When xdlers feast and tonlers lack for bread? No answer came, a struggling gasp m stead Told that the Sphinx had clutched another prey Empire on empire fell the question su Unanswered, and today our young land hears Contlnued on Page 88 16 , i , , e . . . h Y ' . , , . . . I . , . I . J . , . ' , . . . , , . . - perched on a bluff allowed the ocean ster is menacing our entire nation with ' 7 . - . , . D - - - ct - rs . 5 A ' - ' l . ' ' G . . . . - U . . ' I . - t- 4. - - -. 73 ' 9 ' ' 1 ' J j ' - Q ' v 5 . ' ' g ' 'll , , 7

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BROCKTONIA you have read any of Churchllls books you can qunckly respond Why yes I have read The CFISIS Llter ature does more th n that however for xnstance the person wlth whom you are convers ng may be a stranger who ns a keen observer of human nature ln books He draws out your opmxons of certaln characters untxl you have read 1ly entered mto an absorbxng discus s1on Before long you reallze that your mutual 1nterests m books have made you friends As It IS with llterature so lt IS wlth other studnes From educatnon IS de rlved a wldened scope of knowledge whlch puts one on a common ground wxth many people even strangers on the subjec s of art lterature muslc, and scnence Hence nt not only rn creases the number of frlends but lf also ralses the le el of possxble frlend shrps In our acquaxntances we can requlre what our educat on enables us to glve more culture and more refme ment mentloned helps us to keep as well as to make, frxends The careful analysls of book characters whlch has been part of our work ln Englxsh has made us more sympathetxc wlth, and more un derstandmg of human nature e have found that we possess a new tol erance for human weakness and hence, a new appreclat on of human vxrtues As Emerson says A man IS llke a bxt of Labrador spar whxch has no lustre as you turn nt m your hand, until you come to a partlcular angle then II shows deep and beautlful colors I think that a dxscussxon of frrend shnp would hardly be complete lf we dxd not speak of the fictional frrend There are tlmes ln everyones llfe, when, t1r1ng of worldly pleasures, he seeks entertamment or comfort in the garden of memories and finds t peopled wlth a magic group of com rades a genlal country gentleman, Sir Roger who IS the center of h1s admlr mg county, a falr sharp wrtted Portia, clad ln lawyer s robes Malvollo pomp ously struttmg ln yellow garters before th e unsuspectmg OllVl3, Hamlet, whose clouded vxsage tells us that he IS lost ln mtrospectlon Maggie Tullx ver facmg the greatest cr1s1s of her lnfe Brutus pacmg up and down 1n the angulsh of hls decnsxon to take the life of Caesar Lady Macbeth despalrmg of ever cleansing her hands, Sohrab and Rustun flghtmg thelr llfe and death battle lgnorant of the fact they are father and son These and many other story book characters may be counted as true friends Friendships are wonderful prlvlleges for whose life would be complete wlth out them? Who would gxve up a smgle real friend for materxal galn? Frxendshlps are sacred understandmgs XVhen Our Lord was on earth He was a fr1end to man and now we are 1n spxred by Hlm and attached to Hxm through the Buble and other books It IS He who through Hrs love for us, grants us others to love on thls earth Therefore ln closmg I quote the nm mortal llnes from Grays Elegy 1n a Country Churchyard He gamed frlend Audrey Renaud Despondent Surgeon c u t t 1 n g throat Ye gods' I forgot to ster lllze thls kmfe' To the Last Farmer And how s Lawyer ones dom , Doctor? Doctor Poor fellow' Hes lymg a death s door Farmer Thats grxt for ye death s door an stxll lym Nashes to Nashes Stutz to Stutz If the Bulcks dont get you The Cadlllacs must Boss Why dzd you spell pneu matic newmatlc Stenog The k on my typewrlter IS not workmg Well, the market flop changed the old order of thmgs a llttle lots of people who were burning money yes terday are slftlng ashes today 18 . , - - tr ' ' ' ' . ' ', , 1 3 7 r - - x vs - ' ' ' 1 1 ' . I ' . 21 , Q 1 I 1 q ' A ' , . . f ' 3 . . ' - , ' p y - - H . . . . , , - . , , . , . . 1 , Z , l 4 v ' . , ' . , I I l I V - s I ' 1 . Q 9 l ' . ' , Q! ' , . ya, tc - This same study of literature already from heaven f,fW35 all he Wishedl 3 . ' 37 5 ' 1 , . , f . . - QQ - ' . . . . ,, , . W - , : tt 9 J ' ' ' 9 as 'I ' ' ct. , . g I . ' ' t I 5, , . ' ' ' : xr a - -at ' , 7 7 ' ' 5 , . ' ' j' wk yr wr :r . . . , , . . , . D . ' ' Pk 'lf Pk Fl' . . I N . ' i ' Q! ' 7, - ' - , tt me aa - 1 . . . . ,, , ' ' ' - 'F Pk if 4 . , , l - . . . , - -.