Brockton High School - Brocktonia Yearbook (Brockton, MA)

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BROCKTONIA lnhe currlcula of years ago were domxnated by the needs and rdeals of the1r era lt IS only through soclal lnertla that some educators refuse to modlfy school courses to cast off these cry stalllzed oprnlons and tr dl tions of yore op1n1ons whlch make If lmposslble for socral progress to accompany economrc progress Our system of educatron cannot entrench 1tself 1n the dead past and expect to face the onrushlng horde of l1ve socral and economrc problems A group of noted educators express 1n a few words the attxtude prevalent among a great many educatronal 1nst1tut1ons today Lxke other soc1al mstmtu trons such as prrvate property mon archy and the church the school has frequently scorned as presumptuous a searchmg analysrs of nts functrons and 1ts functxonlng if An 1nst1tut1on of educatlon such as the school IS to day must wergh rts methods carefully wlth soclal and utrlltarlan obyectlses IS the bal1nces lf must keep nn mlnd n Br ECSTASY A pupll has hls many fears But none so grlm and deep As that of bemg found some day ln a classroom fast asleep Hrs tlred head begms to nod He g1V8S hrmself 1 shake He mustn t fall asleep rn class But try to keep au ake' the fact that the entrre student body IS not on 1ts way to college but rs about to clrmb onto the teemlng plateau of our eomplex economlc cxylllzatlon We 1re fortunate to have here IH Brockton 1 hrgh school yyhlch progresslye A course IH the Problems of Democracy IS requxred of almost 1ll puplls the content of other courses has been ad1pted to prev11l1ng condr tlons The seed has been sown and 1f the old bug a boo of ultra con servatlye oplnton does not crush rt we sh1ll have an opportunlty for free descusslon on current problems rn our classrooms The jud1c1ous analysrs of subjects such as evolutlon com munrsm and caprtalxstlc government IS not partlsanshxp and wlll definltely broaden the outlook of the student He wlll learn to thlnk constructrvely and not stagnate IH a pass1ve accept ance of the status quo Such a socxal ll?d drrected educ1t1on wlll deyelop the power of crrtrcal evaluat1on abso lutely essentlal for successful c1t11en shlp nn 1 democr1cy and help usher m the pernod of c1lm enllghteneel reason and consclenee set as a go1l by Hor1ce 'Vlmn mn the e1ghteenth eentury OF Sl REP And then hls eyellds start to droop Hls head drops down more lou He s ln the 1rms of Morpheus 111 syylftly doyxn the roxy The teaeller strldes ln purpose bent 'l o wake the sleepmg boy fSome people find lf so much fun A n1pper to 1nnoy J He uakens then from su eetest dreams Of flo1t1ng off rn space looks up expectmtly and then He sees his te1eher s f1ce Phyllrs J1eobson F A S K l 1 . I I Y ' I ' v 3 I . ' 1 1 . . 1 X, ' , . 1 1 I 3 I 1 Y ' 1 - . 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . . A . L 1 Y u - . A . .4 . , . . 1 ' 15 , . . i 1 11 1 1 1 1 5 ' h I 1 . 1 1. 1 I ' 5 5 A 5 x' 1 I V L . 11 1 1 - , 1. e 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 ' I X I . . Y . . . . . Y - , 1 1 1 1 1 1 v1 'A I . ' V 1 1 1 1 1 T H - 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 3 , r 3 1 YJ 1 1 1 1 1 4 Y L - 11 . 1 11 - - 1 1 -1 1 ' . ' I 3 1 D e e 1 . . H . . . . . . . . , 1 1 1 , e . 11 1 1 11 1 . . . K L 5 4 ' ' . . ' 1 1 1 1 1 11 g V e 1 1. ' lmm ' lbs School xn 1Xn1ernc.1 Society by ll.ll1 .i lurxun fhoale unnvr, ' 1 1 1 1 - ' x 3 v 1 Y I 1 Y 1, 1 3 1. . . , 1. ,. 1 Y 1 1 1 1 ' I 1 1 ' 1 - 1 1 '- 1 '1 A . T v 3 N Xl Y L 1 - , . . - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 'A Y 1 L L 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 - 1 e . 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 . , , 1 -11 1 - 1 1 1 . 1 . 1 e . 1

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