Brockton High School - Brocktonia Yearbook (Brockton, MA)

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BROCKTONIA PRESIDENT S SPEECH PRooRrss1vENEss OF Baaocka ON HICH A progresslve hlgh school xn my estlmatron 19 one which accustoms atself to the trend of modern tlmes and l1v1ng condrtrons Brockton l-lrgh school 19 PFOQFCSSIYL because xt has done just that l hus there have been xmbcdded ln the cntlre hlgh school currrcula subjects not only to enrach the mlnds of 1ts students but also to teach them to accustom themselves to these modern t1mes As every day of the year passes on 1nto space some of the older mrnds create new veays to cultxvate the younger mands Maybe through new and novel rdeas of teachlng or through new books and equlpment they may bu1ld that school boy or school glrl character and antellect The 1nstallat1on of new subjects may solve th1s problem of equlppmg the students for mches an mother world a world that may seem too gray and cold to them walthout the proper tralnmg Thxs tra1n1ng can culmrnate only ln a ste'-dv and careful progres sxveness lhere have been establlshed an Brockton Hrgh school many new ways of teachlng 1ts students whlch not only make them more rntercsted ln thclr work but also help them formulate the1r own rdeas on varnous subjects The teachers have glven the students an opportunlty to conduct therr own classes rlhese soc1al11ed recatatnons glve the student the op portumty to express hrs own ldeas and to get new ones from has fellow classmates The old fashroned prae tree of lcarnlng lessons by heart has been done au ay wlth at our school Now the puplls are 1ClVl9LCl to get just the most 1mportant and the most cssentlal ldeas from the assagnment 'lh1s reduces thelr study tame and grves them a chance to enter upon other lntellectual pursults Instead of belng taught the theorles of one man pupxls are now counseled to read the works of other authors and thus get thexr VILVVQ Thas tends to broaden the pupxls general out look and to tram thelr mlnds to be somewhat more tolerant The teachlng of h1story has helped modern students to pfOflf by the ex amples of the anclents But an Brock ton I-lagh the students are g1ven the opportunlty not only to profit from past mlstakes but also to get clear vxews of the errors made 1n our modern llfe The problems of de mocracy classes study governments and current events 'Ihese events cover both domestlc and forelgn re latronshxps Th1s g1VLS the student a general and unbrased view 1nto poll t1cs and governmental happenlngs of the twentreth century It IS an establlshed fact that there start all these new methods Al though we cannot call our school a pathfinder 1n these progresslve methods we can show that Brockton Hrgh IS adaptrng rtself to thas modern trend As most schools are bu1lt on trad1t1on rt IS often dafflcult to thrust suddenly upon them an xdea that may seem radlcal In the past all these an stallataons 1n Brockton Hlgh school were consrdered radlcal but as tame moved on the students became ac customed to these changes and con sldered them as tradltlons Thls was accompllshed prlmarlly through Brockton Hlgh s progresslve and per severang corps of teachers members of the school board and headmasters They have realued the need of changes But above rcalxzmg rt they have actually put them 1nto practlce Cantmued on page 2 ! 1 ' ' 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 ' , x 3 3 H 1 Y ' , ' ' ' 1 . . . 1 1 x 5 ' . . . . 1 1 1 Y ' 1 x H Q I vu 5 3 - ' 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 . H 1 1 11 X i , b 5 3 x 5 h X x - I 1' 3 X , , 1 1 1 L H ' 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 I 3 - 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 , 1 1 1 ' I x 1 1 1 1 1 , . 1 1 1 1 L 1 1 1 1 1 1 , 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' X x Y 3 HY? 1 - 1- . . , I - 1 3 5 I . 3 ' 3 1 1 ' 1 x l c - 1 11 , , 1 1 . YHUSI be Zlrl 11'1VCI1IO1' Ol' plOI'1eC1' to - 1 1 1 1 K x 3 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 . L 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 , . . C' 1 1 X I 1. . . 1 1 1 11 . . . . . 1 . 1 .. . . . 1 . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 , 1 1 1 . , ' H . . . 1 . 1 - 1 1 . . . 1 1 , , L 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . . - 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 , . 7 - 1 f 1 . , , - 1 1 1 , . .. . 1 , . . . 1 . , 3 , x x' 1 , 1 1 1 1 , 1 1 1 1 1 . 6 ' W 4- - H 5 xg' x 3 +1 1 1- 1 1 1 1 L .. . 1 1. 1 1 , . 1 11 . 1. 11 1 1 11 . 1 1 . . 1 1 1 , . 1 . L - x 1 1g 1 1 . . . 1 . . . , , 1 , , . 1 . , 1 1 . . 1 1 1 1 I 11 1 1 1 7

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BROCKTONIA CLAQS POEM OF I IVINC 239 ARTHUR L PORTER In lln long USU ot ilu piit I L LX Llnld lnnodnt drlxnto. md undnr Pllylnq lgnorant ot lxlr s Lomlng Qffllgg Soon mus' ln roms. m Lontut with hum IU una md WOIIILS Vlust trlul 1 long troublrsomr yourmy unlll I-IL un lgun nturn To complru contgntmrnr and sausfutnon flu YIQIOI1 fadrs and ID IIS plank I su, A youth ambltlous Iouragrous Ind Strong SITIICIIIIQ surroundyd by 1 world of pgrplgxltyf HIS lullngs an uslly hurt lns rduls convulxon Inc drums in lll'1LL'lSlI'lgIX hung lrimplrd on Ind fordd Fl o conform yuth thou of 1 yxorld NVhRh ns 1 slam to Luetom opxmon md passlon Thm IIIUQIOH lrkuxm yinlshes and now I So, Vnrtorloux rn flue. uplnll b1ttlL for Lonuntnunt III lllr Strunqtlmmrd by lns ymrs of LXPLFILIILL now I1n1lly IU 1 posltxon to Lnjoy hls mrlhly gxxiunu But no Qoonrr dons ln rralmt Ins vmory than Duth Clutchw lnm m xts grddy grasp and Qnrrches hlm away And So lt I9 yyxth us all yu strugglr And SIFIXR for flu brlur put of our lm Iryrng to urustom ourmlus to uruxrnstlndi and propll. So that yu may End IH our old lgr ITIPPIIILSS Ind Sgulubxon But tlun xx hen we In it last ready' for our ruvird Dumb lnurunes 1nd yu an gut off From our lonv dwmd and long lwnml goal Hwxuur xt may br that what yu strlu or Hut nr rr ln duth wr slnll run K . 1 1 A I I 'E x L i lb 5 M . ' . L ' . flu. , , R .1 ' ' ' ' 4 A ' 4 -1 'I 1 'fy I .I L 4 . 'f ' V 'I. x ' I I i , X H 4 In -L4 4 Q 'YYY v L . - I i v . H X . x 'X I V :I 3 . 'X A . Y' '1 l 6 Y N . L Y, A . y L . I D I I 3 Y- x V I 3 V ix A man fvlcarned. wlsc, and undcrstandlng, U' l ' 4 B I L 1 Q ' X B A I-I I M x 1 v .- vy ' - 1' x lx 'xA N 1 L x 3 4' 1 I I' Y i 3 I I I ix V L 3 I L L I I vt 1 - VX x ' I VV A 5 I h L 'Ib r I 'I IAN .I . ' 'Y 'I ' .I L .'. 1. ' ' ' Y, V ' I ' ,.. ,. .' 3 Y 1 X g H L L - D L Y Nt I 5 '7 L V! 1 1 ' - i . 1 - I w O . . . . . - - ' ntlarn III lxlc. u ' 5 . '1vc.