Brockton High School - Brocktonia Yearbook (Brockton, MA)

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PAGE 11 by Edward Grlmore Fellow Classmate and Frtends Todav In one of the fInal meetIngs of the class of l93n we are assembled so that we mov In fellowshIp consIder the sIgnIfIcance of our dIplomas and DOSSllDlv also the problems of our ImmedIate future These QXQVCISQS termInate our penod of chIldhood WIth our acceptance of a dIploma we are l3egInnIng to lose the rIght to depend on our elders for advIce and guIdance In fact the tIme IS arrIvIng when we must look more to our selves for wIsdom than to our parents teachers and lVIQITClS ln the future we shall be oplIged to develop our own Ideas and carrv them through alone though we shall sorelv mIss the kIndness and assIstance we have learned to relv on at home and In school Soon we shall be wIthout all the WISQ restraInt whIch has moulded our characters In the past WIthout that guIdance we shall be lost at fIrst Even so It IS true that from thIs tIme on school and home s,IpervIsIon wIll relax The test of our character and self control wIll then be sadlv trIed ln short our dIplomas put upon us the dutv of lIvIng an Independent lIfe Whether that lIfe be a worthv one rIch In good deeds rests upon our IndIvIdual development However we face thIs duty of lIvIng a good and useful lIfe wIth lIl3eral knowledge acauIred In a splendId school under an alert enthusIastIc facultv Moreover In everv one of us there glows a spark of courage and faIth that assures us success IH lIte We know bv Inward feelIng that we shall IIot faIl We have phvsIcal stamnna and mental vItalItv wIth whlch to lapor Whatever our aIms may pe we are cor fIdent that we shall achIeve them Edna Ferpers autopIography A PeculIar Treasure l came across the most startlIng sentence a declaratIon VvlTlClT thoroughl shook mv con fIdence lvlIss Ferper a profound th nker and wnter declared l IS h most tremendous IndIctment agarnst the present age that old age no longer UTVIQS vouth For the fIrst tIme vounger ncn ard women are no longer envIed ThIs IS the omInous fact whIch we must cotfront WIth thIs IndIctment of SOCIQTB rIngIng In our m nds we turn our attentIon to Its causes so that vve mov meet the futur vvIth understandIr g W realIze that we are enterIng a vvorld of oencral chaos lNlatIons seem to be IU turrrnll wIth Internal dangers lUVl4IVIQ ever vvhere The rnaIn I roplem of man countrIes 15 that of unemplovment Unto tunatclv for us we too have mIllIons of unemolo,ed vet vouth vearns to work One dIffIcultv lIes In the fa t that novvada s vouth has a la start Years are s, ent In the deepest concentratIon and studv so that we mav become I ' 9 f- 7 I fl I lf I I I ll I T ' ' I I I ' I I I l . X ' I I If I I ' I I I I , f l V I I T I . ThIs hope IS characterIstIc of youth and of all ages Yet, as l was reading I I Iv I - .' . I , I I I , , t I t e - 11 K I l E l T e f f J H I I .c, , I I l 'l lv ' . lv X' V ' V X l T I f I I V I- l I ' I I I c I 3. ' te f ' I V A V V If