Brockton High School - Brocktonia Yearbook (Brockton, MA)

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'fr' ' X ,if sf -. F Emi, ,Ag ,f i .I. I If i, I l i , , . JCI! ,f all il' 4 . 9 T '-I Rr! Cfdzid giveculfiue Gmmlfffee Like the Class Officers, the Executive Committee served three years. lri aclditiori to their Ex5Liii?z5'diii'ieEf'QviEh'tifIE?E5f?i'5d out effEEiEhiiyT'ih657 iH5'dbhZ1EqS of mariy other activities. Pausiriq from their extra-curricular duties are Patricia Bayries, Mary Ariri Cahill, lean MacDonald, William Collins, and Robert Laing. ll

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cfm, Ummm For three successive years the l948 class otticers have led their class with unusual success. Their efficient labors having been recognized, they have been chosen to serve again for the senior year. Representing the Class are President, Charles Ball: Viceepresident, Elinor Neatseyp Secretary, Eva Outchcunisg and Treasurer, George Clairmont. lU

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lqfediclenf li .fdclvlreaa .M Youth Takes Account of Stock By CHARLES HERBERT BALL lf a cynic were to visit us today, he might claim that at this siders himself or herself to be one of the wisest persons on the face of the earth! But he would be wrong, simply because he would be confusing youthful happiness with conceit. For, although we have amassed the astounding total of twelve years of fundamental education, we do not pretend to be pre- pared to step out into the world, and shape the destinies of other human beings! Before we reach that ultimate power, we have many ladders to mount and many tumbles to take. So today, instead of discussing the problems of a chaotic world -problems which we can at present do little to clarify-perhaps it would be profitable for us to take a kind of inventory of the traits that may help or hinder us in our efforts to become sensible, law-abiding, God-fearing citizens and efficient workers in whatever field we choose. Probably youth's most serious liability is over-confidence. Many teen-agers are unwilling to take advice, and be guided by their elders, whose only fault per- haps is their over-eagerness to save youth from the usual mistakes of adoles- ence. But that eagerness is frequently misunderstood. ln any graduating class, at least a few seniors have been guilty of muttering the old complaint, My folks are always trying to ruin my good times! Such an attitude is regrettable, for in addition to showing over-confidence, it also reveals lack of humility, the first of the virtues. In fact, perhaps we shall have to admit, sadly, that occasionally youth is inclined not to appreciate the well-meant efforts of others to bring him to his present happy state: he takes benefits and kindnesses for granted, with too great a sense of his own importance and too little gratitude. However, if he is lo prosper in life, youth must realize the wisdom of listening to the words of his elders. Remember, He who is forewarned, is forearmed. Perhaps the next youthful liability is impulsiveness. The young man or woman going out into the world has many important decisions to make. Shall he con- tinue his education? What about joining the army? What job appears to offer most opportunity for advancement? Even such very important undertakings as marriage or business ventures are entered upon without due thought to the factors that make the project a wise or foolish step. The final decisions on these all-important questions and any others must be made with deliberation. Once again youth is confronted with the necessity of heeding-or at least seeking- the advice of his elders. Otherwise, catastrophe may result from youthful jump- ing to unwise conclusions. f,'UlllfIlllt'll un pugc' H19 12 moment, nearly every senior in our graduating class con-