Burr and Burton Academy - Burtonian Yearbook (Manchester, VT)

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THE BURTONIAN Edith Wharton has been cr1t1c1zed as having been mfluenced ln her wr1t1ng by Henry James Nevertheless she IS among the best of American authors of our time Ethan Frome and The Age of Innocence are her masterpreces So many authors are today wrltmg books for our mstructron or pleasure that rt IS lmpossxble to name them all but we must not forget Edna Ferber s story So Bug and Slnclalr Lewlss book called Mam Street whxch swept the country The many hundreds of books afford us much pleasure and amusement as well as educatron rn relxglon science and polxtxcs They whxle away our weary moments and make hfe seem all the better and bugger We all owe a great deal of thanks to the authors of these books WHAT NEXT FOR YOUTH By Mxrxam Tlfft 36 Everyone IS askmg the questron What next for youth There rsnt a person that hasnt youth m hrs earher hfe When we grow older we sometrmes forget our younger days Whlle we are young we have ambrtron romance and are unsettled We often are crltxcxsed for our behauor There are many problems for the young people of the twentxeth century to face The thmgs we are crrtxcrsed for are the frrends we choose our Sunday actxvxtres smokmg drrnkrng pettmg and what we wear Well IS xt posslble to set up a standard of rrght and wrong m the realm of personal conduct rn thrs trme of change7 Somethrng tells us we are rrght or wrong and we should judge for ourselves When parents and chxldren disagree usually the reason rs the lack of co operatlon and compromlse on personal oplmons One has to make decrsxons for hrmself and wrth the best of hrs abrlxty It :sn t possrble to form a set standard What counts rs the way ln whlch the actxon IS done and nts effect on others If you are asked the answer to a questnon m an examxnatxon by a classmate there are several thmgs you can do You can dxsregard the note grve the answer report xt xgnore rt untxl after school and then ask him rf he tlnnks xt rs rrght to get the answer that way If you give the answer xt would help hxm to cheat more Thrs would be wrong and no help to hum He would contmue rn donng that way If you rgnore the note he wrll ask someone else If you tell hlm about xt after school and glVC hxm your oplnxon you may be able to help thxs boy He may then reahze xt rs wrong and stop You would be more respected and admired rf you stand up for what you beheve We are llvmg rn a time of change when there can be no set standard In thxs txme of change discoveries are belng made ln scrence machines and speed We are wamng from authorrtarramsm In earher trmes one belxeved a thing to be true rf a doctor or mlmster said It Now there IS a rxse of tested thought By science people want to prove thmgs for themselxes In handlmg problems of everyday lrfe conszder the srtuatxon dxffcrences xn po1nts of vrew resolvmg of drlferences and how In seekmg work try what you can and gradually you w1ll ascend to what you arm Everyone should have a hobby Thrs wlll make you happxer and more successful Have the abnhty to wart and work to ind work If you want success work for world good have farth ambrtron and personahty and not self pxty Do no let yourself as a youth be dlscouraged by tactless people who exclarm What are young people commg to? Others thrnk youth are better than ever before Let us beheve this and lxve up to thclr expectations We must show them there 15 no necessrty for shrmkxng when the say mg What next for youth IS stated . , . . I S 4 Q 3 - 7 , , - , , . . , . ' . 3 l 7 3 . , , 'l . . 3 ' l , J I 5 A - 9 . 9 - , - , 1 L ' l , . - , . ' . , , , . to the teacher, give the wrong answer, exchange answers, tell him you don't know, or , . , . V I 1 ' S I . , . . . . . 5 K . , . - , . . , I V . . , . M. . , . . , . , . . , H 5 . S 5 7 9 I Q D ' . 3 ' i , , , .. . .. - I . , Q ' A Q - e .

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