Buxton School - Yearbook (Williamstown, MA)

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Today creation lives in wild beauty, Undaunted by the melancholy hand of time, WVhich does not wander as the fog, But calls through all the many years To follow silently, and do what it commands. Step gently stranger, the tide is rising high, The sky is raging flame among the blue. And the silhouette of your hand is lmrave Among the many hands, Which are so gaunt against the slay, But strong in true reality Enriching life, it only with a peace That comes within one's self And casts all fear upon the winding wind. Pale is the mind which can not see the other shore, And paler yet the heart which will not follow fantasy But hangs upon the written word And sees the day as it is seen by millions. No, this time is slowly ebbing to the waste And confusion melts, Unclouding from the earth A richer wealth: The greatness ofa mind which rallies force ln conquest of a hope. W- 111115011 Demrau page II ine

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Above a place and time or thought There lies in veiled obscurity, The greatness of a mind which rallies force ln conquest ot a hope. This binding will detaches from deep seeded ways And reaches through the mist To find still shadowed there a new ideal VVhich when slowly drawn into the light Ascends upon a lite as swelling song. YVhen grasped, this conquest becomes di And secretly through dusk ot' morn There welds an even higher goal st raught XVhich truly proves the spirit in its light. Through melting tears Both joy and sorrow are sublime For, covered by the night, such stillness That it death blooms again too soon, The virtue ot the quiet day will pass And in rest the field will fade with sleep. page ezlqlzl

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HKNUYV TIIYSELF: TO TIIINE OYVN SELF BE TRUE. When I first read these words, they meant little to meg just two small phrases in a school catalogue. But it was these few words that helped me so much in the first step toward social and mental security. A whole new concept toward maturity was awakened in me. It took quite a while before I opened my eyes and was finally convinced that I was an essential part of a small community. In fact I realized that everyone was essential. Wle were all individuals, but equally important parts of a composite unit. I began to know the people around me fu- both students and teachers - and through them I was able to evaluate my- self for the first time. It wasn't easy. It took a long time to really believe in myself' 'f to have faith in my convictions and have the courage to stand up for them. Each different phase in my lite at Buxton has taught me something, whether it be a better understanding of human nature or a more complete understanding of myself. I have realized the importance of living with others and being able to get along with them, of making new contacts with different kinds of people, and of making contributions and participating in community living. And the real- ization that other people besides being just teachers and schoolmates could be real friends. Know thyself: To thine own self be true. These words will remain with me forever, symbolic of the environ- ment which awakened me towards myself. H e Ann .llallzewa page len