Crosby High School - Keystone Yearbook (Belfast, ME)

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Editorials YOUTH LOOKS TO THE FUTURE The Future-the years that lie before us, the Youth of America. So much is ready made now. There is little left to the initiative of young people. Is it odd, then, that we expect our lives to be ready made? That we feel cast in certain molds, never to strike out on our own? For everything We do, there is a proved method. Why deviate? It only takes time. There is very little time, it is rationed, for so it seemsj . We must always hurry, we are told. Time is always running out. Hurry! Hurry! We must be finished before such- and-such a time! Why, We're defeated be- fore we start. Then we are advised to take our time, things will work themselves out. Following all advice might lead .us to dis- aster, as it did the old man and his son in .Aesop'.s- F ables. Thus we must learn that We can't please everybody. Oh, advice is very common. Our parents are always being advised how to discipli-ne us, make adults of us. They are reminded every day that they are responsible for the future of America. To please somefchildren would be like machines running off an as- sembly line. In some countries that has been attempted, but it was not successful. Sooner or later those children realized that the future they were building wasn't for them and theirs, but for others. , What a crazy world, we say. Yet, isn't the world only as crazy as the people in it? Will our children say the same thing? Or will We have built for them a strong, friend- ly world? Science, medicine, and warfare are of paramount concern to the world. In our future, which will hold supremacy? Why must we always conquer? It is an inborn trait in most people, but it can be channeled into thoughts other than materialistic con- quest. Wouldn't our greatest victory be of the soul over the human mind? Common sense won't set a pattern for the thoughts of youth. We refuse to be typed. Aren't we as unique as any former genera- tion? We think the same thoughts, although we may express them differently. Live for today! How often that motto is applied to youth. We are a generation born of a generation of depressions and world wars. We, ourselves, have lived during two major Wars. Why not live for today alone? Let tomorrow bring what it may! But We crave security! That is not ready made. We must make it Within ourselves and keep it. Although our heads are in the clouds of the future, our feet must be firmly planted on the grounds of common sense, economic stability, and spiritual peace. LINDA PICKERING As the day of graduation draws near, we, the young men and women of our great country, begin to look ahead to the future. Troubled thoughts run through our young minds. What shall We do? Shall we enroll in a reputable college or enlist in the service of Uncle Sam? What effect will compulsory military training have upon our future work, our plans for an established home, and our desire for higher education? These questions must be considered with great care, for therein lies the success of our en- tire future. Another fact which must be considered is Hnancial backi-ng. Have we suiiicient funds to enable us to continue in higher education, or to secure the preparation for whatever field of enterprise we wish to enter? It has repeatedly been told us that a per- son can go to any college of his choice, if he has sufficient desire and will power. In this great country of ours, all are equal, all have the same rights, privileges and advantages. Racial distinction, religious preference or background makes little difference. In other words, our destiny lies in our own hands. We can each make of our future what we will. Our opportunity is here, the need of today is very great, our future depends en- tirely upon ourselves. A famous early American writer Emer- son once said, Hitch your wagon to a star. What better slogan could a young person of today have. Without a purpose in life, with- out a goal to attain, without an incentive to urge one to do his best, one might be in- clined to drift into an easy, but unsuccessful life. We must not stray into this easy-going way of life. We must have a goal and we must strive to reach i.t at any cost. We, the younger generation of our coun- try, are the people who will soon be the leaders of our nation. We must be prepared for this gigantic task, physically Ht to carry on the work of our forefathers, mentally alert and capable of meeting the various problems of our community, state and na- tion, and spiritually able to hold true to the great tradition of our land. PETER DOA'K

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Dirigo State First row, left to right: Helen Greenlaw, Linda Pickering, Sally Vose. Semnd row: William Briggs, Darrell Shibles, Alex Gammon, Robert Gould. Senior Wearers of the First row, left to right: Helen Greenlaw, Judy Huntington, Marilyn Cross, Judy Fish, Katy Godding, Polly Davis. Second row: Pete Doak, Paul Dudley, Burton Copson, Terry Horne, Carl Roberts, David Howard, Ken Nickerson, Martin Page. Third row: Robert Downs, Larry Evans, Pat McLoughlin, Jack Gurney, Darrell Shibles, Alex Gammon, Ken Drinkwater.

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