Framingham High School - Philomath Yearbook (Framingham, MA)

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IIIF PHILOMAIH good 1Ill1SlC wh1cl1 wa f1rst awakened 111 them by the Nlexstersln ers Fellow classmates After four years not only of study and hard work but also of pleasure we are here to Hlyjllf to b1d farewell as a class to I+ran11ngl1an1 H1gh School To the school coxnnnttee and the 'low Il of Frarnmghafu we are llltlLlJ' ed for thls new blllllllllg To you our teachers we extend thanks for the 1nter est shown 1n us durmg our whole course here and for your PQIIQIICC lll oyerlook mg our faults and SIIOTILOIIIIIIQBS for of course we have not been perfect 1n all re spects But 1U tl1efuture we shall try to show by our good wo les our gratrtude for the advantages recewed IH H1011 School and no matter what any pI'EXlOL15 class may have done IQIO wlll exceed 111 ey ery respect the hlghest hopes of all so that the tune and trouble spent for xts gne etur11s a thousand fold illlfl IQIO shall be tl1e banner class of Idlqlllllllgll 1111 Hlgh School M xurow Loxe INTERNATION AL PEACE In lh1s age of adyancedc1y1l1f1t1on a11d learnlng It has oecurred to many people that It would be the be t tl11ngposs1ble to have all the natlons of tl1e world at peace w1th each other As you all know ln the early ages everythlng was settled by fightmg If one man lnjured another man 111 any way there was a fight to settle 1t At tl11s t1n1e lf A murdered B lt was flfjlll and even consxdered the duty of B s faunly to take thelr reyenge by lsllllllgj X Soon however the nght of plfyate yengeance was l11n1ted and A was obl1 ed to pay a sum of money to B s fannly lfhe n1ur dered B But as t1me went on the rrght of re yenge was taken ev1t1rely out of the hands of Bs ffznnly and the whole affur was settled by 1 court Thls pl Ill has been enlarged further ln thxs country by the SSl'.1lJllSl1IHCl1t of tl1e Supreme Court of the Ulllted States wh1ch settles dlsputes between the dlffer ent states Now people are wonderlng wl1y tl11s plan can rot b enlarged stlll further by the estabhshrnent of an Intel nat1onal Lourt of justxce to decide ques 110115 between the d1fferent natrons of the earth Tlllb would mean peace throughout the whole world and 1n order to try a11d brlng 71118 about co11ferences have been held 111 many places Perhaps the most lIDpOI't21I1l1 of these conferences are the two Wlllell were held at The Hague ln t1e Nethellxnds 111 IQOO and IQIO t the first H xgue Lonference there were 26 second the number reached 41 The seco11d lI1g,ue Lonferenee adopted a plan for the estabhshment of a Court of Arb1 tral JUSIICL leavxng to the natrons the ad justment by mutual negot1at1on of the method of selectlng the judges Be rdes these lmportant meetmgs hate been held at Xx73ShlIlgfOll Boston and Balt1n1ore In tlll country Now let us conslder for a moment the klllfl of peace for XXlJlCl1 these people are worklnff and wh1ch must be founded 111 order to do away w1th war In the first place It must b a peace founded on yus t1ce not 1nact1o11 1esult1ng from phy sxcal or econonnc exhaustxon It lb a perma nent and stable peace 1n wh1cl1 113110115 and thelr peoples u1ay do the worlds work NXILIIOLII fear or apprehenslon of the n1orrow 11Ot a mere truce between the clash of arms or the lull between tl1e storms Ill fact I thlnk that Idmund Burke 111 111s speeeh on LOI1Clll21ll0ll 1 J II 0 , , , A ' . N ' 0. . . T v - , , , ' . D ,. . L , I C f L ' , .I . Q l ' 1 -' 2 .' ' .7 , - - 'f ' -. , p. - . ' A. A , .A . , , . . I 1 ' A V- . ,, . , ' . , I , Y v ! 3 i . , v - , . - 1 ' - v A, -x - . , ' ' , , , . -1 1 . . l s y . Y- ., U . - . , I '. V b' 7 Y A v , . . T . 7 ' ' ' ' . , . , , . vx b ' K sl 1 Q ' S v K 1' . ' -5- , v' I- N ' V ' X v I C , ' ' ' ' 9 ,Q l A ff - Q, ' 0 . A ' . ' . , . f 1 I educatio11 shall not be in vai11, but shall different nations represented, while at tl1e ' . ,- + - . I . . . , . - ' ' . ' z Y 1 f 1 I - 1 ' - 1 1. S. s ' . ' , ' . , . .Q P .'. . S . Y S y . y. Q ' , ' ' ' ' 'es f. , 5 . st. L' . , 5. , ' 1 1 . e ' ' I y. . v ' t,' v . ' y Y ' A ,x v v v. - . - Y , 1 . . . , . VK S .1 5. , i. ,i . Y ' V. , Y 1. 7 J' ' r I D , ' ' ' l , V y ',- -' V, . v 4, I 'Q A A ,r . I h y Q kt 1 v ,i L .4 , 1. r , ' - ' f : . - ' 1 4 ' . . Q Q x t . . . . . , , I1

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YHE PIIIIKJMATH untll he had won great fame in this art In all his travels none of the princes xx ho patroniled hun ever Vaxe him a home but finally the Lmperor gave him a small fief near W'ur7burg, where he spent the rest of his life in seclusion He was of a more manly and independent character than most of the other MlllllCSlllg6TS When he believed l1e tx as right he poke as freely against the emperor and princes as he did about the pope and the priests No groups of xx riters shoxxed a deeper understanding of sadness than the great est of the Minnesingers 'l hey had '1 certain knowledge of the brexity of human pleasure and a feeling that corruption lurked behind the gayest forms and the brighest colors They moxtd in a xxorll of imagination, shunnmg the real xxorld yet not losing touch VVltl1 ll Frequently there are hints of arch humor 1n their for the vices of the time The art of Mmne poetry was txxder than that of the poets of the present day because the Mlnnesingers not only vxrote the text but also composed the music for the songs as all thur 131 cs were intend ed to be sung to the accompaniment of the vlol or the harp There v as onlx one class of poetry which had no accompani ment, and to this belong the Spruche or sayings ' which xx ere recited The Mmnesingers wrote mostly 1u the Swa bran dialect of the Middle High German whlch xx as due to the encouragement re cerved from the Hohenstaufer I mperors VVh n the men of kulghtly blrth began to neglect the xvrltxng of ly rlcpoetry and Mlnnesmgers were no longer honored, the art xx as cultix ated by the burghers and craftsmen of the cures Societles were formed by these burghers and craftsmen for the cultixation of art1st1c poetry apart from the folk song At that time, in the thirteenth century there xx as a decline of literature The princes and the emperor paid no attention to it The masses alone cultlx ated poetry by the folk songs 1 he poetical inheritance of the fourteenth century whtch had belonged to the knights passed to the middle class From the 'Vlmnesong came the Melstersong '1 he societies of Nieistersingers had regular schools for the study of poetry At the h ad of the school vsas a ' Meister a poet who had stuoled the art Candi dates for th school were oblxged to pass an examination vxtthout breaking any of the rules placed by the society upon the art of xxrittng Success in the 'VIe1ster song depended entirely upon the con formxty xxith these rules After a pupil ln the school had written an original song wlthout infringing upon these rules he became a NICl5lCI'blllgC!' formally at inns PIIZCS xvere awarded those who sang vxell but those who did not were fined The prrzes were some 1111165 money sometimes a crowd O caslonally a singer hung up a wreath as '1 challenge and a reward of vlctorv I mally it became a tustom for Meister singers to vxear rich and gorgeous cos tumes The Meister song xx as always wery mechanical and artificial not free and spontaneous However It must not be judged only by what was accomphshed in the schools for many disregarded the estabhshed rules and forms, and wrote some of the1r best works 'lh best feature of the art 15 that it was cultivated among the humble people It spread the loxe ofartlstlc music among those vxho needed a sense of form refined the people and aroused in them a Splflt o patrlotlsm Its influence 15 felt to this day for the people stlll haxe the love of I0 J ' an 7 ' r ' - ' , , , K . Y Q ,, . . . ' r ' ' ' C . . V is . ' S , X . . A .A Q. . ' ' . . ,, . , 4 ' . 77 . . . e , ' . E.. K 1 S 1 . ' V . . , . . . . sq. Y K Y 1 . . V . . I 5 h . A .Q H i r Y I' i - ' I . ' H i . ' L ' ' ' , . poemsg sometimes indignation and scorn Frequently the Meistersingers met in- D ,i 4 , . ' , K, - .1 3 9 ' ' , . c- . fs, 5 . V i J V - . ' 4. V s ' , V r' ' . '. - '.. s Us -I 1 ' . - , , H . A , . Y . . . . 1 f y si - si I v y . ' 7 ' .' 1 3 . 't ' , e ' ' I ' ' . Y . y S '. 7 N . Y i 1 Y . . . 1 vs' I . 5 v 1 s , -f ' 1 ' v ' , ' 1

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I I IIIIIUM4 a l1OUgll he yyas referring l ll.1 1 and her COlOl1l6S defines lt emetly 1yl1e11 16 says that 1 is 11ot peace gllllel through the 111ed1u111 of yyar not peace to be hunted through the labyrinth of 111 trlcate and endless negotiations not peace to arise out of 11111versald'seorr1 but peace bought 111 1ts llallllll eouise a11d 1n 1t's ord111ary ll'1lI!ll's, peace sfwnglit 111 tl1e spirit of peace a11d laid 111 pIlIlCl ples purely pacihc Of course, like all other questions llllS one has two aides a11d has nrni suppc1t ers o11 both sides 'lhere are peopl 1yl1o wholly disagree yy1tl1 thepe'1cen1alee1s and say that yyar 15 a r1ecess1ty, a11d that '1 large army and nayy are a necessity also They clairn tl1at yye 11eed yyfzrto Cleall out tl1e population Hlltl to nialee our men strong and vigoious and tlllt we need a large army and 11avy to pioteet our country I yyonder hoyy 1112115 of yo11 Do not enough people dn e1e1y XL ll VSlll10Lll trying to get 11el of tl1en1l1y yy ll I5 It necesaary for UIC!! to l3LQ01llL 111c1c tive and lazy ainiply because tl1e1e 1s no yyar? Certainly 'No' Nlen can surely find e111ploy111e11t yy l11cl1 yyoultl 111 e tl1e111 all the strength a11d character lllll yyai would develop Then there lb the expense oi leeepin f large 31131165 a11d11ay1e:,tohe eonsnlered It has IJCLII eatlrnated by tl1e Hon J X Pawney tl1at the annual expendituies of tl1e U111ted States Ifngland, Geinmny and France O11 acco1111t of prep1rat1o11 for war,0r 111 order that yya1 111ay be p1e vented, are to day greatei than the an nual expenditures of a11y one of these Il'1 tions dur111g any foreign yy ar 111 y1 l11cl1 1t has ever engaged The annual expendi tures ofthe I nited States alone for tl1e rnaintenanee of an a1111y and 111yy me over tvyo 1111111011 dollars s fr s nic is spe 11 o 1reyen1yy11 on y a'1eneo11r1yfe111e11t 111 yy'11 ant, me ides all tl11s11'fJ11ey ll1llSl LOIIIL f1o111the people, yyhereas 1l there yyere unlyersal UQQLQ thisnioney could he spe11t 111 1111 proying the COllllllleSll1Ll!lSLlXL'u 'Next theie ls tl1e L01l1lllL1LC lnetyyeen 1l1'l0Il's t1 me t1leen into aeeount Manv 111 10115 of to d y 11e lllL'llelllg f1yy'1y from '1g11e11lt11r1 as their ll'lll0ll'1l llltlllSlfy and me C'OllCLllll'lllll tl1e1rfo1ees1n1111n c nies and foreign cninineiee llie l Ill es UI e 0 t 1 tlllllX these ll'lllOIlS are at pea yy1tl1 each other 101 as Cflaelstoiie said tl1e hips thatp1s laetyyeen one country ane another 'ne lik tl1e sh11ttle ofthe looni, yyeaying 1 yyelm of coneord hetyyeen 11'1 1o11s At t11e ytry l110l11L1ll there is a rumor of yy ar lll any of these Il 1t1ons, all f ot 1e1s llfll lelf LNIIIIILICC i1o111 e '1 si tcm these st nts 1t pe tc neeesslty llLO11llllL 1s llLIL e tle el11l1lren a future ffeneration to he thoufrht of S 1all y et ltll ron yy11 or Jeter Il tl s Joint estent I sale 111 16 Xnierican Conference ot 18911 We yyant l1f1ye tl1e ehildren of this eountiy e young lllell yy l1o ue using up into places o dlllllO1lly and inlluenee, t'ill flit yy 13 fllL true X111e111111 tl0tlllllL of pe1ce 1 S een y ie 111e IL 1111ee o fxgre , s iong, 1ee nation should 1 11ot O11 t1e lmee of arins, hut O11 tl1e foree of r1gl1t eousness Itl1f1shee11s11dtl1atyyehare l en t111ffht ll o11r sehools about the bat s of na ll hut haye 11ot e tlng It aho It ln 11l11t11t1o11s of o11r 11a ion s tl1 el1lcl1e1 yyha tl1erat1o111l sol1er1111111led,1igliteousnlode otsetll1ng111te111 tional dltlieulties Let 12 Y' I 5 ' 1 , TH l l ' 2 ' to 'Q 1 l. nd 'l'l1i.' lar c . 11111 of lney' 5 rnl in F1 - 5 . ' ' .',- 1 3' 1 '1 ' Y' ' o1'd1't 1 2 ':',l+11tin reality it is 1 , 'S t S 'L 'l l' . 1 rg- A l .'1' ll- ' 5 '11 1 11,-V L U 11- b- 1 ,1 - . ' ' 1 1 :Q lean ' . ' y Q . ,, I U. X ,I Q I. . . A V J ' ' f, . 'A A z ' g -' 1 ' 1 ufa - . ' ' 5 J - t Vg , M ' ' 'ted . , - . . 5 ef. A . 1 1 Q ' btalt is a very' g mod -xaniplc f l11s. y ' . 2 '- ' '- 1, N: t 'L j, 1 ' 5 . 1 ce . V '. .U v -' 1 A ' - - X 1 A ' C v v r 1 Q v 1 S ' V+ 6 is-S . -11 1 v 5 . ' v 1 -K . 1 ,1 K 1 ' yt A v. 1 . ' A ' 1 ' Q tl1: l t tl 1 ' its agree with tltose statements? ports, for they do not yy':1nt to risk their ' 'f 1 ' t1':1d' .nel pl ips. So, 1'J J ate- A 4' 'f '? nie- iltliinlc it can lac said tl1: re e is ' 1... v 1. 1' A - H 1.14 , t .. ,I-C111 ' , ' J fe Ltxtly, l arf 11 1 ' '- 11d 1 I 7 1 .1 - -1 v - L ' Q 1 . 1, 1 . 1 1 . ,J 1 D . l ' ' ' ' gw they ln atglt al t re' 1fLw'. O ' ' 1 -' - 11: 1 I Pr wi l- iliot 3 'l ' tl 1 -' 1- . 1 ' 1 11 YA . 1 '- Af h- 1 ' -1. ' 3, to k V 1 N ' , , - Y' th - ' - fas . s 'S' 1 -1 h 1 . v L-1 ,Y ' 1, 1 ' ' ' A . . 1 . l ' ' ' ' - H . 3, 'l t ' . 1 . ' 1 A I , , V' 1 I 18 ' A 'S, 3 e ', li , Vllflt tl K I' ' ld 'X lt lat 1 z 1 ' ' qt' 4 f' . ' 5 le-- l ' ' 1 1- .fm , U 1 IN ' - ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' tle: ' the 110 , 'A b en A . ' '- I l . 1 t A 1 ' V '1 4 7 - ' ' - 1 t' . Let tll' teach e 'ii 'A1 ' t is