Frontier Regional High School - Arrow Yearbook (South Deerfield, MA)

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FN Offffffs' ? Members of the clergy honored guests parents and frlends On behalf of the class of 1959 of Frontler Regional H1gh School I welcome you to our graduatlon Here before you IS a class of graduates aclass composed of 1I1dlVldl13.lS varying in their ways of thmking and reasonlng Each has a goal ln life and each possesses an attitude toward attalnlng it What klnd of attltudes are they and will they help us to cope w1th the problems that wxll confront us? When soclety grows lt so often expects youth to render much to that growth It IS very effectlvely? As young people we are given every opportumty and are encouraged to develop the talents so necessary for leadership Frequently we flaunt these advantages We expect so much and we return so lxttle Why? Are we lazy or have we formed bad hablts 'P Perhaps the problem involves both reasons Habits are certalnly needed m our lives and they can either be benef1c1al or detrxmental depending on what they are and the condltions under which they are formed Too often the average child is coddled and pampered by lov1ng parents who s1ncerely bel1eve they are helping Are the parents really aidlng when they feel the1r child can do no wrong? Several xnstances have occurred ln whxch an anxious parent 1nformed teachers or off1c1a1s 1n other phases of life that Johnny IS never like that at home Soon a ch1ld learns to tell h1s parents every time a problem confronts him He knows they wxll resolve It for him wlthout question and soon he accepts no responsibility When a child reallzes that his parents w1ll protect h1m l ' O true that in time we shall be society's first citizens, but shall we be able to take our places

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times a boy will find hlS vocation r1ght there 1n the serv1ce and w1ll f1nd that 1n th1s career lies his happlness Such a career IS actually not uncommon and certa1nly does not mean that he IS a fa1lure The fellow who flnds h1s vocat1on ln ord1nary work actually beg1ns freedom and 1ndepend ence Th1S brmgs up the question of whether or not th1s type of vocatlon should be d1SCOllI'ageCl If the student has a great ab111ty one should endeavor to a1d the young man 1n f1nd1ng personal sat1sfaction because the pos1tion he holds 1n l1fe IS 1mportant but IS ne1ther the end nor all there IS to life How he fulf1lls th1s pos1t1on IS the factor by wh1ch one marks h1m as a success or a fa1lure and the only way he can truly fu1f1ll th1s pos1t1on lS to possess a keen 1nterest The interest one has 1n h1s f1eld of endeavor acts as a st1mulant wh1ch w11l reap glory and through th1s means he w1ll atta1n self sat1sfact1on and happ1ness There IS of course another type of personal1ty who graduates from h1gh school w1th no goal 1n l1fe He dr1fts from Job to Job w1thout ever f1nd1ng sat1sfact1on 1n any part1cular f1eld Perhaps he revels 1n laz1ness W1thout amb1t1on or the ab1l1ty to rat1onal1ze a great danger IS foreseen for 1f th1s boy rema1ns 1dle for the rest of h1s l1fe then one def1n1tely cla1ms h1m as a fa1lure ln the paths of l1fe The thought beh1nd all examples gxven 1S that no young person today should be forced to undertake a college career unless he or she deslres to have It for here too fa1lure can be found Force or over emphas1s of the necessxty of un1vers1ty school1ng can br1ng about the same drast1c results as the sh1ftless type ment1oned prev1ously Confus1on 1n th1nk1ng or lack of 1nterest can cause the same result fa1lure Therefore the answer may be found ln the def1n1t1on of success Accordlng to the old saying Success IS where you flnd it Does that 1dea sound log1cal'? Success IS where yi find It The word YOU IS stressed because you as an 1nd1v1dual must prepare the way lg- way to reach the goal or a1m des1red Many leaders and great men have been men who have successfully completed college and the maJor1ty ofthose successful men are college graduates But can one deny the fact that many great men have also atta1ned great he1ghts w1thout such a background? In th1s country there IS agreat need for a reformat1on 1n the att1tude toward the lmportance of a college degree Should the lmportance of a degree be judged by SOCl6ty or should the man h1mself d8C1d6 1ts 1mportance'P There should be more done 1n th1s world to let young people do more th1nk1ng for themselves and reason out the1r poss1b1l1t1es of fa1lure Th1s method could prove dangerous but the SXPSPISHCC IS well worth the rlsk for such exper1ence IS an excellent way to ga1n true knowledge I leave you w1th th1s thought Is It how far should we go or 1S lt how far shall we go Wlth our own 1deas'P Th1s quest1on can only be answered by the graduates of today the leaders of tomorrow In the1r answers l1e happ1ness not only for themselves but for the whole world In th1s world every one of us must do h1s share because 1f we do not what chances are there for a happy world? True to make the world a better place the people must be educated The solution then bo1ls down toaquest1on of personal bel1ef and not the code of soclety If we are to make ourselves heard 1n the world today there must be a little nonconform1ty and a l1ttle appl1cab1l1ty for w1thout these two we shall all be followmg the same pattern of l1fe and shall be unable to ga1n the freedom of the stars In those stars should l1e our goal and 1n our goal should l1e our happmess. - 1 . . 1 1 1 . 1 - ' 1 1 . . - 1 1 1 o 1 1 1 , . g . . u . , , ur , . , . 1 1 . 1 1 . - 1 . 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' - 1 1

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even under the most unreasonable circumstances he forms the hab1t of dolng exactly as he W1Sh6S w1th never a thought of the consequences Thls attxtude is carrxed over into adult l1fe and the indxvldual expects the same treatment from the people w1th whom he assoclates Whatever he does must be rlght for he has always been led to belxeve th1s When upsets begin to creep into the daily l1fe of the matur1ng man or woman he blames h1s parents teachers or someone else at any rate In no way does he reproach hlmself for h1s own actlons uood c1t1zens are not made ot such quahtles and the excessxve protectweness of our youth whxch causes some of the bad hablts to be formed must be stopped The foun datlons of character and personahty must be la1d wh1le attendmg secondary school and at that t1me general goals should be declded In school too we are pampered We complam that we are g1ven too much work When we go to college and to our Jobs we shall be expected to fulflll certam requxrements and some of us shall be unable to do so because we have not prepared ourselves When we f1nd we can not accompl1sh what lS expected of us we lmmedlately blame our teachers If we apphed ourselves more d1l1gently we would prove ourselves capable and upon enterlng our new posts we would f1nd ourselves adequately prepared Instead of accomphshmg what we can thmg shall be made easy for us The young adult must reahze that everyone 1n th1S world must make deC1S1OI1S and must meet obhgatlons and must learn to face success or fallure by hlmself Thus the attitude of self suff1c1ency lS a great and essentlal commodxty 1n the bu1ld1ng of a strong character It IS to be admlred We must learn to cultxvate a collectlve sense of resourcefulness If we do not learn to stop condemnlng other people for what we br1ng upon ourselves we w1ll become a natlon of people w1th no code We will be people wlth no sense of respons1b1l1ty and therefore w1ll accompl1sh nothlng Our clvilxzatlon shall decay and crumble and we shall be people w1thout home character or personallty Tomght this class of '59 has covered the ground work for the future May It be possible that the labors of all have not been in valn and may lt be poss1b1e that we attam the goals for whlch we str1ve through open mlnds wh1ch can forsee the reasons for the healthy outlook of the future As a WISE old Chxnese sage has sa1d The hlghest towers are bu1lt from the ground At th1s moment we stand on that grolmd and look up at those towers whlch are standlng stralght and erect and whxch are wa1t1ng for any one of us who strlves to reach the1r peaks from where we can survey the whole world ln all 1ts glory D 3 ' D 9 . 7 s ' . . ' 5 7 3 ' -D Y 9 9 - - J Y , . . l 7 9 3 ' a . . . . 3 we drift alongg when we graduate, we feel that we have reached the epitome, and now every- 9 9 -- I - 1 1 ' i 1 7 9 ' 1 - ' . 1 ' 1 Q