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

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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

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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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XM: C1 un Strength AS We Co Q44 may T1'l the end of tlme Vke vull hold our honor hlgh All the Joxs vxdve shared And tears compared We'll never let them d1e T111 the end of t1me Faih of us wlll hold IH heart Our alma mater strong and true And never from that part Vke are leavlng nom Separatc paths VK111 flnd us all We'll be on our own but not alone I 1fe's joy vu c an recall So Frontler H1gh to xou we sax When We are far avu ay X our ITILHIOTIQS vtxll lmger 'T1l the end of tlme Q44 new Todas a velvet eurtaln falls Io guard our fond memorus Of f.her1shed Frontler H1gh And curtaxn as xt seems to us And curtam though xt be It only falls bchlnd us non To guard eat h memorx Tomght four sears have found thtlr end But echoes of our laughter W1ll rec all eac h happv dax For nova and ever after We leave our learmng plate todax Vke leave each fr1end each book To uandtr dtepnr 1nto llfc To have .1 clostr look And IH our joys and Solxtudns Vke'll thmk of tears gone hx And l1ft the velvet Lurtaln then To dream of Frontler Hlgh va 7 '.' r H C . I . .l, x . 1 4 V I x x r , . , . ' n , . f 1 'I ' 1 . , . . ' ' V Vx I 1 - , 7 x ' 7' ' . . Wlth a whisper of a sigh, K 3 .A a ' I N . 1 1 ' v , . Y J' 1 ' . t , , . V I I v ,. J -. ' . . 7 l A 5 l 4 ' x ' ' y . ' u , . 7 ' v 1 v , . ' . .