Gardner High School - Wampanoag Yearbook (Gardner, MA)

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R Beginning or End? Susan Pearson l Co Editor Argus KLPYETQDU As the strams of the processlonal drlft mto the gym and the class of 1953 hnes up to march ln many thoughts w1ll be ln the mlnds of the graduates At that moment we shall be thmklng of the wonderful tlmes weve had here IH the last four years We shall be refiectxng on the frlends weve made and how thelr frlendshlp has helped us The partles w1ll stand out ln our mmds We shall recall how we felt our freshman year at gradua tion tlme and how we thought June 17 thoughts w1ll be m our mmds as we walk to the stage For most of us lt w1ll be the end of our formal educatlon never agam shall we enter a school as students For us rt w1ll be the beg1nn1ng of a career Now we shall Joln the busmess world wlth no one to take notlce or care whether we make progress or fall by the way Yes for the maJor1ty of our class th1s IS the end of our formal educatlon Now our future rs strlctly up to us As a c1t1zen of free dy namxc ever progressing Amerxca we shall find no dlctator to tell us what to do The opportunltxes w1ll be hmlted only by the v1s1on of what the future may become our 3bllltl6S and how we ut1l1ze them our character and our determmatlon For others of us lt w1ll be Just another mxlestone rn our educatlon Next fall we shall be entermg 1nst1tu t1ons of hlgher learnlng There we shall prepare to take our place ln the buslness world but we shall be on our own All of us are startmg on one of the most 6XClt1Ug adventures we shall ever have We know that 1f we want to get the most from l1fe we shall have to organlze our plans We shall need to use foreslght m acquxrmg those Sk1llS WhlCh w1ll be most valua ble to us We shall have to plan our leave the plan flexlble enough to get around obstacles Many of the boys 1n our class w1ll enter a branch of the armed forces They w1ll be preparlng to defend our country so that those who remam may contmue ln thelr chosen Held Whether they succeed or fall w1ll de pend entirely upon each 1nd1v1dual It w1ll be up to them to advance So no matter what we undertake It w1ll be up to us 1nd1v1dually to make our way We shall no longer be shel tered and helped as we have been m the past We w1ll be startmg a new hfe In a sense It IS the beg1nn1ng of adulthood and the end of adoles cence People w1ll no longer thmk of us as boys and glrls but as young men and women We must make our new begmnmg a 5 I O I v 1953, would never come. Yes, many lives well and follow the plan, yet

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levnalfwzxx You and I Paul Manmng 53 oQ.:nX-Briar a A man called Mark Twaln put them 1n a book but they wouldnt stay there You can t keep boys llke Tom Sawyer and Huck Flnn cooped up ln a book They came bustlng out of the page barefoot and d1rty and they l1t out for the free and open spaces and they re been rompmg around there ever s1nce One day you met them and Tom let you Wh1t6W3Sh hls fence and Huck let you touch hls dead cat Suddenly you knew you were home So you threw away your shoes you cut yourself a fishmg pole and lay on your belly IH the soft moss at the rlver bank You played hookey you smoked cornsllk you got slck and you learned You were trymg out freedom gettmg the taste and heft of It learmng to handle lt You were an Amerlcan growmg up You learned much from Tom and Huck They showed you how to make lost marbles come back and how to cure warts Wlth ralnwater from a hollow stump You learned what a hoot owl says and what the wlnd wants to tell you when lt haloos ln the trees at nlght Some of thlS learnmg you forgot later but Tom and Huck taught you one thmg youll never forget and 1ts th1s Theres a speclal quallty to belng young IU Amerlca Theres a speclal a1r of freedom a SDCCIHI k1nd of hopefulness and a deep down fa1th that l1fe w1ll turn out for the best Every adult who remembers how It felt w1ll do all he can to keep falth ahve for the youngsters who follow s M- , 4 . , - - l l ' A 4 l I i . , I . , . , . , . 7 7 ' 7 , . . . 7 1 ! . , , ' 7 ., .t , . . . , . I . . . , , . ! o , - l 1 ' , . Y , .

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