Greenfield High School - Evergreen / Exponent Yearbook (Greenfield, MA)

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8 THE EXPONENT Now the question comes up, what was the trou¬ ble with governments? What was it they did or did not do? Which of the three sides of govern¬ ment was lacking? It was the judiciary. The trial by jury is a comparatively recent innovation in the history of this world. Nowadays another and greater question arises. What is the trouble with international affairs? Why do we have wars like the recent World War? The answer is practically the same as the answer to the preceding question. The nations of the world today have international laws and punish¬ ments, but it is a compulsory judiciary and arbitra¬ tion system that the world lacks. The national courts have solved many private quarrels between individuals which might have re¬ sulted in duels. They have solved many problems that otherwise would only have been settled by domestic wars. Semi-international courts have ar¬ bitrated questions which would otherwise have resulted in a war between the nations involved. If national and semi-international courts have done all this, why then is it not a logical conclusion, that international laws, backed by an international executive and interpreted in a compulsory interna¬ tional court, would banish war from the earth and improve conditions immeasurably? This condition of world government, without undue subordination of the countries involved, is the ideal towards which many of the greatest minds of the world are striving, and it is inevitably com¬ ing. It is important to stress that statement, “Without undue subordination of the countries in¬ volved,” because no plan is at all feasible that in any way deprives those countries of even a small part of their independence. A world democracy does not appear nearly so Utopian a condition today, as a national democracy did in the time of William the Conqueror. But a national democracy is now an accomplished and highly successful fact. People say now that the world is and forever will be incapable of success¬ ful world democracy, League of Nations, or what¬ ever you wish to call it. In the time of William the Conqueror people would have utterly scoffed at a plan of government like that of the United States today. As the world had to be educated up to a na¬ tional democracy, so will it have to be educated up to a world democracy. The theory may be ideal- tistic and unpractical now, but the trend is in that direction and until it is attained there will be wars. Therefore I say that some plan of world govern¬ ment is bound to come and that the condition of the world will be vastly improved when this final goal is reached. SAM M. CAMERON ’22. IVY SONG Tune: Home Again. Ivy green, Ivy bright, Here we plant you now. And oh, we watch you grow with joy To greet us years from now, When we have older grown and sad With Life’s dread grief and care. And then you’ll greet us once again And all our sorrows share. CHORUS Ivy green, Ivy bright, Here we plant you now. And oh, we watch you grow with joy To greet us years from now. Ivy dear, Ivy true, Always faithful be. We know you’ll never fail to grow And climb these stories three. Dear symbol of success in school And greatness yet to come. You shall a faithful guardian wait To fondly greet us home. CHORUS Ivy dear, Ivy true, Always faithful be. We know you’ll never fail to grow And climb these stories three. BLANCHE E. BRAMAN ’22. HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF 1922 THE SERVICE RECORD OF THE 22nd REGIMENT 1st Year A green and untrained regiment entered the stronghold G. H. S. on Sept. 3, 1918. But—look at us now—brave and dignified soldiers. Our two months’ furlough granted at the Pleasant Street barracks had ended, so we were again ready for active service. A great deal was expected of us. Our country was at war with Germany and men were making names for themselves to be sent down through the ages of history. It was up to us to do our share. So, of course, we felt very important, but were soon shown by the older regi¬ ments that we were not as important as we felt and after all, if it hadn’t been for the new General, who sympathized with us, we would have suffered more from them than we did. Nevertheless, we soon learned to “hold our own.” It wasn’t long before we began to get our bear¬ ings; and to find out what to do now that we were here. A kindhearted soldier from one of the other regiments gave us the hint that the first thing was to elect officers, so we proceeded to do this just as though we had known all the time that it was

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THE EXPONENT 7 nor great life problems to solve, but we have had conditions such as are natural to youth, and it would be a fair question to ask ourselves if we have lived up to this standard of decent life and of fair and square work. If so, we have indeed been successful. Many of us will go to colleges and universities where we shall be forced to compete with others who have succeeded in their high school careers, thus making the standard of scholarship higher. Others may go directly into practical affairs of life where they, too, must compete with those who have worked their way by experience. Let us therefore, whether we go directly into practical work or to higher institutions of learning, endeavor so to conduct ourselves that credit may flow out to our alma mater, the Greenfield High School, where for four years we all were given the oppor¬ tunity to lay a solid foundation for future success. ROBERT H. ALBERTI ’22. CLASS SONG Tune: Just Before the Battle. I. Now our high school days are ended And commencement time is here. We have had our fun together And we’ve shared our doubts and fears. Now has come the time of parting Still we love to gather here To voice in song our praise to you Dear old class of ’22. CHORUS G. H. S. we hate to leave you, And our friends and classmates true But oh! we’ll not forget you ever G. H. S. we’re all for you. II. As we journey on life’s pathway Oft our thoughts will turn to you. One and all we are united By the purple and the gold. Though our paths will widely sever, Pleasant memories we will hold Of our days in Greenfield High School ’Neath the purple and the gold. MARION L. WILLIAMS ’22. IVY ORATION Progress of World Government “In days of old when knights were bold,” then brawls and fighting and all sorts of troubles, held their sway. If a poor man had a grievance, it was synony¬ mous with saying he had a fight. If a rich man had a fight, it was synonymous with saying that there was war. That is, if two feudal barons had any sort of petty quarrel, they had it in their power to say, “Let there be war!” and there would be war. At first the quarrel would be a small feud, but before it was settled it usually embroiled a whole nation in intestine strife. While all these conditions were true of the barons, among lesser individuals innumerable small fights took place every night in the towns and hamlets. Every morn¬ ing were found strewn about the streets and alley- ways of London, a few dead bodies. Crime was ripe in those days, and why? Because every man was his own judge and court and he could settle his disputes out of hand, unreproved, unrestricted and unpunished. Students of history will find that at this period of the world’s development, commoners were prac¬ tically serfs and the wealth belonged to a few nobles so called, whose business, pleasure and whole life was war. Nations were disorganized and poverty stricken and the outlook for the world looked dark indeed. Governments were absolute monarchies but the monarch did not govern ex¬ cept in rare cases. They and their courts spent the money they extorted from the completely sub¬ jugated people, in the wildest and most senseless extravagances. Indeed anyone living in this comparatively sensi¬ ble age, when he reads the story of the continuous strife the world has gone through, wonders if the nations of the earth were not governed by a set of fighting maniacs. One asks the reason for all this madness. He will find the only answer to his query in this: That the governments of the world did not function in the three ways a government should function, that is in the making, interpret¬ ing and executing of its laws. Any one may perceive, with a little reflection, that what was true in a nation under the feudal system, is perfectly applicable in a lai’ger sense to the condition of the nations of the world today. Then there were the barons’ wars; now there is the world war. It is an axiomatic truth that the more efficiently a government performs these,— its three functions, the better is the condition of all those who come under its administration. If this form of government worked, and it has worked, in terms of one nation, why would it not be just as successful in terms of the world.

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THE EXPONENT 9 ■what we should do. We elected Leo St. Lawrence as Colonel; Nina Pease, Lieutenant Colonel; Isa- ✓ belle Lynch, Adjutant and Tom Nims as Sergeant. Then things began to roll along wonderfully. However, just when we began to think we’d be running G. H. S. in a short time General Smith sent out the order that we were to be placed under quarantine indefinitely. Upon further questioning we found that an epidemic had entered our do¬ main and that the barracks must be closed. After six weeks, however, the quarantine was lifted, and again we went in for hard training. And for most of us, Raymond Chickering included, the training was very hard, as it was something we were not used to. The next big problem was. to discover some means of financing the fort. General Smith, being full of ideas, brought forth one to overcome this obstacle. The outcome was that we formed an organization known as the S. A. S.—in other words, the “Soldiers’ Activities Society.” Each member paid monthly dues of forty cents. (Two years later the dues were raised to fifty cents a month). A certain percent of this went for athletics, another percent for the army paper, etc., until it was all disposed of. This has proved very successful, sav¬ ing us from financial disaster many times. The business of finance being settled, we turned our attention to more interesting affairs. On No¬ vember 15th, through the efforts of the 21st regi¬ ment, we were granted a four hour furlough and had our first party where entertainment consisted of dancing and games. Some of us had too much of it and, sad to relate, were A. W. 0. L. when the furlough was up. But finally we were back at hard training won¬ dering what was to happen next, when one morn¬ ing, soon after bugle call, the news was sent through the barracks that Germany had sur¬ rendered. We were ordered out on parade amid great excitement and rejoicing. Picture us on our first dress parade! However, we did brave deeds that day, such as dragging an effigy of the ex- Kaiser through the dirt with as little respect as Achilles afforded the body of Hector while drag¬ ging it around the walls of Troy. Later we burned it in front of the barracks—with very little appre¬ ciation for Elsie’s and Dot Franklin’s needlecraft. Soon the call went out for volunteers to battle against neighboring armies in athletics. At once many of the 22nd regiment answered the call. Those chosen were Andrews to battle in football; St. Lawrence and Nims to help win victories in basketball. The army band was also made more melodious by the talents of Marianne Jones, Isa¬ belle Lynch and Tom Nims. Once again, we started our daily routine and were progressing smoothly until one cold morning one of our scouts came rushing into camp giving the alarm that the Midjams were preparing to at¬ tack the stronghold. Immediately, everyone was rushing here and there and everywhere making ready for the fight, for this enemy was one greatly feared by the majority. Crash! came the first sound of the battle early one morning and raged for a week. Our soldiers were gallant and strong, however, and at last drove the enemy back. After caring for the wounded and dying we cleared the fort of the debris of battle; and once again, resumed normal training. On the whole, we were a very orderly regiment and the army discipline was not interfered with. Yet, some of our members, Gert or Pinky, for in¬ stance, because of being A. W. O. L. or some other misdemeanor, were often given little pink invita¬ tions—issued by General Smith and his staff—to spend a repentant hour in the bullpen. The Gen¬ eral’s staff in turn presided here, and today very few of us can admit that we have been so ill-man¬ nered as not to have paid them at least, one call. When our first year in camp was drawing to a close our scouts came in to warn us that a terrible tribe of Finejams were about to attack. We, at once, called for reinforcements because this tribe was even worse than the Midjams. They came! We saw! We conquered! We drove them back, leaving half their army on the field. Our forces were in bad shape after this hard fighting so our kindhearted General granted us a two months’ furlough which we all accepted with rejoicing. Second Year When our furlough was up and we were again in the barracks advanced to first class privates, our enlistment had dropped to one hundred and two. We knew what to do this year and im¬ mediately called a meeting to elect our officers. Arnold Clark was made Colonel, Elizabeth Fresh- our, Lieutenant-Colonel, Bill Andrews, Adjutant, and Louise Donovan, Sergeant. We reelected “Mike” Dunnigan as regiment editor of the army paper; also, Phil O’Hara and “Mike” as regiment directors of the S. A. S. After this business was finished and training again started a committee appointed by our colonel obtained a four hour furlough for the army in honor of the 23d regiment. Everyone had a good time dancing and eating and regretted when the furlough was up. And now our thoughts turned to work. As dur¬ ing the first year, the call was sent out for volun¬ teers for athletics. A large number of our brave men answered the call and again the 22d regi-