Holbrook High School - Echo Yearbook (Holbrook, MA)

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4 THE ECHO O NE of the advantages of a summer vaca- tion lies in the fact that it gives us time to rcNdew in our minds the work of the past nine months and to look forw ' ard to the ap- proaching school year. Fresh and rested we can better realize where we have failed and esti- mate the work we vish to accomplish. To those of us who have neglected our studies during the year, vacation brings an opportun- ity for reviewing and mastering the slighted work so that we can start the new term with a clear record. The decision as to what college or school to attend after high school is a problem which presents itself to some of us and there is no bet- ter time for studying catalogues and getting information concernii g such matters than dur- ing July and August. During this time the office forces of the various schools are not so busy as in the spring and fall and answers to inquir- ies are prompt and full. Students from the different institutions are also at home and are glad to give information and advice which is often fully as valuable as the printed material sent out from the schools. “Lest we forget” When as.signing the long list of books for outside reading during the year the teachers told us that this list would be suffi- ciently long and broad in scope to furnish a basis for our outside reading during the summer. Many of us have taken advantage of the extra points of eredit allowed for reading books and have not only raisedour marks but found enjoy- ment in so doing. Daily reading is an excellent hab it for us to form for. aside from the pleasure which it brings, reading presents truths and ideals to us, it portrays facts and ideas whieh we do not meet in our daily lives, it increases our power of thinking, it helps us appreciate beauty and it adds to our ability to express our own thoughts. We now have ten weeks of vacation and a good library before us, shall we not take advantage of them ? F our members of the senior class have de- finitely decided to continue their education after reeeiving their high school diplomas. Miss Iva Higgins is to enter Boston University, Miss Helen West and Miss Lucy Chapman are to attend Bridgewater Normal while Miss Eliza- beth McLaughlin will take a post graduate course in eommercial subjects at Sumner High. From the junior class Ivor Muzzey has taken preliminary examinations to enter Tufts and Earle Allen for Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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THE ECHO Published by the Sumner High School j VOL I. Holbrook, Mass., June, 1915 No. 2. 10 Cents The Copy CONTENTS ADVERTISEMENTS 1-16 EDITORIAL STAFF and CONTENTS 3 PICTURE OF GRADUATES 2 EDITORIALS 4 SALUTATORY ESSAY, “AMERICA AND INTERNATIONAL PEACE” by Lucy Chapman. 5 ESSAY, “COMMERCIAL EDUCATION” by Elizabeth A. McLaughlin . . 6 ESSAY, “THE RELATION OF WAR TO CIVILIZATION” by Eva Skilling . 7-8 CLASS PROPHECY by Helen A. West. ...... 9-10 VALEDICTORY ESSAY, “LABOR CONQUERS ALL THINGS” by Iva Higgins . 11-12-13 CLASS NOTES 14 PROGRAM 15 EDITORIAL STAFF Editor -i)i-C}iief LUCY C. CHAPMAN, T5. Jssociate Editors. IVA L. HIGGINS, ’15. MERIEL G. BLANCHARD, ’16. VIOLET M. MacLEOD, ’17. Bans’ Athletics. EARLE C. ALLEN, ’16. WILLIAM F. MEARA, ’17. HAROLD HAYDEN, ’17. Alumni Editor. RUTH M. HOYE, ’16. Business Manager, IVOR P. MUZZEY, ’16. Assistant Business Manager. JOSEPH HICKEY, ’17. Girls’ Athletics. MARTHA W. CAREY, ’16, GRACE E. McLaughlin, ’17. Exchange Editor. ANNIE M. WILBUR, ’17. Class Editors. HELEN A. WEST, ’15. LEONARD P. KEMPTON, ’16. RUBY SNOW, ’17. ETHEL V. HOYE, ’18

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THE ECHO 5 Salutatory Essay. It is my pleasure this evening on behalf of the Class of 1915 to extend a hearty welcome to you all; parents, teachers, friends, ciCzens and undergraduates. The end of another school year has be n reached and another class is about to graduate from the Sumner High School. Looking back over the years we have been together, we as a class cannot but feel that we have had some educational advantages not enjoyed by previ- ous classes. I make reference to the establish- ment of the commercial course and other im- provements whic h the townspeople have un- selfishly and willingly provided. Accordingly on behalf of the class I wish to thank the school committee and the citizens of Holbrook for the great interest which they have taken not only in our v elfare but the welfare of the entire school. America and International Peace. Tonight, when more than half the civilized world is engaged in mortal strife, when man has turned to the occupation of killing his fel- lowman, I ask you to consider with me deeply and earnestly how we, as citizens of tfie United States can best serve the world in the establish- ment of a peace and harmony that shall be ever- lasting. But wl y, you may ask, does this moral responsibility for bringing about a new world order based on ’nternational good will fall upon us Americans? It is this question which I shall attempt to answer. The dependence of one nation upon another has come to be more fully appreciated by the United States than by the other nations. Many agenc ' es have been at work to bring about this feeling. It was the early belief of this nation that it should be isolated from the rest of the world. The immigration of millions of foreign- ers to our shores, representing nearly all nations, has, however, had the effect of changing this idea. We now realize that we are affected by the morals and traditions of these people of other nationalities and that they are gradually but surely connecting us with the other countries. The United States is not only connected with other nations by strong racial ties, but by business relations which have awakened com- mon interests. Every nation is dependent upon some other nation for certain commodities. Business conditions in one country affect great- ly tho.se af another. Many an industry in the United States during the present war has felt the curtailment in the supply of a certain article which is necessary to the manufacture of some staple product. Furthermore some of the largest banking and business houses in this country have branch establishments in many of the large foreign cities like London and Paris. Education likewise furnishes a bond of union and friendliness between this country and Eu- rope. For years American students have flocked in great numbers to the universities of the old world and the inter-exchange of professors bet- ween our large universities and those of Berlin and Paris has become a very common thing. The modern methods of communication and travel have also brought the different parts of the world into closer relationship. Such in- ventions as the telegraph, cable and steamship have made neighbors of the people of the world even though geographically separated. It is this feeling of true neighborliness that must be cul- tivated before the best results in cooperation can be obtained. Having shown that the United States is part- icularly well fitted, because of her close connec- tion with the other nations, to take a leading part in the peace movement, let us consider an- other reason why she should be the chief pro- moter in a proposal of peace. Where could a government other than our own democracy be found which could furm ' sh so good an example for the bases of aiinion of all nations of the world ? Acquisition of new territory by the United States was once looked uj ' on as a danger to the preservation of the unUn, but railroad lines, the telegraph and telephone have brought all the states close together so have the nations of the world been brought close together by these same agencies. The various states of our union, although they have conflicting interests, always abide by the voice of the ballot. The welfare of a particular section is sacrificed if necessary to the welfare