Holden High School - Clarion Yearbook (Holden, MA)

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VVar II. Its primary aim is to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war. Tl is is a high and noble aim but already another tragic chap- ter of history is being written in Korea. It is on the international level that man has made the least progress in bettering human relations. Although man through the ages has advanced from the cave dwelling to the castle in his international relations he has ad- vanced only from the club to the standing army. Individuals make up the family and they have learned to live together happily. Individual families make up communities and they have learned to iron out their differences through town meetings. Indi- vidual communities make up the nation and they have learned to co-operate for the common good. lc-'trn to live together in peace and harmony or they will he destroyed together in a third world catastrophe. The very existence of a social civilization depends upon the emotional relationship among the peoples of the world. The nations must learn to recognize their problems to analyze them scientifically and proceed to solve them in a calm and intelligent manner. In order to do this we must have open and honest co-operation of all world governments. VVe, the graduates of 1953 going out into a changing world must face this problem realistically along with the other problems of our age. Ours is being called an age of confusion an age of uncertainty. We can- not sit back and wait for someone else to end this confusion for us. We cannot nait to see which direction this change will ta.ke for change is not necessarily for the better. In the modern world. changes take place at an ever increasing pace, and we cannot let things take their course and then expect to pick up the threads and go ahead without a pause to untangle the confusion. Aesop wrote a fable about a fly perched on the wheel of a swiftly racing chariot. The Hy survey ed the enveloping clouds of dense dust and remarked: See what a dust I am, raising. In these rapidly changing times we cannot be like Aesops fly and fro along for a free ride' we must accept our responsibilities and pull our own weight on the wheels of progress. We must end the confusion. VVe must go forward or we shall slip into a second dark ae. We must elect to office men of proven leadership and integrity. We must use our knowl- of a world in which there is less suffering less poverty 'md less misery. We must rebuild the moral founda- tions of our modern life. VVe must end race hatreds for we are all members of one race-mankind. With the shadow of World War III hanging over us dare we say we can do nothing about the desperate need of the world for better human relations? The strongest voice in a democracy is the voice of public opinion. Within a few short years ours will be a part of this voice. But we must have opinions to voice' what is more we must have convictions and the courage of our convictions. The balance of the twentieth century is ours. We shall live its history. May it be a glorious chapter. 4' The Two Tenifvles by Viola B. Shepherd. DOROTHY J. SERGENT U H 1 , 1 Y ll JI K I y H , , Individual nations make up the world, and they must eflgc for good' for human beffeffnent- for the makmg , , , . , Y , , . , 1 , Y Y 7 A v 58

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A safe shop grves the workers more confidence Srmple safety measures can prevent very serrous accrdents By educatrng the men rn accrdent preven tron prrncrples through the use of classes pamphlets, posters lectures and motron prctures compames have reduced the hrgh frequency of accrdents throughout the factory The prmcrple that a man works better when he works at somethmg he lrkes has proved true Many factorres now have aptrtude tests by whrch the abrh tres of the prospectrve employees are found Proper placement rncreases productron by a great amount and thus facllrtates shorter hours and better pay Employee benefits such as srck benefits rnsurance pensrons termrnatron allowances rn case of lay offs and employ ee loan funds greatly rmprove the morale of the workers When properly admrnrstered they prorrde the sympathetrc consrderatron needed by the worker rn trmes of crrsrs If men play together they wrll work better together Many factorres have provided recreatronal facrlrtres for therr employees For an example close to home vue may take Nlorton Company Thrs company now has rts own gymnasrum athletrc field and swrmmrng pool Workers are encouraged to take part rn recre atronal actrwrtres Any employee may partrcrpate and so toremen sometrmes play on the same team as the men or er whom they presrde when they are workmg Thrs assocratron makes for exceptronally good man agement employee relatrons These are some of the basrc prmcrples of modern mdustrral human relatrons Thrs new scrence rs however strll rn rts rnfancy Companres like Norton s and lVestern Electrrc are proneers and they are few and far between It may be noted rn conclusion how ever that where compames have adopted these prrn crples the decrease rn strikes rs amazrng production has rncreased and so also have profits all because the compames keep therr men happy' EARL WILLEY afzecuaff 'zen XVrth seemrngly mcredrble swrftness our four years rn hrgh school have passed leavmg us with many fond memorres and many a deep felt thank you These have been rrch and rewardrng years We have made lastmg frrendshrps we have learned to cooperate and to assume responsrbrlrty we have learned sports manshrp and tolerance Most rmportant of all we have learned somethmg of how to lrve as well as of how to make a lrvrng At thrs trme we pay trrbute to the faculty of Holden Hrgh School for therr sm cere efforts and therr untrrmg patrence Thelr hrgh ideals have been an rnsprratron to every one of us A burlder burlded a temple He wrought wrth care and skrll Prllars and grorns and arches Were fashroned to meet hrs wrll And men sard when they saw rts beauty It shall never know decay Great rs thy skrll O burlder Thy fame shall endure for aye A teacher burlded a temple She wrought wrth skrll and care Formmg each prllar wrth patrence Laymg each stone wrth care None saw the unceasmg effort None knew of the marvelous plan For the temple the teacher burlded Was unseen by the eyes of man Gone rs the burlder s temple Crumbled mto the dust Prllars and grorns and arches Food for consumrng rust But the temple the teacher burlded Shall endure whrle the ages roll For the beautrful unseen temple Was a chrlds rmmortal sou All that we have learned rn these four years all that we have acqurred through experrence and gleaned from our books goes rnto the burldrng of our character and becomes the basrs for our relatronshrps wrth our fellowmen We have had to learn how to get along wrth our schoolmates and wrth our teachers and to work for the team rather than for rndrvrdual stardom Such experrences have been part of our basrc tram mg rn human relatronshrps and thrs trarnrng wrll contmue throughout our lrves The more proficient we become the more successful our lrves wrll be All hrstorv rs the story of mans relatrons wrth man the story of hrs hopes and hrs fears hrs successes and hrs failures hrs rnfluence on others and therrs on hrm Thrs story of man has been wrrtten from the begrnnrng of trme and wrll contmue to be wrrtten as long as human berngs shall exrst Durrng the last century screntrfic and rndustrral advancements have far outdrstanced rmprovements rn human relatrons In the scramble for comforts and Iuxurres man has lost srght of the moral and sprrltual values Before we can fully enjoy our materral advancements we must brrng human relatrons mto step ruth them The burden of makrng these rmprovements must be dealt wrth rn the home the school and the church Successful human relatrons begrn rn rnfancy I the home thrs problem lres almost completely wrth to establrsh a sympathetrc understandrng between parent and chrld Therrs rs the duty to teach the chrld moral and ethical prrncrples understandrng and tolerance and to lay a foundatron for relrgrous belrefs The school prepares the rndrvrdual to take hrs place rn the commumty and therefore has an rdeal oppor tunrty to rmprove relatrons wrthrn the commumty Every school rn the country especrally the elementary It could be set up on a natronal scale through edu catronal televrsron programs These programs mrght present true to-lrfe srtuatrons and rllustrate acceptable as contrasted wrth unacceptable behavror reactrons Relrgrous trarnrng rs the core of a chrlds prepara fron for lrfe True Chrrstrans realrze therr rndrvrdual responsrbrlrty toward the world The churches must grve us an effectrve lrvmg relrgron They must help us to realrze our drfferences and to rron them out peaceahly In The Outlrne of Hrstory H G Wells has sard Relrgrous emotron may presently blow through lrfe agarn lrke a great wind burstrng the doors and flrngrng open the shutters of the rndrvrdual lrfe and makrng many thrngs possrble and easy that rn these present days of exhaustron seem almost too drfficult to desrre Let us hope that this second Reformatron takes place before the dry rot rn our moral and ethrcal prrncrples destroys completely the foundatrons of decent human conduct Our government plays an rmportant part rn thrs field of human relatrons To rt falls the task of creatrng unrty wrthrn the natron and of betterrng relatrons among the drfferent racral relrgrous and economrc groups Thrs rs a task worthy of the best eHorts of a democracy In order to accomplrsh thrs arm the government must have a posrtrve program of group understandrng and co operatron In the hope of bettering mternatronal relatrons the Unrted Natrons was orgamzed followrng World . . . . . 1 . . V . Y . Y g. . V - 1 ' . - . v .... ' . . ,' ' Y . .- . ' . . , , r 1 1 ' ' , . . . . . , v ' ' 1 . . ' ' , Y 1 V Q n f . . ' ' Y ! , . 1 ' . , ' - H YY ' ' . . , 5 ' . , 3 , ' . ' . . . . . , . I . . . . . - Y. h . n H ' ' - Q q . , 1 ' , , , the parents. Theirs is the task and the prrvrlege ' ' I e , e 1 - , 1 . , . . . . . G I , . . 1 Y l . . . H . . I . . . . . I , . . . . ,- ' - , . . . . ' 3 . . . I A : . . . . . . , - H , ' y 1 . 1 . V. . . . . U ' . . , A rx . ' - n v h . .- H . . . ' ' . , . Ln' - Y 9 . . . . . ,, . . u , 1 A v , . y . . ' . Q . . . . , . . . - . Y .. . . ' . A i . . . ' Q . V , . 57

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