Ipswich High School - Tiger Yearbook (Ipswich, MA)

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meat of the nation, and reconstruction work will be taken up with new vigor. The immigration question, likewise, demands our immediate attention. Should we be overrun with Japanese under the present draft of the “League of Nations ? ’ ’ Would any foreign element invade our country in such numbers as to produce discomfort ? Should we lose our national independence under a League of Nations? These are a few of the questions that must be dealt with as Americans have always dealt with important situations in the past. Let us listen to the still small voice of duty in this critical period of our national history. Let all of us make national prob- lems and difficulties our own. Let every appeal of our national government sink down deep into the heart of every Amer- ican. Let our motto be “Onward” to ev- erything that is pure and good, so that those who have died in past wars and in this present conflict for the freedom of the world, shall not have died in vain, and that this nation founded on the pu- rest and noblest of principles and main- tained by the purest and noblest of men, shall forever stand for freedom, justice, and Democracy. Class Essay— SPENCER W. KING, ’19. CLASS PROPHECY It was one o’clock when I returned that night. Funny I should have kept such a late hour, no doubt I had been studying. Everything was dark, fearfully dark ! In the distance I could hear the groaning pine trees; behind me the sad lapping waves. A peal of thunder suddenly roared across the heavens. Then a flash of light- ning illumined the world. Whose forms were those on yonder rocks ? I stared, but all grew dark as of yore. Could it be, was it possible? I waited for another flash of lightning. Yes, it was they. My dear old friends : Burke, Johnson, Milton and Shakespeare. I called. With eyes accus- tomed to the unshadowed night they came. “Ah” I cried “Dear friends—” “Go, I pray” cried Shakespeare in a ghastly voice. “Yonder lightning will strike thee! Anything we grant thee if thou goest, thou child of the Muses.” I pondered. “Dear, worthy friends,” I cried sudden- ly. “Only this I ask you. Tell me of my beloved classmates.” Shakespeare turned to his companions. All nodded gravely. Burke began in his steady, straightfor- ward voice : “Heartlessly Althea has turned down her suitors. Five committed suicide, three have gone insane. He who won the much desired prize was an admiral in the navy. ’ ’ “All over the tvorld Austin is renowmed and loved : Caverly the worlds greatest violinist.” “Bessie has been married but — ah — I see her seeking a divorce in the high court of New York.” Milton interrupted — ■ 1 He who made the famous remark, “Don’t be so foolish,” now a grave, studious preacher in yonder Rowley resides.” “Golden crowmed Clarice sought a be- autiful youth. Alas — she failed ! Hov r she dwells in a poppy red house in Dan- vers. ’ ’ “Every joy Cora know r s, for on a light fantastic toe she trips.” “I see Jew ett as the world’s greatest ac- tor, acting in the greatest tragedy ever produced in the sun blessed Rome.” Shakespeare wdiispered : “Fair haired Edith, the most studious of them all, has had three husbands and five sons.” ‘ ‘ Blue eyed Ella longed to be a teacher. Long was the longing, for a teacher she still remains.” 9

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come great among the nations of the earth. The country was prosperous and the nation steadily grew, without any serious difficulties, until in 1812 England again tried the spirit and strength of America. This time it was a war on the sea. British ships seized American ships and seamen on the high seas. But we soon taught Great Britain a new lesson : namely, that justice and liberty reign, not only on the land, but on the sea as well. How well we remember Perry’s words on Lake Erie : “We have met the enemy and they are ours.’’ Our blood seems to flow faster in our veins as we imagine the tone and cir- cumstances under which these commemor- able words were spoken. Again we em- erged the victors, and this time we had the freedom both of land and of sea. We again started on a journey of suc- cess and advancement. We had eight times our original population, were stead- ily gaining in area and abounded in wealth. We had grown from a few states to a large and prosperous nation. No other country has had such a quick and widespread development. We Avere involved in no national dif- ficulties until in 1861 it became a question of whether or not the ' blackmail should have his freedom and obtain an equal standing with the whites. Another con- flict was the result and this time it was a great civil war. Again right was victori- ous, and in 1863, our beloved Abraham Lincoln, by a single stroke of the pen, signed a proclamation that gave over three million men that most privileged and divine right which God gave to every human being, liberty, the right to govern oneself. This was another achievement to add to our ever growing list. It Avas an eAent AAhich marked the pages of Amer- ican history, and a cause for AAhich many men laid doAA T n their lh r es. It established equal rights among men, regardless of creed or color. Noav again in 1919 we stand on the threshold of a neAv period in the develop- ment of our nation. We have just been engaged in one of the greatest conflicts that the world has CA er knoAAm. We have battled, not nation against nation, but nations against na- tions. We have fought not for our oAvn honor and glory, but for the freedom of the AAWld, to keep sacred these undying Acords of Lincoln, that, “All men are cre- ated equal,’’ with natural rights to the pursuit of happiness and of liberty. This time it Avas not a question of na- tional rights, of national freedom, for lib- erty and righteousness. Germany Avith her greedy hand of Autocracy Avas reach- ing out to crush the poAA T ers of Europe. She Avas AA T aging war regardless of interna- tional law. Americans Avere belittled and in suited. We Avere insulted on the high seas in the case of the Lusitania. Avhich had, perhaps, more to do with America’s entry into the Avar than any other single act. We entered the Avar, sent a seemingly never ending stream of khaki-clad boys across the sea, and to-day many of them sleep on the fields of France. Willingly and cheerfully, as Americans have always given, they gave their all. It is no Avonder AA ' e emerged victorious. It is no AA r onder Ave have the respect and admiration of the countries of Europe. It is to these hon- ored dead, that sleep in Flanders’ Fields that Ave owe all that AA e ha r e to-day. Once more the Avhirlwind is over. Noav let us all listen to the still small voice of duty that is calling us to soh r e the prob- lems of the Reconstruction Period. Let us all resolve that Ave Avill be Americans, with. American ideals and patriotism. Then, I am sure, Ave shall start on one of the most successful journeys that our nation has ever knoAvn. Such eternal troubles as lab- or agitation and social unrest aauII be un- knoAvn. Employer and employee will be A v orking for a common cause, the better- 8

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“Beautiful Elsie poses for one of the greatest artists in his masterpiece “The lovely Rose.” “Emily’s husband, or in other words, the prize clam digger, is a worthy man, and dear Emily has been blessed with four pair of twins, all honorable children.” Johnson spoke, “Not out of Ipswich did Ethelinda stray. She now pours tea in the Coburn Home.” “George is well employed. A fine sal- ary ho draws, giving lessons on reducing fat.” Georgia has had her voice cultivated, and now sings in the finest operas, and is known as “The Nightingale.” “T’was a terrible deed to kill the man Gladys loved out of wretched jealousy. Now she resides in the county house.” “After teaching five years Hildred’s name suddenly changes. Noav she is Noble for life.” “Alas” moaned Milton, drawing out his kerchief, “the never sarcastic Tozer ias left us. In his place reigns the musical Lucy Sturgis.” “Many were the notes bright-eyed Mar- garet wrote in class. But alas — they were not about my noted works. Of him they were, of a fine wife she makes.” ‘ The ever-loving-to-boss Myrtle, ’ ’ sighed Shakespeare, “lias fulfilled her greatest desire, and her ever-in-terror hus- band’s name rhymes with ‘lame’.” “Samuel has the gravest duty of them all, digging in yonder cemetery.” “As President of Manning faithfully King reigned. Noav Wilson’s place lie is taking in Washington.” “Doavii on a farm hi Maine bright haired Susie dAvells, aivaiting her absent sailor.” “I see Thelma at the age of fifty mar- rying a professor fifteen years her se- nior.” Milton smiles. “Once I longed for the life ever pious William lives; the life of a hermit with no friends but his geese.” Suddenly the spirits vanish, the light- ning and thunder cease and as of yore only the lapping waves and groaning pine trees break the silence of the night. ’ ’ LUCY BAILEY, ’19. AD ASTRA PER ASPERA To the stars through bolts and bars! Aim high ! Yes, high, higher than the tal- lest tree top, higher even than mountain peaks ! Aim for the loftiest object within your vision. “Hitch your Avagon to a star.” If your ideal is placed at such a height, the bolts and bars Avhich obstruct your Avay Avill melt into nothingness and all difficulties will be surmounted. “These perturbations, this perpetual jar Of earthly wants and aspirations high Come from the influence of an unseen star, An undiscovered planet in our sky.” Plodding along in our daily grind and rising no higher causes unrest and a feel- ing of unAvonthiness. We feel like a caged bird, who beats Avith patient steady toil against the bars of his prison until he suc- ceeds in breaking his bonds. This dis- turbance is occasioned by flashes of the ideal Ave hold securely hidden in our hearts, the ideal which urges us to rise above ourseKes, to burst our bars and struggle to gain the heights. When this strange influence is felt it brightens and illuminates our whole horizon. This striving to rise high is illustrated best in nature. The trees stretch their branches heavenAAiard as if to reach the very sky. The flowers, even the very smallest, hold their tiny heads erect as if proud of their place on earth. Even the 10