Ipswich High School - Tiger Yearbook (Ipswich, MA)

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His punishments, though perhaps seeming too severe, at the time, never rankled in the offender’s mind for lie has always made the wrong-doer see the foolishness and the wickedness of the misdeed and the justice of the punishment. Beside being so fair and honest with his pupils in the matter of discipline he has always wanted to help them in every possible way. He has always been anx- ious that his scholars should get through their work successfully, not simply be- cause he wished the school to make a good showing, but because of his good-will and friendship for every boy and girl in the school. He has never gotten angry at a pupil because his quarter’s work had not been passed or because he hart fallen down in his examinations. His way has been to find out the reason for the failure and then to try to get the pupil to set it right. He has inquired how the lessons were going and has always been ready to help a pupil through a difficult passage in Latin or a knotty problem in Algebra. Most men who have been teachers for twenty or thirty years get stale in their work. They take only a perfunctory in- terest in school activities and sometimes they begin to hate the sight of a school and every boy and girl in it. Mr. Mars- ton has never under any circumstances acted in this way. He has always had a lively interest in the school at every point, in keeping up the standard of ath- letics, in the Glee Club, and in all school affairs. He has never taken part to such an extent that he was thought domineer- ing. lie has kept, rather, in the back- ground, always ready with some wise sug- gestion. Even after twenty-five years of boys and girls lie has never tired of the scholars under him in spite of an occa- sional pupil who has tried to lie to him and deceive him. Besides his good qualities as principal of the High School, as a personal friend he is extremely well liked. His quiet hu- mor, his amusing way of putting things, his helpful suggestions, his personal charm, all make him an extremely pleas- ant person with whom to be acquainted. We in the High School especially know his wit and humor. Perhaps he is fondest of making jokes on himself and the whole school has laughed many times at his ref- erence to his hair, “which” he says, “is conspicuous by its absence. ’ ’ Altogether the scholars of the High School are losing a true friend, a fair and just principal, and a pleasant companion ; and we are all extremely sorry that we shall not see him in the school again next year. H. D. JR. 2

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THE TIGER Vol. I. IPSWICH, MASS., JUNE, 1920 No. 4 BOARD OF EDITORS Editor-in-chief, HOWARD DOUGHTY, JR.,. ’21 Faculty Editor, Business Manager, MRS. CUSHMAN FRED WITHAM, 21 LITERARY EDITORS: Ardace Savory, ’21 Hilda Scales, ’21 Julia Doughty, ’22 Sporting Editor, Class Reporters, Maynard Whittier, ’21 Dorothy Hall, ’21 Lucy Lee, ’22 Social Editor, Hortense Jewett, ’22 Dorothy Shaw, ’23 Catherine Caldwell, ’21 Parker Atkinson, ’23 Alumni Editor, Assistant Business Managers, Mary’ Martel, ’21 Richard Ralph, ’21 Exchange Editor, William Hayes, ’22 Nathan Sushelsky, ’21 James Burke, ’22 EDITORIAL In this, the second year of the Tiger’s publication, occurs an event which is a matter of regret to everyone of the pupils and alumni of the High School, and in fact to the whole town. We all know that Mr. Marston this year leaves the Manning High School, of which he has been prin- cipal for a quarter of a century. The scholars at present in the High School and the graduates of twenty-five years are all deeply touched by his retirement, the scholars because they can no longer hear his half-serious, half-humorous lectures in chapel, and the Alumni because they can no longer drop in to visit their principal and talk over old school days with him. All pupils will agree, no matter how much trouble they have gotten into or how many trying quarter hours they have spent in the office, that Mr. Marston has always treated them honestly and justly. Time and time again he said that he would meet us half way and that he would be square with us if we would be square with him. He has not only lived up to this but he has gone beyond it. A great many times he has gone much further than half way. How many of us have been called down to the office for some “ slight indis- cretion,” as he humorously put it, expect- ing some severe punishment, only to be sent away with a reprimand ending with, “We’ll call it square now.” But if Mr. Marston has not been a severe and harsh disciplinarian neither has he been the sort of person who is lax in keeping order and holding the pupils to their work. If any- thing really wrong has happened lie has always meted out a punishment equal to the offense but perfectly just and fair.

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SALUTATORY— OUR PROBLEMS We, the members of the class of 1920, wish most heartily to welcome you all to our commencement exercises. The fact that you are here this evening shows that you are our friends, and as our friends, you will be interested in the problems, the solving of which will determine the suc- cess or failure of our lives. Our chief anxiety is the choosing of a vocation. Fifty years ago such a choice was seldom necessary for most of the girls became housewives and most of the boys took up the life-work of their fath- ers. Today, there is hardly a girl who does not earn her own living at least for a few years and the boy who takes his fath- er’s place is now the exception rather than the rule. Literally scores of possi- bilities invite us — each with its own at- tractions and with its difficulties to be overcome. Some offer small salaries at first but promise rapid advancement ; others tempt us with a large salary, but repel us because they can offer little chance for promotion. Sometimes bril- liant financial prospects demand the sev- ering of home-ties and the forfeiting ol social pleasures and recreation. Again a position, the actual work of which seems in itself less attractive, permits a fuller life outside its bounds, a broader realiza- tion of ideals of usefulness and service. Each must choose for himself thp one for which his peculiar tastes and abilities are best adapted — the one in which he can make the most of his life. The problem is not an easy one and its importance in our lives demands that we bring to its solving the highest effort of which we are cap- able. When an architect is employed to erect some splendid building he uses all his science and his utmost skill — he spends hours and hours— working out the plans for the structure. Chosing a vocation is making the plan for the structure of our Jives, and our success as builders depends largely on the wisdom of our plan. Our first problem, then, is how we can make our lives most advantageous to our- selves. Our second — perhaps even great- er than the first — is how we can best serve our country. She insures us personal safe- ty, and freedom ; she affords numberless opportunities and privileges for our well being and happiness ; for twelve years she has provided us with free schooling that we might be better able to meet our prob- lems. We owe her much and we must pay our debt. When the United States entered the world war, her young men an- swered the call for volunteers with “We owe it to our country. We will pay our debt.” We graduates cannot pay our debt by fighting for our country, but we can pay it by becoming true and loyal citizens, by each giving his utmost effort to the solving of the problems of our gov- ernment. Bolshevism is not the final so- lution for poverty and ignorance nor is war the sanest way to answer interna- tional questions. Strikes will never end the disputes between capital and labor nor will continuously higher prices alone secure us from decreasing production of necessities. A definite foreign policy must ' be determined and immigration regula- ted. The coming generation must solve problems of government such as no na- tion in history has ever met successfully or our civilization must pass away even as have those of Egypt and Persia, of Greece and Rome. We, as future citizens, must solve these problems. Whether we shall succeed is a question to be answered by ourselves, alone, and, for the class, l say, “We can, we will.” Dear classmates, make my answer a 3