Ipswich High School - Tiger Yearbook (Ipswich, MA)

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ers, the school committee and those who have helped us acquire our education. On behalf of my classmates, I wish to express my sincerest thanks to one and all. Classmates : four long years we have worked together with the enduring spirit constantly before us, and now that our years of preparation have ended and our paths are to separate, we must con- tinue to keep before us the light of the persevering one — he conquers who en- dures! “Vincit qui partitur!” Ruth Marr. SALUTATORY. “THE MEANING OF OPPORTUNITY. ” We, the Class of 1922, extend a hearty welcome to our parents, school commit- tee, teachers, and friends who have given us one of the greatest opportuni- ties of our lives, that of enabling us to complete our high school training. Our high school course gives us the opportunity to better ourselves, to bet- ter our community, and to fulfill our obligations to our country. Opportunity is defined as a “favorable circumstance.” It is not chance or fortune. It is a defi- nite condition. It can be relied upon. Its foundations are firm. It has no limits. It may be small or it may be great. The opportunity offered us is very great. For some of us it leads to a high- er institute of learning or a place in the business world which to-day has so many wonderful openings. Here again are greater opportunities to raise our- selves to a higher level ; to live, not mere- ly to exist. So the lesser leads to the greater. This great opportunity, this favor- able circumstances is boundless. It has given us the chance to benefit our com- munity. We, who now realize the great importance of public libraries, hospitals, means of recreation, and most of all schools, may use our influence to estab- lish these institutions or better them as the case may be. Furthermore, a better community presupposes a better government. By becoming better citizens, and by per- forming our duties of governing in an efficient manner, or by electing officers who will better carry on the work of the government, we are extending our com- munity work and making it benefit ojr country as a whole, and at the same time we are fulfilling our obligations to our country. We have learned that we must work to gain the benefit of every opportuni- ty, but we have likewise learned that the results to be gained from making the most of these opportunities far out- weigh the amount of labor expended. Or in other words, as someone has said, “The only assurance that we are not missing the one opportunity lies in mak- ing the most of every opportunity; in treating every day as if it were the one eventful day of life; in trying every door as if it were the one entrance to the palace; in doing every piece of work as if upon our fidelity de- pended all our future lives. The man who works in this spirit may safely leave the future with God. Whatever material success is worth having, he will command. Better than all, he will be sure of that greater success which is expressed in character, that ‘sublime health which values one moment as an- other, and makes us great in all condi- tions, and is the only definition we possess of freedom and power’.” CLASS HISTORY First of all let me introduce to you he characters figuring in my history 22

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tion, “Are we in the right place, the place where we can be most useful and most serviceable?” We can be happy m our life-work, only when it is counting for something. We need to be care- ful lest we take the easy path and the path of least resistance, rather than the path of duty. Whatever trade or profession or calling one undertakes, he must be doing and giving a real serv- ice to God and man. We must not make drudgery but serv- ice our daily work and this can be conquered only by real and honorable labor, for as Dryden says, “They con- quer who believe they can.” Let us turn our thoughts back to the time three hundred years ago, when the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth. They re- solved to found a country which they ould proudly call their own. Could they have done this if they had not endured misfortunes, hardships, privations, and Indian scares, which were indeed enough to discourage the strongest of hearts? No indeed! the sturdy bard grew, and what is more , endured the oppressive taxes and the worst periods of suffering to found a home for all freedom-loving races. Many great men have we had in our country, men of honest hearts and true 1 deals, who have made success by per- severing in the most trying times, and have made themselves examples to oth- ers and an inspiration and model. George Washington began as a young man, led his small army against the English and Indians, and did he give up? No! by repeated efforts, he over- came his foes, and helped to make America the free land it is to-day. Abraham Lincoln, the poor boy, born in a log cabin, the rail-splitter, and clerk in a country store, “Honest Abe” as he vas called, what did he not attain by enduring the hardships of the life which he had to live? He made the most of his humble surroundings, taught him- self how to read and write, and by do- ing this he helped to bring himself up tne ladder of success, beginning from the bottom, and climbing round after round of the ladder, slowly, but with a firm footing and hold. How can we account for the great in- ventions which take years and years to plan and develop? They sometimes take the whole life-time of a man who never gives up but plods on and on until he reaches his goal. One great living example to the world to-day is the suffering and endurance which we experienced during the world war. But ! what was our suffering com- pared to that of little Belgium, of war- ravaged France? There are indeed many examples of those who have endured through the hardest of trials and have come to the end victorious. We have been favored with the spe- cial equipment and preparation such as is taken advantage of by an all too small proportion of the people. But it is only preparation and not conclusion. There is net such a thing as finished education. The world must contribute its prac- tical experience, its intimate knowledge, its discipline, and disappointments, to complete the equipment. We can learn much from books but if we learned only from books, we would learn only the wisdom of the past. Humanity is seeking for those who can see widely, clearly, and fearlessly and men all about us need the best we can give them, and we cannot give our best without enduring the difficulties ac- companying our upward strivings to seek the things that are higher and bet- ter. We, the Class of 1922, shall never for- get the debt owed to our parents, teach-

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that you may better understand the events in which they have figured. Of course you all know Ruth Marr, our valedictorian. She can make a Ford do the three-step dance. She brought the Rowleyites to our Senior play and the Ford turned around three times in the middle of the road before she reached here. And there’s Esther Webber, the shy lass, who found a box of chocolates in her desk in the freshman class, and ever since Esther has had a constant caller on Summer street. We all wonder who he is? Then comes “Al” Harris, who always has a smile, even though she walks into class every day a minute after the tardy bell rings, and accidentally on purpose misses her spelling words, and cheerfully asks if she is late. Myrtle Sheehan blushes like a rose, but what would the Senior girls do without Myrtle for she is the “class p eketbook” at the recess rush. But wait, here’s Callahan the class artist ; his father says he can draw any- thing except wood or water. And Katherine Pearce — we almost lost her but she could never go amiss for she leans so strongly toward the church. I wonder if Katherine teaches Sunday-School Sunday afternoons? And Clasby — well, it would be impos- sible to enumerate the qualities both good and bad he possesses. He is a good heartbreaker, but when he takes the girls out riding he forgets to watch the speedometer. Tyler? Oh, yes, he would certainly make an attractive looking girl as ob- served by the seniors and the faculty at th last senior social. Bernice Narkun is always willing to give a helping hand to someone, even at picking apples in the fall. Then there’s Dunn — he almost got lost with Miss Pearce in the sophomore year but with his long strides he finally reached the goal with English honors. Ross Whittier, our president, forgot to bring his peanut-butter sandwiches to the food sale and when he went home after them found them gone. Where, oh where, did they go? Ask the junior girls, they know. Let us not forget beaming Charlotte Ames, who has gone back to kid days and brings a big, round, red balloon to school occasionally. When are you going to bring your rubber ball, Charlotte? Alas, here’s “Dot” Hills and “Bea” Smith ; we could not separate them for they are the dignitaries of the senior class. We certainly have a fine mandolin teacher in our class “Prof.” Nicholas Kalaboke. Ask “Al” Harris, she knows. We hear that Rosamond Reilly is a good rooter for our baseball team ; per- haps there’s a reason. And Mildred Mackinney, the sweet miss, who works in a dry goods store, sells goods as she learns her lessons, by the yard. Palmer Perley surely gave our class a good name in Rowley by winning a stick pin for perfect attendance at Sunday- School. Last but not least is Hortense Jewett, who says she wished the faculty would provide the mourner’s bench in the hall with cushions, including “dewey-feath- ered sleep.” One fine day in September in the year 1918 , the talented individuals just men- tioned with fifty-seven others entered the portals of Manning High to grace this time-honored institution with their presence for what seemed then four long years. The notice in the “Tiger” in- serted by the Seniors surely applied to us and read as follows: “In case of fire do not run, for green 23