Ipswich High School - Tiger Yearbook (Ipswich, MA)

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VALEDICTORY “Ad astra per aepera:” To the stars through difficulties In these days of wonder workings and seemingly miraculous performances, a literal interpretation of this motto would perhaps not seem far fetched. We are not, however, contemplating a visit to Mars or any other planet, possible though it may be in the not too distant future. But by the stars we mean to symbolize lofty ideals and the highest things in life. Nor must we neglect to emphasize that part of our motto which recognizes that only by meeting and overcoming diffi- culties can those ideals ever be attained. Young men, and young women, too, of today, are not willing to sacrifice a lit- tle pleasure, nor are they willing to serve an apprenticeship until the best things in life have been earned. When they grad- uate from high school or college, they want a so-called “white collar job.” They want to step into a manager’s position or nothing. They are riot willing to start at the bottom and work up as our fore- father:; did. They are not willing to take the rugged path to the stars but want the easy way. Life is a mixture of good and evil, happi- ness and unhappiness, defeats and victo- ries. It is the resistance of evil, the re- fining influence of unhappiness, and the courageous endurance of defeats which are character building and which make men and wom en great. If a thing is hard and you don’t like to do it, do it. That is the way to gain physical and moral vigor. By doing the hard and disagreeable things in life you show to the world that you are not a quitter. Dr. F. Crane says, “There are two pleasures in the world; the pleasure of yielding, and the pleasure of overcom- ing. If we give ourselves up to the pleas- ure of yielding, we finally become bored, and destroy our ability to enjoy. If we persist in overcoming and do things we don’t want to do, we learn to like to do them, we grow strong and vigorous, and our capacity to enjoy increases. Sav- ages and primitive people do not think much of a medicine unless it has a disa- greeable taste. This is a foolish idea, but the motive behind it is right.” We shall find that there will be difficulties and disagreeable conditions to put up with no matter what we do or where we go, but if we remember with Barrie that, “The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes to do but in liking what one has to do,” we shall find that the diffi- culties, though present, will seem of les.®? importance.” I was interested not long ago in read- ing an account in “The American Maga- zine” of a man named Stephen Mizwa. Eleven years ago he came to America from Poland in the steerage. He didn’t know one word of English and was poor. He is now Professor of Economics at Drake University, Des Moines. His first work was in a basket factory where he earned $5.60 a week. He studied nights because what he wanted most was an ed- ucation, while his room mates drank and sang. He beat rugs, tended heaters, and peeled potatoes while working his way through college. He won a junior class honor at Amherst and was one of two pupils who won honorary degrees. He received a scholarship at the post grad- uate school at Harvard and he was wash- ing dishes when he was offered his posi- tion at Drake University. He reached his star of ambition through difficulties but was happy in doing it. All of our great men have had disap- pointments. Do you suppose that Thomas Edison perfected every one of his inventions without defeat of his expectations? No, he worked until he had completed them to his satisfaction. He was patient and a worker. Like these men “Let us then be up and doing With a heart for any fate Still achieving, still pursuing Learn to labor and to wait.” We, the class of 1924, wish to thank our parents, our teachers, our superin- tendent, and school committee, and all those concerned with our welfare in Man- 18