Ipswich High School - Tiger Yearbook (Ipswich, MA)

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My Kind of Art I love the sea — the dark and bitter sea, And the surf along the shore; I love the tides that come and go, And the storms that come before. I love the twilight and the grey dawn, The rocks and the trees in the lane; I love the splendor of a high hill, And the laughter of the rain. I love to sketch a clouded sky, And a beauty that wells in my heart Of people, and life, and all these things That belong to my kind of Art. — Gertrude Berry, ’32. I Don’t Know Why I don’t know why I want to stay Out in the woods at the dawn of day, Or walk ’neath the moon over fragrant hills, And listen for notes from the whip-poor-wills. I don’t know why the sky seems bluer, Or the clouds that float through it seem fresher and newer. Or why the scent of the new turned sod Makes me realize the power of omnipotent God. I don’t know why the pines rejoice With an audible, happy, crooning voice. I don’t know why my heart should sing, Unless it’s the call of awakening Spring. — Robert Clogston, ’33. 18

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Song of the Stream I know a deep and cooling spring That trickles away, such a little thing, Rippling and dancing o’er the stones With a hundred melodious soothing tones; Stopping a moment, but ne’er to abide; ’Neath the out ' flung roots of some giant tree, Cooled in some shadowy deeps may be, Warmed by a dance o’er a sunny rock ’Till it murmurs in fairy or elfin talk; Leaping from rock to rock below, Seeking a level where it may flow, Leisurely twisting and winding along, Hearing and answering the thrush’s song, Languidly breathing the flowered air, Whispering low in the rushes there, Broadened and deepened all along By numberless brooklets that join the throng, Each seeking each in close embrace; At length from the distance a murmur grows, Stilling the murmuring stream that flows, To silence as it nears the sea, And loses itself in eternity. — Robert Clogston, ’33. Of Dearest Worth ' J ' HESE are the things I hold of dearest worth : Light of the western sky With long white clouds floating by. The white ' winged bird in its flight, And the peace and solitude of night. The mysterious quiet of the hills, And the passing murmur of little rills. The catching sound of drops of rain Beating upon the window pane. The white ' Capped waves upon the sea, And the tall splendor of the tree, The twilight and the darkening blue, And the wonder that such things are true. — Gertrude Berry, ’32. 17

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Graduation Essays America’s Foreign Policy By Henry Prisby V THEN the United States gained its independence from England through VV the Revolutionary War, she adopted what was called an isolation policy which meant that she considered it unwise to interfere with European affairs. The policy was proposed by Washington when he issued his famous Proclamation of Neutrality and was later strengthened by the Monroe Doctrine. And so it was that the United States avoided foreign relations and kept out of foreign affairs as much as possible. It was not until after the United States emerged from the World War, a creditor nation, with Europe looking towards her for support that she changed her ideas toward entangling herself with foreign nations. This was so perhaps because of the fact that the United States, because of the capital involved, felt that she was obliged to do so. For a period after the war international trade increased tremendously. At the same time Germany asserted that she could not build herself up economically if she were forced to pay her war debts. An international corm mittee investigated and reported that Germany could bear a reparation debt burden of $625,000,000 a year. That was the Dawes Plan, and upon undertaking to put the plan into effect, the German Government borrowed $200,000,000 in gold from Great Britain, France, and the United States, to begin a policy of fulfillment. The Dawes Plan, however, did not state how many years this burden should be carried. It had not fixed the total amount of reparations to be paid, and for this reason a second body of experts tried to decide on a new plan. This committee made an analysis of Germany’s resources and declared that she could afford to pay only $400,000,000 a year. That was the Young Plan, and upon undertaking to make this plan work, the German Govern ' ment borrowed $300,000,000 from Great Britain, France, and the United States to launch itself upon a second policy of fulfillment. Thus we see that measures were taken to aid Germany. Even then she claimed that she was unable to build herself up. Accordingly, German bonds were floated in the United States, paying high rates of interest and on which Germany borrowed millions of dollars. Then last summer in her political and economic crisis, she stated that she could not pay her reparations unless she could borrow more money for a period of six months. President Hoover, thinking to relieve the situation, declared a moratorium of one year on war debts. Other European countries enter into this question of war debts also. France, Great Britain, Belgium, and others had been collecting as reparations from Germany somewhat more than $400,000,000 a year and had been pay- ing on account of their war debts to the American treasury less than $50,000y 000 a year. Thus a general international war debt holiday to save Germany would cost them the difference or more than $150,000,000. Great Britain had been collecting from her war debtors only $50,000,000 more than she 19