Ipswich High School - Tiger Yearbook (Ipswich, MA)

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TIGER ‘43 Editorial. PROSPICE In a transitory and chaotic world disillusionment and pessimism are rife. What place have lofty ideals, beauty, music, or love in a world where peace is but a fleeting vision? The insidious tide of despair, doubt, and con- fusion threatens to engulf the young graduate. The only recourse is faith - - faith and greater vision. War is not the be-all and end-all here. Something that is fine and noble - - however small - - must come out of this war - - that is what we are fighting for. It may be true that the evil that there is in the world outweighs the good. But that spark of good has saved each successive age from complete destruction. It has even brought man, the corrupt yet the invincible, through the Dark Ages, through the period of slavery, to a world fraught with op- portunities. These advancements were not made by men sunk in the slough of despond but by men of vision. If we have faith we can move mountains. If we maintain a calm and steady belief not tinged by undue optimism or pessimism in the eventual trimph of good, we shall be able to see that there is still something of the beautiful in this world, as our artists and our poets tell us. 6

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THE TIGER VOL. XXIV IPSWICH. MASSACHUSETTS June, 1943 Published by the Senior Class of Ipswich High Sch ool FACULTY ADVISER Miss E. Margaret Allen EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Donald McPhail ASSOCIATE EDITORS William Senseney, Joyce Bousley BUSINESS MANAGER Erank Kyes ADVERTISING MANAGER . . Leo Marcorelle ASSISTANT ADVERTISING MANAGERS Celia Mallard, Eleanor Pickering, Thomas Burke, George Brown, Sylvester Conley, William Senseney, Frank Kyes, Barbara Swain. EDITORS OE CHARACTERIZATIONS Thomas Bamford, Johanne Black, Joyce Bousley, Jane Lathrop, Maureen Sullivan, Rae Everitt, Betty MacRae. SOCIAL EDITOR ... Barbara Swain ALUMNI EDITOR Claire Bolles ATHLETIC EDITOR Thomas Burke SONG EDITOR Joann Ross TYPISTS Joann Ross, Johanne Black, Jocye Bousley, Elorence Mavraides, Erances Bonczar, Rae Everitt. 5

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TIGER ‘43 Literary. WHY? WHY? WHY? In the library a boy who was looking over the shelves was asked what type of book he wanted. “Oh, this is for a book report”, he replied hurriedly so as not to give the im- pression that he ordinarily read. An- other person in answer to the same question confessed apologetically that he wanted a book merely for his own enjoyment. Then again there were the two students who while discussing another re marked signific- antly, “Oh, She studies” — as much as to say, “What a drip!” High school students seem to attached a stigma to reading and studying. They associate those who read with dull, studious people whom one must not imitate in order to be popular. In college the situation is re- versed. To be popular or even toler- ated you must be well-read. For college students realize the value of book learning. They know that books impart something more than facts. Literature, by interpreting some aspect or quality of the age in which the author lived, teaches tol- erance, a better understanding of character, and the qualities that make men great, and, in general, gives us a broader outlook on life. The study of language makes us better compre- hend the nature of foreign people. History makes us understand the pre- sent in terms of the past. Mathematics teaches concentra- tion: and the sciences, observation. As Bacon said: “Reading maketh a full man.” Why is it, then, that we high school students must continue to apologize for book learning? Joyce Bousley — o — THIS HUMAN RACE There are so many things I want to see and do before I lose youth and curiosity and enthusiasm: before I become content with a rocking chair, a purring Maltese cat, and an open fire. I suppose everyone feels the same desire to do things, special things, and I also imagine many de- sires are mutual ones. I v ant to bi- cycle through England some day when this war is won. I want to see Canada, and Mexico, and the high Sierras: I want to sail a boat along the entire Atlantic coast. Those de- sires are my castles in the air. There are other experiences I want to have, smaller and less significant, but when 7