Ipswich High School - Tiger Yearbook (Ipswich, MA)

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Q 4 'W A WORLD TO Wi SONDRA REEDY Since we live during an era in which devastating wars violent atomic explosions political dissension and gen eral rebellion are prevalent, we are apt to feel helpless and useless in the wake of such upheaval In the presence of such world shaking events the ordinary individual believes himself insignificant and unimportant Often he retires into himself instead of realizing how much one person can do to better the world and how one person can influence the future The most obscure person can be very important Anyone who wants to exert a far reaching power may do so, but to do this he must be honestly concerned about the salvation of all mankind not merely in saving his own soul One small voice which makes itself heard on the side of truth is often a clarion call to action to those who can do something Once a sufficient number of people discover that falsehood is nothing more than the absence of truth just as darkness is the absence of light hate the absence of love and disease the absence of health then there is high hope that this old world of ours will one day come to know the blessing of a real and lastmg peace There are many basic reasons justifying consistent and continued emphasis on individual responsibility and par ticipatlon in shaping the destiny of mankind The teem ing millions of humanity are nothing more than you one person multiplied over and over again. By living a righteous life by spreading good and by simply doing well what is required of you you are doing your bit to bring the world closer to true unity through your every- day acts. In the words of lda M. Tarbell: If we want peace we must make men of common sense knowing what can be done and what cannot be done also men of good will. How are we to do that? l see no more promising path than each person sticking to the work which comes his way. The nature of the work its teeming size and importance matter far less than its right relation to the place where he finds himself. If the need of the moment is digging a ditch or washing the dishes that is the greatest thing in the world for the moment. The time the place the need the relation are what decide the value of the act. lt is by following this natural path that new and broader roads open to us moments of illumination come. There is the only reliable hope of the world. It takes in all of us but puts it up hard to each of us to fit the day s work into the place where we stand not crowding in another s place' no imitations no hurry growth always, l2 9 knowing that light and power come only with growth slow as it is There is a world wide group which has done much to insert truth in place where falsehood had been prevalent This movement is known as the Christopher movement a word derived from the Greek word Chrlstophoros mean ing Christ bearer The movement has no chapters no committees no meetings There are no memberships no dues Rather than have a large membership paying dues and doing nothing a Christopher is encouraged to do something and pay nothing The Christopher goes into the market place into a job of his or her choosing with out fanfare or flagwaving without doing anything sensa tional His or her simple task is to insist on truth where others are Intent on furthering falsehood to establish order where others are spreading confusion Where there is hate he tries to bring in love where there is darkness he carries light Always striving to implant more firmly the fundamentals which others are trying to uproot the Christopher emphasizes the normal rather than the ab normal Nothing remarkable may ever be required beyond a generous spirit of courage and daring He or she ex pects to do the usual not the unusual the ordinary not the extraordinary knowing that the steady fulfillment of duty often requires plodding devotion and day by day hard work even monotonous drudgery' yet this continu- ing sacrifice is constantly brightened by a driving purpose. Each and every one of us is however part of a group a group in which our aim and preparation will decide whether or not we shall be successful. More than any- thing else this devotion to a cause will render a tremen- dous service not only to ourselves but to humanity as well. Education must stress one fundamental fact which alone makes social living possible: man must be edu- cated for his ultimate goal in life. In order for a person to get anything out of life he must have a definite aim in the attainment of which he gives his utmost espe- cially to effect a better world. Education - good educa- tion - must point out teach and emphasize most con- vincingly that man shall not live by bread alone. lt must be dedicated to the proposition For what doth it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul? Education must stand for liberty to exercise the rights that have been given us' otherwise it will yield to tyranny. Education must train the human will along with the intellect. lt must produce a free man. This is the basic education which our founding fathers urged as needed for the perpetuation of the Republic. , . fi , , 4. 1 1 , . . .. . . . . ,, I I - ' - I . 1 1 ' , 1 . . . . . , I , . l I ' , 1 - 1 I . I 1 1 1 I 1 1 . 1 1 1 . ' 1 1 ' , - . . . . I 1 . . . . . . 1 1 I I ,1 1 1 - . . . . . . , 1 . . 1 - I I I ' - I I I 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 , 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' ' 11 1 11 11 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1

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DAVID WHIPPLE Why then the world s mrne oyster Whrch I wrth sword wall open Nrckname Whrp Appearance Bashtul Lrkes Ted Wrllrams Drslrkes French Pastrme Ployrng Golf Ambrtron To own a Cadrllac Ask Dave what hrs ambrtran rs and hell tell you wrth that sudden toss of hrs head and hrs lopsrded smrle Im gorng to be a mrllronarre We actually belreve he wrll too Hrs outstandrng athletrc obrlrty has won hrm the co captarncy of thrs years basketball team Playrng golf and wrrtrng for the Chronrcle also occupy much of Doves trme To Dave one of our best loved classmates we wrsh a lrfetrme of happrness and success Basketball l 2 3 4 Co Captarn 4 Letter 3 4 Junror Prom Commrttee 3 Cop and Gown Commrttee 4 Cub Staff 4 Trger Staff JOHN WILSON A man thats resolute and rust Farm to hrs prrncrples and trust Nor hopes nor fears can blrnd Nrckname Johnny Appearance Rugged Lrkes Money Drslrkes Homework Pastrme Workrng Ambrtron To be a truck drrver Dependabrlrty rergns supreme rn Johnny and because rt he rs well lrked by all hrs classmates Hrs rnechanrcal rnclrnatrons have enabled hrrn to produce admrrable work rn shop Hrs abrlrty to take o rake rs rllustroted by the tact that although he was Innocent of any mrsdeed he has been constantly accused by those on the rumor prom decoratrng commrttee of cuttmg the parrots too brg John s perseverance whrch has helped hrm on the basketball court wrll lead hrm to success rn whatever he undertakes Basketball 2 3 4 Letter3 4 Junror Prom Commrttee V21 A If I - , , , , . , . , . l I I I I - I I I , , , . . rr ,, of , - . , r , , ,

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I . , I lt IS also our Iob to flght where we can for the SBCUYIYY of countless mIlIIons who cannot fIght for themselves We must no longer remaIn aloof utterly preoccupIed wIth gettIng more and better food housnng clothIng comforts and pleasures for ourselves When a mIIIIon dedlCGfE themselves unselfIshly to the servIce of man kInd It TBQUITES P0 great stretch of the ImagInatIon to reolIze what a for reachlng transformatlon can take place not alone In Amenca but all over the world You, one person can play a vast part In effectIng thus transformatlon The world IS constantly In o state of flux but the extent of degree of the flux depends upon those who frequent or InhabIt the earth at a gIven tIme Each era has thought that IIS problems were the greatest So too do we Fears expanded when the hydrogen bomb ex ploded, natural fears but not Insurmountable As Frank lIn Delano Roosevelt sald In hIs Inauguratlon on March 4 I933 There IS nothIng to fear but fear Itself ThIs fear buslness IS a chaIn reactlon whlch parallels the reac tIon of an hydrogen bomb Why then cant we make fhIS chaIn reactIon work for our good? That IS each person con be a tIny atom explodmg good to hIs neIghbor Imaglne If each person Slfflng here were to make up hIs or her mlnd to try to InstIIl gust a lIttle feelnng of con fIdence trust and faIth Instead of dreaded fear how much could be accompIIshed Tomorrow mentlon to a fellow worker how destructlve the hydrogen bomb IS and what IIS consequences wIIl be Then watch hIm take the ball and go Then try the opposute course of spreadIng faIth optImIsm and confadence and see what happens The result could amaze you We lIve In a world whlch IS constructed theoretlcally lIke an Inverted pyramnd It starts at the bottom Wlfh the IndIvIdual and welds fIrmly Into the famIly the com munIty the state the natIon and eventually broadens out to embrace the whole world Each one of us by utIlIzIng our 0bIlIll6S to help the other person and thus hastenIng the day when a true peace wIIl reIgn IS doIng hIs bIt to change the world I thInk thIs prayer wntten by St FrancIs of ASSISI over seven hundred years ago expresses exactly what I want say beoutlfully and perfectly Lord make me an That where That where Splflf of That where That That That That Lord where where where where grant To comfort Instrument of Thy peace there IS hatred I may brIng love wrong I may brIng the forgIveness there IS there IS dIscord I moy brIng harmony there IS error I may brIng truth there IS despalr I may brIng hope there IS shadow I may brIng Thy lIght there IS sadness I may brIng Ioy that I may seek rather than to be comforted understand than to be understood love than to be loved Ol' y QIVIHQ that one receuves, by forgettIng that one flnds by forgIv ng that one IS forgIven by dyIng that one awakens to eternal I e AMERICA - A CITIZEN S PARADISE BERNARDINE Goat Have you ever stopped to reolIze just how fortunate you are to be a Clfllen of the Unlted States9 If thIs questIon were asked of you what would be your honest reply? Would you proudly answer yes or would you meekly answer no 9 Unfortunately I am IncIIned to belIeve that not many of us could answer In the affIrma tIve Qulte often we forget the Importance of our dem ocratlc Ideals and yust take thIngs In our strIde We faII to recognlze the value of the rIghts and prIvIIeges be stowed upon us by cItIzenshIp although we do not faIl to utIIIze them If my grandparents had not been fortunate enough to leave theIr natIve land and come to a freedom IovIng country such as Amernco I should now be IIVIHQ In terror strlcken Poland under Russlan domInatIon When I pIc ture what my IIfe would be lIke If I were a teen ager In Poland today I am fIIIed wIth gratItude that I IIve In free democrotIc Amenca After a few hours of sleep I would awaken to begIn my long day s work Perhaps I am no longer IIVIDQ wIth I3 my own parents or my own famIly but have just been placed ID a home wIth strangers These people are not pleased to have an unknown gIrl In theIr home but they cannot vonce theIr opInIons They know what has hop pened to others who have offered advlce or expressed theIr OPINIONS I am not at all happy wIth these condl tIons but I too fully reaIIze my fate If I should com plaIn Thus house IS not equlpped wIth any of the modern convenlences and even the heatIng of the house often depends upon Mother Nature After eatung a rather meager breakfast If any at all I begIn my long walk to work SINCE I am just a common workIng gIrl I cannot afford to rIde to work as that for me IS a luxury My workIng day begIns at an early hour and IS not IImIted to only seven or eIght hours a day My work too IS not determIned by my physlcal abIlIty and my wages are hardly worth speakIng of lf my health IS faIlIng and I am unable to do certann tasks I must forget about myself and CONTINUE on wIth my work I do not have any sIck leave hospItol benefIts or unemployment Insurance My workIng condItIons are Ol