John Adams High School - Clipper Yearbook (Ozone Park, NY)

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14 flffefifiage flzam llfae THE FORUM contmues to promote the study of current top1cs among us We are regularly remmded of 1lS three fold objectlve of mformatlon dlscus slon and fuller knowledge through further 1nqu1ry But the very vcmety of topvcs and freedom ol express1on of conihctmg vlews create cr sense oi bewllderment Incxdent IS p11ed upon 1nc1dent charge follows charge 1n gen1ous explanahons come 1n raplcl success1on unt1l the hstener IS over whelmed by the confusion of l9Sl1 mony and ol counsels that asscul hlm 4 w I . I -

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' LXXX X s X 4- vig, X TO BE a semor IS to feel a warmth of heart for the past that reaches back and brmgs 1nto 1ts fond embrace the most prec1ous of treasured memorres It IS to feel a keen ant1c1pat1on of a future that w1ll be brlght and exc1t1ng There IS also a sat1sfy1ng sense of achrevement that goes wlth bemg a semor It IS a sense of havmg reahzed one small part of the goal whlch wrll eventually be galned completely A Semor Class IS symbollc of the strong determmat1on that hes lmbeclded ln the hearts of Amencan youth the determmatlon to learn to know the whys and wherefores of a vast um 3 K lilneda e verse But there IS more to that youth ful determmatlon than just leammg There 1S the desrre to put that knowl edge to use 1n a way that w1l1 help to perpetuate the Amerlcan way of hte ln 1ts economlc pol1t1cal and so c1al aspects The young men and young women who graduate from Adams 1n th1s class of Ianuary 47 can have no way of knowmg what awalts them m the years to come but they are we1lequ1pped and they are w1ll mg to take thelr places m the pattem of hte and hvlng m Amenca Phylhs Osgyam --5 'N ' .': 'A . 5' NS X , I ,sf-Q . .3 . l .1 ll' ,Q M I I git , f 0 3,

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In hrs apparently hopeless plrght he looks about eagerly for l'elp and the greater hrs rntellrgence and honesty of purpose the greater J h s dlffrculty In hrs deterr11nc't1on to do t're rrgnt thrng tru lrstenc trres valrantly to keep an open 'und and a suspended Judgment untrl he begn to resemble a perp exed Hamlet standmg at the cro sroads unable to reach a dec1s1on as to wh ch ro d to follow If all hrs study and rea onrng merely lead to such an attrtude of frozen rndecrsron hs las state rs worse than hrs frrst But there rs happrly no need of hrs castrng hrmself for so prtrable and the unfortunate and unnecessary ex treme to whrch even good qualrtres wrthout balance may brrng us He needs to be remrnded that a decrsron even though arrrved at wrth some doubt or mrsglvrngs rs essentral rn the world of every day lrvrng For there are answers albert rn some 1nstances tentatlve solutrons whose rmperfect and temporary nature should be recognrzed much as the true experrmental screntrst never loses srght of the lrmrts of hrs current work 1ng hypothesrs Such answers honest ly establrshed fearlessly faced and rrgorously tested w1ll g1ve a proper touch of decrsrveness to our Hamlet and thus they wrll not permrt the loss of the leadershrp we properly expect from one of hrs grfts hrs trarnmg and hrs s1ncer1ty But for these answers he w1ll need basrc prrncrples s1m1lar to the axroms of mathematrcs accepted truths that w1ll serve as a frame of reference rn determrnmg what to approve and what to reject from among the pro posals presented to htm In detarl these brxsrc prrncrples wrll reveal some rnevrtable dlfferences among 1nd1v1d 5 uals but rn broad outlrnes and rn fundamental pomts they w1ll offer vast areas of agreement among all m n of go cl w1ll l-or tlsese b src prrncrples form part of the herrtag of polrtlcal experrence end moral caprtal bequeathed to us by our fat e from many lands to 'rake up the 'nost precrous elements of our clvrlrzatron These trme tested standards of true an.l false rrght and wrong that can well serve a forms of conduc not only among men but mo'rg nat on as well have been 1m p essed upon us all rn a varrety of vavs wthrn and wvtnout the school fundamental truths have found more eloquent expressron anywhere than rn those rmmortal documents so hrghly prrzed by all Amerrcans the Declaratron of Independence the B111 of Rrghts and the Gettysburg Address Ne cannot know too well these con crse statemerts of democratrc prrn crples and natronal polrcy We shall frnd nothrng more helpful rn gurdmg us through the maze of our current problems than a thorough knowledge of these dynamrc truths and a pro found falth rn therr value Let those who remarn rn school re solve to know ever better and to use farthfully these basrc prmclples rn test rng the proposals advanced not only at forum sessrons but m all drscus srons Let us hope that our latest group of graduates w1ll carry wrth them on therr llfe Journey a deep knowledge of these and other sprrrtual prmclples no les a part of our patrr mony as herrs of all the ages May they never manrfest an unshakeable farth rn the lastrng value of these fundamentals Therem hes sure hope of happlness for themselves for our country and for all mankrnd A I I I . . . I . 9 , 'S 1 ' ' . o ' . . A. A. A . , .. I I I . . . . I . .3 . I . . A H . U 9 .. . ' ' G f- ls vc- - w I - J -A -LJ nA I l I. A . 3 I - . . . .. . i . - i a . ' ' . ' ' s ' ' s i t ' ' ' . a r 1 s , ' - . . . . 1 z . . , futile a role. He is merely illustrating In the area of government, these - no . , . . , I I A - I I . I . . S .- ' ' ll ' ll , . . . . . . . , .