Lynn Classical High School - Classical Yearbook (Lynn, MA)

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ITIOII ,906 gfg sv- 'E x LN Q-Ja! f I1i0I'HCl!l0I'ICL ldlfl !0I' yllllll BETTY FAUS 1950 ln our present troubled ttmes one of the most tmportant requtrements for us as young people ts that we recogntze our obltgatton not only to our nattve country but also to the whole world We must realtze that as our world has be n drawn more losely together by modern tnventtons so our problems have be ome tnternattonal and requtre an tnternattonal phtlosophy Too long young people have been complacent about a narrow potnt of vtew ctr cumscrtbed only by the lesser hortzons of an tnttmate world now we must realtze the necesstty forabroader vtew Only when we recogntze thts necesstty and set about tatn freedom and peace Thts most destrable phtlosophy for youth has never been the commonly accepted pattern Amertca however through her strategtc posttton as a leader of nattons can tntttate and even asstst wtth prote ts among the young prote ts tn whtch art tnterna ttonal potnt of vtew can be culttvated So drasttc a change from nattonaltsm to tnter nattonaltsm cannot be achtevecl wtthout effort but the effort must be made Co opera tton wtth plans already put tn actton by vartous governmental and prtvate organtzattons for the purpose of culttvattng an tnternattonal potnt of vtew ts needed There are many such protects and perhaps one of the most tmportant ts the ex hange of students teachers and workers a program whtch has been tntttatecl by the governments of sev eral countrtes lt ts ertatnly beneftctal to read about other countrtes thetr people and customs but not unttl one vtstts a country and meets tts people can one sympathettcally understand that country and tts ctttzens Student ltfe ts conductve to revealtrtg the real heart of a country and the so tal habtts and phtlosophy of tts ctttzens In becomtng ac quatnted wtth students one meets a cross sectton of many dtfferent types wtth the qualtttes common to youth vttaltty tntelle tual curtostty a destre to understand and to be understood By shartng datly experten es and by talktng tnformally a student may come to know the ctttzens of other countrtes almost as well as he knows hts own brothers and ststers Then real understandtng becomes not an tdeal but a posstble realtty It ts to be hoped exchange students wtll return to thetr nattve lands wtth a true ptcture of the natton they have vtstted and wtll pass that genutne tmpresston on to thetr fellow men may X - -H qu fa , .-' lvl , X, - A 'X F s-1 V l Q , . A H940 7 - G ?A' L Q, 7 4 -32 . A e achteving the needed adjustment through wise guidance and education shall we at eleven

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,-mnfafwn aff Q an f HENRY MOSYCHUCK ln thls our last year 1n Classxcal we have come to apprec1ate how srgmhcant a part the school has played 1n developmg our characters and rnfluenclng our att1tudes Then too dur1ng th1s yast year we have been more defmltely aware of the school equlpment more alert to the needs of the puplls and teachers Class g1fts are a tradt t1on ln the Graduatmg EXSICISES Thts year knowmg that we too would lxke to leave beh1nd a memento of our class we have grven a great deal of thought to the selectlon of a sultable g1ft l..1ke classes who have preceeded we feel bound to the school by t1es of affeatlon We w1ll always remember our Classlcal days w1th pleasure and too w1th a reahzatlon of our obl1gat1on to our Alma Mater No person can really repav another for a klndness shown or a help g1ven but nevertheless the apprecratlve heart 1S aware of 1ts debt ln th1s sp1r1t the Class of 1950 has chosen a g1ft for Classrcal After careful consrderatlon the Class Grft Commrttee has de 1ded upon four cha1rs for the Mam Offlce These chalrs brlght and colorful w1ll we hope enhance the beauty of the O111C9 and lend to 1t an atmosphere of ch er W1th th1s g1ft the Class of 1950 w1shes to say Thank you to the faculty and to Mr Buckley for the understandmg and k1ndly gu1dance that we have experlenced 1n our y ears rn h1gh school To you Anna as a repre sentat1ve of the undergraduates the class of 1950 QIVGS thrs check wh1ch w1ll materl ahze lnto our class g1ft Wfth 1t goes an express1on of our loyalty and affectton for the school and our best w1shes for 1ts conttnued success as an educatlonal force 1n our commumty CCe,9fdl'lC2 0 CL56 f ANNA PA PAZOGLOU Thank you Henry l am very happy to accept for Classlcal the g1ft you have so graclously offered The selectron wh1ch you have suggested IS l am sure one that w1l1 certa1nly add to the attracttveness of our school The memory of the Class of 1950 w1ll always be al1ve 1n our hearts but 1+ cannot but be 1ntens1f1ed by a g1ft so attrac t1ve and colorful We well understand your deslre to leave wlth the school a deflnlt remembrance of your class and we real e the pleasure and satrsfactlon that 1S your rn makrng thls g1ft As 1 accept rt allow me as representatlve of the undergraduate to offer you not only the apprecratlve thanks of the school but also all good wlshe t you and to each of your classmates who have so generously 11'1SCflbed the name of th class of 1950 IH the memory of Class1ca1 May ea h of you flnd all the happlness and success that you could hope for 1n your future hfe BTI . A C7 . . , . 1 , f I ' - - , - I f f 1 . . . . A. . C - , , . . e . . . . .. ,. . , , . , . - , , c . 1 - ' . I . , . .E it' ' ' ' e , ... J . , JS , 'S O , . D C . .' F . . ln . c , .

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Many countrles xncludmg our own are tnterested and acttve rn thrs exchange sys tem There are fellowsh1ps scholarshtps and atds of vartous krnds furntshed by gov ernment by pr1vate and by college organtzahons for students golng from our country and for v1s1tors to our shores Through travel fellowsh1ps and scholarsh1ps through exchange of students teachers and workers the real Amenca of the average man can be mterpreted to the rest of the world So too can the rest of the world be xnterpreted to Amertca So gtganhc a proyect requtres careful study and orgamzatlon Above all tt demands the expend1ture of huge sums of money More organrzattons need to be xmpressed Wllh the need of actually contr1but1ng funds to rmplement th1s 1dea Cer tarnly the exchange plan should rece1ve our full co operatton Such a movement as the exchange plan has tts ortgm 1n youth ltself When students were asked what they constdered to be the factors for culttvatmg world mtndedness and an 1nternat1onal outlook they gave the hrghest vote to the rnfluence of teachers mlsstonanes and G I s who had vrstted fore1gn countrtes Th1s op1n1on would sug gest that we mrght be w1se to have an exchange of teachers as well as of students As the frrst few lxnes of the Un1ted Natrons Educattonal Sc1ent1f1c and Cultural Organx zat1ons Const1tut1on says Slnce wars begtn 1n the m1nds of men rt IS 1n the m1nds of men that the defenses of peace must be constructed and undoubtedly teachers tore exchange teachers would assrst 1n promotmg 1nternat1onal amxty for they would make the1r natlve countr1es more than names on a map The teacher as a mature per son lmparts to h1s students knowledge not only of hlS subyect but also of h1s country Thus through teachmg wr1t1ng and research the teacher makes everlastmg frrends not only for hlmself but also for h1s country Thus large goodwtll drvtdends come from the exchange of teachers As of Chaucer s Clerk of Oxenford tt rnrght well be satd glad ly wode they learn and gladly teache Perhaps one of the greatest servtces a person can make 1n Febulldlng our world IS by v1s1t1ng a war torn country ln order to help the people of such towns who ar stlll sufferlng from the wounds of war Last summer some 40 U00 purposeful men and women used their hol1days 1n th1s way They constructed homes schools play grounds parks cleared away rubble repa1red roads rebullt brldges and returned to the1r vartous countrles ennched by new frtendshtps strmulated by the heartfelt gratttude of the1r fore1gn ne1ghbors and tmbued by a vrgorous fatth 1n the ab1l1ty of the 1nd1v1dua1 to lnfluence the world These people remade not only burldmgs but also souls They gave dlscouraged people new hope and fa1th that the world was tnter ested IH the1r welfare One cannot vtew the confused s1tuat1on ln the world today wtth llS sorrow and sufferlng WllhOUl feel1ng that humamty has mtssed the real meanlng of ltfe The rules and gurdeposts for understandtng and fo happtness have been clearly g1ven us by great teachers ot the past and present but we have chosen not to follow these leaders and unt1l we do we shall not have the peace whtch humamty seeks Cifxisii have a great part in forming the minds and ideals of the citizens of tomorrow. There- , . . . - . S twelve