Malden High School - Maldonian Yearbook (Malden, MA)

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We Wave Gul' in 1957 Who doesn't love a parade? ls there any red-blooded American who doesn't thrill to the clash of the cymbals, the roll of the drums, the blare of the trumpets - whose heart doesn't iump lust a bit when he catches that first glimpse of the high- stepping maiorettes, the gaily-decorated floats, the band, proud and erect -- who doesn't feel a lump in his throat as the American flag goes by? What we thrill to is not the procession of people, instruments, floats, and banners - not the music and the noise. We are animated by the meaning behind all this -the ideal - the spirit. Take away the unity of the band, the cooperation, the togetherness, and what have you? A motley assortment of sounds, a discordant clamor. Remove from the decorated floats, the time, eFfort and loving care spent in the creation of them, and what is left? Gaudy scraps of paper, withering flowers, scotch tape, and thumb tacks. Remove from the American flag the patriotism, the feeling of warmth and security that wells up in the heart of everyone, and what have you? Nothing more than a piece of colored silk, fluttering meaninglessly in the breeze. Remove from the parade the ideal, and you have insigniflcance. The class of l957 has ioined a parade - one of lO0 years growth. This is the Malden High School parade. lts story is our story, and we, the class of 1957 tell it now, .as we know it, ln picture and printed word, we now review the parade which we have joined.

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