Manchester West High School - Thesaurus Yearbook (Manchester, NH)

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wlthout strength XX e sslll the respect of others when If IS obslous to them that we hase falth ln our sels es New strength alss ass eomes to us lf we be llese ln oursels es If we look for the good and hase falth that If IS there, If ss lll rlse up to meet us COINS wlll not bus thls falth Ialth IS a hlddell root of llfe whlch keeps men strons Another treasure bullt wlth the heart IS OPIIIUISIN True optlmlsm IS more than a contlnuous performallee of hope It IS s ek lng the best, dolng the best, llslllg the best Where there IS OIDIIHIISU1, dl5COUI lQLI11LI'lI IS almost un known QPIIHTISUW sueeeeds because It looks for success The most lmportallt treasure we seek to de selop IS enthuslasnl We must bulld a great store of enthuslasms ln south for as we tras el along the pathw av of llf , we are sure to lose some To reach maturlts wlthout 6I1Il1L1Sl'l5l11 would mean an empts our es es open, so that llothlllg worthwhlle shall es cape us, and our pulses qU1LlxLI'l as we trasel along the road of llfe Ilnthuslasms keep the heart soung They broaden our mental horlzon If we contlnual ly seek these l'lldCl6I1 powers of the heart, then we can be sure that we shall find them to be treasures far better than gold These are some of the treasures we seek to bulld Wlth our hearts, we bulld others wlth our mlnds Through our I'l11DClS we refognlze OPPOITUIIIIICS, and dlscoser the nleans of taklnv adsantage of them But a tralned Hillid wlll FLLOUIIIZL them more qulckls than an uvatralned one wlll A tralned mlnd wlll also dlscoser the pOSSlblllflL5 The more We deselop those posslbllltles the more lI'1tCI'C5IS we hase IH llfe, the more successful we beeome, and the more sltal to those around us These thoughts ean be expressed IH no better words than those of Ollser XVendell Holmes, who wrote Bulld thee more statels INZIIISIOHS, O ms soul, As the swlft seasons roll' Lease ths low saulted past' Let each new temple, nobler thall the last, Shut thee from heas ell wlth a dome more sast Tlll thou at length art free, Leas lng Il'I1I1L outgrown shell bs llfe s L1I1I'CSI1DO sea' Sally Ayer WEST S FORTY NINERS Nobler IH mlnd, sturdler 1l'l bods, rlcher ln splrlt. we forts nlllers depart to take our places ln a world ln whlch youth must assume nesv responslbllltles, ae eept new Ll11llLIlE,L5, and os LYLOIDL new obstacles, 1 world whleh looks to south for IIS slewpolnt alld L0l1II'lbUIIOI'lS lhls IS all the more true beeause un paralleled adsallees Ill selenee and llldustry hase caused INOITILHIOUS ehanges Ill our dalls lls es Mans of these eonsenlenees were lles er dreamed of by our forefathers Ill 1549 Those men ssorked bs the sweat of thelr brosvs Ill seareh of gold They were the PIOIILLYS of the eenturs It was thelr Splflf on whleh the NVest was bullt We slneerely hope that same ploneerlnl' Splfll 15 llX1Ilg today Ill our hearts lor the world of today 15 111 desperate need of ploneers not Ollly plolleers of lndustry but plolleers of peaee, not plolleers to ex plore mountallls alld forests, but PIOHCCYS to ele ar the morass of lllyustlee and hatred alld to dredge the swamps of perseeutlon and preyudlee The svorld youth wallts lb not a fantass X outh does 110K LIIXISIOII a perfeet world But PIOIILLFS are needed to lnsure a better world a world of reallty It IS all sery well for us to want to follow ln the footsteps of others There remalns, howes er, the rlch reward of personal satlsfactlon for those of us who wlll become the trallblaaers of unknown helds of re search and dlseowery PIOIICCFS of a happler, more prosperous way of llfe The forty I11llCI'5 of a eentury ago were led by the glltter of gold They were Sefflilllg securlty and oppor tunltv through materlal ads ancement In the world of today, success IS measured for the most part, III terms of dollars and eents We hope to b eome succ ss ful, not only 111 monetary sense, howes er, but ln a splrltual way as well We must let our deslre for sue cess be motlsated by the hlgher prlnclples of llfe rather than by as arlce and lust for power XVe must nes er forsake truth and honor for dupllclty and de celt Loy al to these prlnclples, we shall enjoy succ ss ful llX1l1g alld be a eredlt to our school, to our IIZIIIOI1, and to our God XVe l949ers must go forth 111 the unquenchable Splflt of the 1849ers, keeplnv III Illllld these words of Ralph Imelson 'Not gold but only nlen can make A people great and strong Men who for truth and honor s sake Stand fast alld suffer long, Brase men, who work whlle others sl ep NX ho dare While others Hs Thes bulld a natlon s plllars deep And llft them to the sks james R Xezlon GRADUATION ISSUE PAGE TWENTY THREI1 rl 1 I 1 .' , 1.- 1 A - 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our mental physical and spiritual development here. Some of us may aspire to create engineering master preces to undertake medical research that wrll save the lrxes of mrllrons or to be the author of lrterary gems Others hope to become successful businessmen and women and there may be those who hope to improve the lrvrng condrtrons of the world through polrtrcal or spiritual leadershrp These are just a tew of our dreams We do not hesitate to hope for the fulfillment of such hrgh asprratrons because we have learned that rn America success rs attainable for those who aspire Some of us wrll find our paths to achievement comparatrwely easy to follow but for others the road may be harder and longer We must have courage and farth rn our dreams for these are not the fleeting dreams of childhood but the sturdrer richer more purposeful dreams of youth not to be measured wrth old g Constance Foley PLAYING THE GAME OF LIFE Have you ever watched an exerting sports event and become so enthusrastrc at the quick movrng ac tron that you felt an urge to play the game? Stop a mrnute however to think of all the sacrrlices that a player must make and of the long hours of trarnrng he has to undergo to be able to play the game success fully He must think of himself not as an rndrvrdual but as a single cog rn the smooth workrng wheel of team work The true sportsman must have self con trol he must be able to accept vrctory or defeat wrth a frrendly and spontaneous grrn To be an actrxe partrclpant and not just a member of the team the to see the game through to the Hnrshrng gun He must be wrllrng to wrn the game honestly always rem m berrng that cardinal pornt of sportsmanshrp trust worthiness There IS nothing so enjoyable or heart warming as the smile of vrctory after playing a hard fought game This rs the glowrng reward for hrs many hours of back breaking trarnrng and for hrs too nu merous sacrrhces which rn any athletes oprnron r better than gold Playing the game of lrfe rs like playing any com petrtrve game To be abl to play rt successfully one must make just as many saerrfiees and spend just as many hours of trarnrng as does an athlete The player rn the game of lrfe cannot be an rsolatronrst he must mmgle wrth the multitude rn order to proxe hrs worth He must work rn harmony wrth the rest of hrs fellow workers always taking an actrve part not just stand ing on the srdelrnes watching lrfe go by He must have the wrll power and the tenacity to complete the task that he has started Mistakes should not drs PAGE TWENTY TWO courage him' for it has been written that the only two classes of people who dont make mistakes are the dead and the unborn He should never accept mrs takes as final but should organize hrs faculties rn order to trrumph over all odds To quote Wrllram George ordan rn hrs essay Running Away From Lrfe To fight lrfe s battles one must keep close to the firing lme ust as the athlete must continue hrs trarnrng and practice so the player rn the game of lrfe must con trnue hrs educatron for educatron rs a lrfe long process If the player rn the game of lrfe has a broad and diversified educatron he will be an actrve partr crpant rn lrfe and therefore wrll be able to make more worthwhrle contrrbutrons to rt He can never truly measure the rewards of educatron rn money for they are rmmeasurably more valuable than gold A baseball player who gets only as far as thrrd base never scores Lrkewrse a player rn the game of lrfe who stops on thrrd never succeeds for success rs not measured rn thrrd base runs May that sprrrt of youth that dwells rn the mrnds and hearts of the boys and grrls of 1949 drrect them as they play the game of lrfe so that they may meet the changes that progress brrngs Amerrcas strength ts youth Robert Beecleman BUILDING WITH HEART AND MIND IS lfll One hundred years ago the 1849ers traveled slowly and painfully across our young country to the far West rn quest of treasure Some went solelv for the love of gold others went because they hoped to one hundred years that have pass d srnce that trme our country has gradually become materralrstrc more rnterested rn the frurts of wealth than rn the sprrrtual asp cts of lrfe Today 1949 we are burldrng but wrth an entrrely different purpose rn mrnd from that of those early proneers We are burldrng wrth our hearts and our mrnds All present day phrloso phers and leaders of youth are trying to instill rn the mrnds of young and old especrally rn youth the value of sprrrtual burldrng for rn the future we shall either strengthen or weaken our country We are begrnnrng to realize that pleasure luxury and rrches tend to weak n character and thus weaken our na tron Hardshrp trral and restrrctron grve new vrtal ity to character and therefore strengthen our natron What do we mean by burldrng wrth our heart? What ar the treasures whrch we hope to drscover by developing those powers that open up to us a rrcher and broader lrfea One rs farth whrch rs rnlinrtely more valuable than gold Wrthout farth we are THESAURUS I x 1 I 3 v , X . . 7 - , . . . ' 2 , . ' C I . ' - Y ' , , . .I 1 1 it I , . . . . . 4 ' 91 rc ' 9 3 Y . . . . . . . - . ,, , - , , , - , . ' 3 9 9 y ' I , , 7 I ' U 1 1 - . s 1 ' 9 . Q . . , 9 9 . . , I . . Y , 5 1 1 ' . , S player must grve his allg must have the perseverence build S0mCfhlUg Pefmalielifs fl URUOH- During the . . s - 5 ' , . . . , 5 - - - - , , - 1 1 , - e . , , , 0 . . . . . ' U v ' ' ' 1 o 1 , 1 1 .i ' ' . . 9 9 9 J . I 9 9 . 2 . . . . - V Q , I I P 1 i rf 1 'i 7 . . - , . ' ' ' ' 9 s l I h 5 - . 7 . X . . . 3 Q . D K - y y - 1 1 1 l 1 Y 1 1 7 ' . 9 ' 1 1 1 - P ' . Y 3 T . . O . . . . v . 0 , l u s 1 u - . - , ,

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