Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts - Mohawk Yearbook (North Adams, MA)

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Eehinaturp Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long upon the land u'h1'ch the Lord thy God giveth thee. Once, mid life's great rolling tide We pause to think, and turn aside, To ponder on the things that be: Why we exist in this, life's sea. Ah, we need not seek so far For those who made us what we are. In eyes of love We see the light Which shines for us both day and night. Yes, it's Mother sitting there, And Father bending o'er her chair. That happy picture which we see Will shine thru all eternity! So in love, we dedicate Our book to those Whom kindly fate Decreed our parents fond should be Revere and love them as do we.

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QS- mfg! QQ T . 5, pl, N FAC ULI T -iff ff I' F .- .J:q..Q. ' H V .x . M U! e all - H DUCATION is not what is done for a person but what is done by him. Men and women have be- come great only as they have ceased to repeat the past or to reflect institutionalized thought and practices, only as they have been whole-heartedly and inces- santly self-impelled to the accom- plishment of an ideal arising from and in agreement with the fun- damental verities of human life. A great teacher of the past is useful to me only as I understand his self-activity, his devotion to his ideal, and interpret his life in terms of my every day existence. Every man, woman, and child is significant and energizing to a teacher whose motive and method are not tothe end of acquiring scholar ship but to the purpose of developing self-power in his pupils. There are so many unknown personalities about us, so many l opportunities, so many arresting traditions, so little prophetic instruction, that a teacher must betake himself to the great reformers of the past and to the great innovators of the present for enlightenment and inspiration. and to children and youth for motivating power. Happiness beyond measure is the reward possible and actual to every teacher who jour- neys with his pupils into their future. To such a teacher it is better to travel than to arrive. Prz'1zr1'pul F. F. ilfurdorlc 11