Maynard High School - Screech Owl Yearbook (Maynard, MA)

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SIEP IIOIR CLASS IROILIL Urho Aho — “I see truth with unreluctant eyes.” A quiet lad and one of the handsomest in the class. Girl shy, but no shy girls when he’s around! Aho is one of the sand lot base- ball players at the Roosevelt School Grounds. Although you didn’t go out for the high school nine, Urho, who knows, you still may play in the big leagues. Anthony Arcieri — “No farmer says his garden is full.” Orchestra (3). Quiet and unassuming, but friendly is Anthony. We also under- stand that he is an accomplished banjo player. Anthony’s interest is wrapped up in his uncle’s farm, where he spends most of his time. Seeing him about town with his vegetable wagon is a fa- miliar and welcome sight. Here’s hoping you go far in whatever you do, be it agriculture or music. Alexander Asciukiewicz — “All have eyes, but few the gift of penetration.” Orchestra (1) (2) (3) (4). “Rube,” standing for Rubinoff, the violin maestro, is a man of ideas. Give him time and he will be a second Marconi. He has already proved himself a wdzard with the bow. Edson Baird — “Children should be seen and not heard.” Edson is one of those quiet boys, but his puns are of a very high quality. He is the class Don Juan, especially concerning D. L. He is very much interested in the study of individuals. Would you like to be analyzed ? Edna Boothroyd — “How very small the very great.” Field Hockey (2). A quiet Senior, but one who always has a cheery disposition, es- pecially when seen roller-skating.

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THE SCREECH OWL 15 ture ? Have you a taste for what is good, true, and beautiful ? Can you speak the English language, or is your slang worse than it was when you first entered school? Have you oriented your thinking, so that you can relate your basic ideals and motives with the great values of life ? Can you bet- ter the example of your teachers and still be merciful in your judgment? Have you the marks of an educated person, among which are . . . self-discipline . . . self-improve- ment . . . self-expression. . . . Check up on these . . . and do it now! If possible continue your educational ca- reer. You need not stop for lack of funds. You can find ways and means of opening doors for further study and education. Choose some definite career . . . but do not train for this at the expense of culti- vating a well-rounded personality. That is, do not train to be a mechanic and come out thinking that because you are a good mechanic, you are prepared to live. You may be absolutely ignorant of many other important values, and someday you will have to face this lack. But prepare for something — so that you may be useful in life and find your place in the world’s affairs. And when you choose a profession or a definite work . . . don’t be mediocre . . . reach for the highest . . . and become the best. Read widely. Read history especially, and more than one angle of it. Read biography. Read of social trends . . . and above all read and understand the basic philosophies of life . . . and make a choice early in life, so that your years count for something. Re- member that we are here to make a life worth living . . . not simply to get a pay- check at the end of the week. Assume responsibility. Your advantages in school, in education . . . will they direct you into taking a fuller part in the affairs of society ... or will you be selfish with your advantages? To be selfish, no matter how you may be respected . . . means failure in life. To devote yourself to higher ends and assume your obligations means always success in terms of the highest. Be tolerant . . . but not wishy-washy. Toler- ance is understanding and appreciation . . . not lack of principle. Tolerance means that you know truth and realize that it often comes from unexpected sources. All peoples, nations, and classes have contributed to the growth and development of society . . . therefore, appreciate, give credit . . . broad- en your viewpoint . . . and lend yourself to the making of a more harmonious and peaceful world. Be the master of life . . . that means that you must detect error and false thinking . . . discern prejudice and refuse to repeat the sins of the past. It takes big people to becorne self-masters . . . but that is why we have education ... so that we may pro- duce more self-starters . . . and thinkers. And if you do not accomplish in a day, a year, or even a life-time what you know should be . . . don’t give up and quit . . . keep going . . . your working with the Stars .... and their light does not come to us in a day. In yourself ... be a Person ... a real Person. Cultivate integrity in every sense. Above all beware of becoming a “Pharisee” . . . one of those self-satisfied individuals (in spite of many splendid qualities), who without knowing it have substituted osten- tation for honesty of purpose, fear to take risks in life by substituting formalism for faith, and who always fail to interpret tra- dition by experience. On the other hand, be somebody by taking your principles, your attitudes of mind, your religion seriously enough to make them work. If you, in yourself, are a person worthy and valuable, then no matter how much or how little you possess, you will always be able to live bravely, victoriously, usefully. And remember that the final forces in life making for righteousness and stability are not the material but the moral and the spiritual. Society has every right to expect of its school graduates a loyalty to those highest of all values that are in the moral and spiritual realm. Take your place in the institutions of your choice, and in your church. I say in all seriousness, that insti- tutions like the church are among those which are forever challenging you to be- come the best, live the noblest, achieve the highest . . . and serve your brother men. And if you should throw away all this . . . saying to yourself that you can “better the instruction,” then try to do this one thing at least. Keep alive the sense of wonder. Keep your faith in the ultimate triumph of truth in terms of human personality . . . and make room for the mysterious . . . be- cause after we have planned and planned . . . advised and advised . . . careful that every detail be complete . . . life has an odd way of sending unexpected forces over the horizon, changing every preconceived notion of the outcome of events. Therefore, be merciful . . . for “mercy is the quality which is twice blessed.” For God is able to raise “even out of stones . . . His Prophets.”

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THE SCREECH OWL 17 Fred Boothroyd — “The- farmer’s care makes the field bear.” To look at Fred, one would never realize what his high ambitions are. He wants to be a “hog rancher.” “It Ain’t What You Do, Fred, it’s the Way That You Do It.” Alice Byrne — “Some think the world is made for fun and frolic, and so do I.” Alice is one of the jolliest members of the class. She wants to be an American Red Cross Nurse, and we’re sure she’ll make a perfect “Rose of No-man’s Land.” Her dimples and good humor will be a sufficient cure for any illness. Joseph Catania — “Believe that you have it and you have it.” Band (3) (4). The Gene Krupa of Maynard High who has given a sample of his skill at the drums during a few local dances. Keep up the good work, Joe, and you may have your own band. Nancy Costanzo — “Quietus make, her might.” Nancy is another very silent damsel from the Commercial Room. Though she keeps us in the dark concerning herself, we feel that she’ll succeed in all her undertakings. Mildred Coburn — “Nothing great was ever achieved with- out enthusiasm.” Field Hockey (3) (4). Mildred wants to be a physical education teacher, and if ability counts, she has certainly proved her worth by her contributions to basketball and field hockey. Since Mildred has acquired her car she gets around too fast for us. Step forward, Milly, and tell us what goes on when you and Jane step out.