Milford High School - Spartan Yearbook (Milford, NH)

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The VALEDICTORY And SALUTATURY C

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THE SENIOR YEARBOOK Mary: Darius: Mary: Darius Mary: Darius M ary: Darius: Mary: Darius take a chancel See McCallum and Clarkf, Charlotte andvGeorge have organized their own dance studio, and are giving Arthur Murray strong competition. Suddenly from behind one of the television sets appears two of our old friends, Everett Leach and jerry Villane, who are now employed as video maintenance operatives. Ex- perience in stage managing at Milford High School has proved very valuable to them. The next television set features jack Heelon with his Hour of Charm Show. As master of ceremonies, jack introduces Alma Trow, popular vocalist in and around New York City. This program is sponsored by the Brown Construction Company, famous for having rolled the sands of the Sahara Desert more effectively than Dick ever rolled the baseball field at Milford High School. The Quiz Kids program provides us with many laughs as we watch a few of our former classmates-Herrick Romney, Sal Crasso, Hazel Taylor, and Laura Karnis-who as professors are trying to outwit the kids. As usual the professors are outwitted. One of the questions asked is, who made the Hrst trip to the moon? One of the quiz kids mentions that John Nay is planning a trip to the moon. As assistants to john there will be Daniel Fraser and Robert Daniels. We aren't too surprised because we knew of their desire for travel. The door opens to admit Margaret Belanger and Charlotte Lavoie, who are on a shop- ping trip. They bring news of Milford to us. Sandra Hutchinson is coaching the Milford High girls' basketball team. Her sixty point record still stands, but with her coaching the record will soon be broken. The next set produces a few more friends - a sidewalk interviewer is talking with Laura Bianchi, janet Carpentiere, and Pat Regan. Pat's red hair certainly looks attractive on the color television. janet is supervising a large playground on Long Island. From the interview we learn that Laura is a Powers model. Laura always photographed remark- ably well. Mary, do you know what happened to Ralph Stinson? If you look at the latest Saturday Evening Post, you will find one of his cover illustrations. Many of his cartoons appear in prominent magazines. The final set features the Critic's Review. Joanne Skinner, critic for the New York Times, is interviewing concert pianist, Barbara Fisher. After a successful season, Barbara is planning to return to her summer home in South Lyndeboro. Seeing so many of our old friends on television certainly has brought back many pleas- ant memories. Those good old days at Milford High School will never be forgotten.

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THE SENIOR YEARBOOK Valedictory Doris jones Tonight marks not only the finish of our high school careers, but also the beginning of something far more important and far more serious than anything we have as yet undertaken. It is the beginning of a new life-a life in which we must learn to think and to act for the benefit of mankind. Tonight we also stand on the threshold of a confused world - a world filled with prejudice. It is a world which needs help - help which cannot come from the citizens of today, but must come from us, the citizens of tomorrow. It is our duty, as firm believers in just and equal rights for all, to assure these rights to people all over the earth. We must bring freedom, in every sense of the word, to every person on this planet. If we do no more than this in our lifetime, our years will have been indeed well spent. A huge burden awaits us, it is the burden of taking over what our elders left us. It will take a true believer in the human rights' doctrine to assume this responsibility with all the vital sense of justice and integrity which it will require. Let us hope that all of us will be thins endowed. For, if we are not, our handling of world affairs will only cause conditions to deteriorate. This must not happen, it is our job to improve conditions to wipe out totalitarian forms of government, to educate the ignorant, to improve the lot of the unfortunate, and to bring peace to this frightened world. To bring peace to the world is our most important du . Surely, no one who is pres- ent tonight wants a third World War. Have not the o world-wide struggles this nation has experienced in the past fifty years been enough? Have not our losses in life, material, and time been irreplaceable? Some people say that a third World War is inev- itable. They say that great and powerful nations cannot be at peace on the same planet. Conflicting types of government, ways of life, and standards of living - all contribute to war between such nations. They say that past history proves these statements, but are we living in the past? Must our history be a repetition of the past? Is our country doomed because we believe in democracy and other countries do not? If our country is doomed, it is because such people say it is. How can we avoid another war if people keep saying that it is inevitable? Peace is obtained not by war, bloodshed, and misery. We must learn to live peacefully and settle our differences in peaceful fashions. Only then can we say that we have taken the first step toward a world of peace. In this modern world of ours there is no place for war. Wars must become a thing of the past -as have the horse and buggy. We must give up our war machines as we have given up other antiquated phases of life. When we realize this fact, the world will be a better place in which to live. Then, and only then, will we proudly say that we are good American citizens. For it is up to us, as the most advanced people in the civilized world in other phases of life, to lead the way to everlasting peace. Why have we developed to such a high degree of perfection our different sciences, our industries, our education, and raised our standard of living, but allowed our inter- national relations to fall to such a low ebb? We claim that we live in the most advanced nation in the world, and yet we have not been able to keep on friendly terms with other great nations, or even with ourselves. Why? Are we a warring nation at heart? Do we,