Milford High School - Spartan Yearbook (Milford, NH)

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0I'l0l' .!46!6!I'0:i:5 Iamce Enkson Today lS Thursday Iune l3 l957 Iune 1957 a date that once seemed so far away 1S suddenly here The days of slngtng Llttle Ducky Duddle class p1ctures taken on the front steps of the school our grade school operettas our flfth grade debates our four years of hlgh school the tests and term papers the years we thought we d never ltve through are now just the crazy th1ngs we used to do ' Yesterday we were those SGUIOTSI In two short months some of us w1ll be those Freshmen' some w1ll be already managrng thetr own homes others w1ll be worktng and st1ll others help1ng to preserve our country s sacred treasures by thelr servlce tn the armed forces We as young people are constantly rernmded of the respon S1b1l1I1eS that are ours and the places we w1ll have to occupy ln c1v1c affalrs Everyday we read about the Untted States relatlonshtp wrth other countrtes 1n the world and real1ze that tn a short ttme these problems w1ll be ours to face I do not mean to pass over these future respons1b1l1t1es wlth a glance and a shrug but I also thlnk rt IS lmportant to stop for a mlnute for perhaps the last trme and thlnk over our past twelve years 1n school Dld these past years and experlences help us 1n any way so that we w1ll be better able to meet and overcome our prob lems as adults? These past twelve years that we are cornpletrng tonrght are so lmportant 1n our ltves and 1n the hves of every chtld and young person They are the formatlve years that take such an tmportant part ln determlnlng our future and w1th that the future of our country Durlng these years we are 1n elementary and hlgh schools We are constantly ln assoclatron wlth our classmates and we learn how to get along w1th them we learn tolerance and a few soclal graces as they are called that we w1ll need rn our future l1fe 1n soclety It IS true that such a socral educatlon and knowledge IS lmportant but 1S lt lmportant to a greater degree than the educatlon for whtch we are actually ln school? ls our soclal l1fe so lmportant that we should sacrlfrce our academlc educatlon for 1t'? Dr Arthur Bestor of the Unrverslty of Ill1no1s says emphatt cally NO' In h1s arttcle ln U S News And World Report he boldly states that we are less educated than f1fty years ago I I ' I - - u . 11 - I 1 1 I I , . I v ll ' I ll ' Il . . , ' ll II ' ' I 1 1 . , . 1 1 - 1 . , . . . I T K T I I n - 11 - - 1 1 I - - - xx 11 , . . . , ll ' Il

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rezuclenf 4 Weaaage Armand O Ne1l Here We are about to step off the threshold of hrgh school and out 1nto real l1fe Yes we the Class of l957 Wonder what IS belng held ln store for our future No matter what We have to face our hlgh school tra1n1ng Wlll enable us to do our Job and do lt Well The class Wlll always llke to thrnk they have left thelr mark ln school We have done a few outstandlng thlngs such as our one act plays and our dances The most outstandmg dance was our prom Whtch was very successful On behalf of the class of 57 I would hke to extend a smcere thank you to the parents and teachers that have helped us so much ln our four years at Mllford I-hgh School Now We are senlors about to be graduated No longer Wlll we be able to depend on teachers and parents We wlll be dolng thmgs for ourselves as 1ndiv1duals As We look onto th1s Atom1c Age, We have only ourselves to blame for Whlch was galned and lost 1n our hlgh school years Tlme 1S runnmg out and We are on the threshold of our future And lnto Today Already Walks To morrow ,AQ 'W y A M-1

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Contrary to many art1cles wrrtten Dr Bestor says that our school system IS not lacklng because there lS not enough money spent on 1t but because ot the way 1n whlch the money IS used Yes towns and Cll1GS bu1ld schools and h1re teachers but do these schools and teachers offer the materlal necessary for a good and complete educat1on? However 1t must be mentloned that ln some cases the mate r1al 1S offered but the students w1ll not accept 1t No matter how good a school system lS 1t cannot succeed 1n 1ts purpose of edu cat1on unless the students are w1ll1ng to learn Dr Bestor calls the present system a waste ot t1me and students bra1ns and advocates a return to the three R s Perhaps to some ot you th1s seems l1ke just an arttcle wrltten by an old fash1oned educator who thlnks school should be yust work But such an 1dea 1S wrong Untll I read Dr Besto s art1cle I hadnt real1zed what a problem we are tacmg Nearly one halt ot our schools offer no courses ln phystcs one quarter offer no geometry one quarter offer nelther physlcs nor chemlstry s1nce 1900 the percentage ot hlgh school students talang sctence has dropped th1rty percent and ot those takmg math th1rty one percent' The mtellectual educat1on that was once deemed so 1m portant has now almost become secondary to a soc1al educat1on How can the young people ot today the c1t1zens ot tomor row acqu1re the best educat1on under such c1rcumstances'P Yet these ctrcumstances GXIST and 1t 1S from such clrcumstances that we are tryrng to obta1n the future eng1neers and sc1ent1sts and protesslonal men and women that our country so v1tally needs It such school systems ex1st how can we hope to br1ng the educat1onal level ot the Unlted States up to the standards 1t should meet? Yes ton1ght IS graduatlon n1ght tor us and for many other students from schools 1n many c1t1es and states As we graduate we leave the world of ready made dec1s1ons and enter a world where we must make our own dec1s1ons both tor ourselves as 1nd1v1duals and tor our soc1ety as c1t1zens Th1s educat1on prob lem w1ll be ours to solve Such a respons1b1l1ty lS 1ndeed grave The way ln wh1ch th1s problem 1S solved w1ll determ1ne whether our natlon w1ll become a country of 1ust average quahty and thus lose 1t s power and d1gn1ty, or whether 1t w1ll become a country of hlgh standards wrth an educated populatton and thus reta1n the place ot honor 1t now holds , . , . I I I - , . I - XX ' I ' Il KX I II I . , . , . '- . 1 , ' 1 - l - 1 1 I 1 ' I I . - - 1 1.