Milton Academy - Yearbook (Milton, MA)

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Name Ht. Wt. Chosen Occupation OIZZZZZIZSH Hobby Rawls 5-8 115 Clipping Coupons Punching Tickets Midget Cars Robbins 6-0 180 Electrical Engineer Plumber Radio Robertson 6-1 147 Manufacturing Window Washing Sailing Sargent 5-6 150 Commercial Artist House Painter Sailing Schwarz 6-2 175 Lawyer Corrupt Policeman Sports Segura 5-8 175 Business Playboy Resting Sheehan 5-8 155 Lawyer Strike Breaker Peeling Stackpole 5-10 150 Engineering Day Laborer Silly question Swett 6-1 172 Investments Pawnbroker Skiing Ticknor 6-0 157 Fishing Editor Copy Boy Fishing Twombly 5-6 140 Doctor Used Car Dealer Bull-sessions 'Villard 6-0 150 Movie Producer Occ-oo-sho-be-do-be Speleology Wald 6-0 165 Business Caddy Sports Ward 6-4 200 Pro Baseball Fenway Attendant Society Webster 5-8 145 Teacher Head of Ath. Dept. Photography Wechsler 5-10 135 Criminal Lawyer Criminal Hmm . . . Typical Milton Man Athlete Emery ...... 16 Ward . . 26 Bradley . . . 10 Sheehan . 13 Baker ...... 5 Wald . . 2 Most Likely to Succeed Hfmdsotmest Batchelder .... 12 Nobili , h 11 Freeman . . . 12 Davis , , 6 Olson . . 5 Me , , 3 Done Most for M ilt0n First to be Married Batchelder .... 25 Sargent , 19 Schwarz . . . 11 Segura . . . 6 Olson ...... 5 Hambuchen . . 4 Done Milton For Most Lady's Man Segura ...... 26 Bradley , 8 Randolph . . 6 Durkee . . 7 Wechsler . . 6 Ticknor . . . 5 28

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ljafecfictory We have all heard a great deal in the past year or two about the critical times of to- dayf' and how we cannot afford to take it easy in such ucriticalv times. There is some- thing rather irritating in this phrase, aside from the fact that you hear it so much. Per- haps the irritating part is the part that im- plies that, whereas we could let up in less critical times, we cannot afford to do so now because of the world situation. Is this true? History has been interpreted as a tre- mendous curve of progress, interspersed with periods of reversal. Each civilization reaches a certain peak, and then is destroyed. There follows a period of darkness, and then a new civilization is born, reaching a higher peak of progress than its predecessor before it, in its turn, it destroyed. We can't tell how long this cycle will last, nor what its ultimate end will be, if it has one, but we can remark on the general trend of this cycle, the trend of progress. If we accept Science as an example, we must agree that the trend of civilization has been one of progress and self-betterment rather than decline. Originally, Science was tied up with Theology, as in ancient Egypt. Then Thales, the astronomer known as the father of science took over the throne of science in ancient Greece about 600 B.C. As knowledge spread, however, Thales' ideas became dated and finally gave birth to a new and better science, the science of Aris- totle. The Aristotelian peak was reached, and another period of reversal set in. Two thousand years later, science sprang to life again in such men as Harvey and Mendel, and we know the heights to which science has soared today with the development of atomic energy and radar. The question that we ask today is: Could these accomplish- ments have been achieved if the men who achieved them had been content to take it easy when times were easy, and do their best only when times were critical? When we think about these cycles, we wonder whether they were man-made or decreed by fate and therefore inevitable. There is something fairly terrifying in the fatalistic point of view, and if we have any faith at all in man's ability to improve him- self, we are apt to be skeptical of those who prefer to recline on the handy, comfortable cushion of fate. To get back to the opening point, can we afford to take it easy when things are going Well? Furthermore, is this problem up to society or up to the individ- ual? At Milton, we might rephrase this: Is the studenfs welfare up to him or up to the school? The answer is probably a combina- tion of both. In American History, we can find ex- amples where neither the individual nor society pushed itself much because the times were relatively easy. The Gilded Agen of the 1870's and ,80,s is one example, another is the reactionary period of the Roaring Twentiesf' When we examine these two periods, we find it hard to believe that anyone can take it easy when times are easier. Perhaps if the Americans of the '80's had not taken it easy, there would have been no World War I. Perhaps if the Amer- icans of the ,20's had not taken it easy, there would have been no depression or World War II. Perhaps if we had not taken it easy after the triumphant years of World War II, we should not be faced with the critical times of today. Of course this is all theory and second-guessing, but it seems to indi- cate that one can never really take it easy and get away with it. Unfortunately, this tendency to let up when you are ahead is a very human one, if we could compare life with a mile race, with ultimate perfection of man equivalent to a four minute mile, we should soon see that the four minute mile would be much nearer the reach of a good miler if he had a tough competitor to give him the competi- tion he needs to produce his best speed - fContinued on Page 741