New Salem Academy - Memoriae Yearbook (New Salem, MA)

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MFMV RIAE C P527 place their splritual falth ln the sun or rocks or trees or anlmals Some of the ancient Canaanltes believed ln Baal and other idols The Chlnese honor thelr ancestors Afri cans put thelr faith ln fetlshes, and n witch doctors Other groups nave solrltual falth ln Shinto, Buddha and Mohammed So we see that people have 1n many dlfferent tHlH2S Here us belleve 1n God but not all lleve in the whole Blble and Savlor Oth rs belleve in only b lieve ln Jesus, whil stlll placed thelr spirltual faith ln the Unlted Stat s most of n the same way Some b ln Jesus Chrlst as thelr thc Old Testament and do not others do not believe ln the Old mestament or only ln ccrtaln oortlon . Some have one lnterpretatlod for a partlcular verse, and to others lt means an entlrely different thlng Spitlrual falth 13 a very lmportant part of man We can see that, by the imoresslon it has wade on hlstory Each person should have a strong and well grounded spirltual falth I belleve that there would not be so great a need for mental lHStitut1OnS today lf more people had more falth, not merely a wlsh washy, vagu klnd of belief in Something they are not even sure of, but a firm and steadfast falth Juvcr le lcllnqu n y can be traced, in.a large part, to a lack of sblrltual famth It has been noted that the greater part of d llnquents dave had no plrltual trainlng, or Jery llttle ln the home W w of trem ttend church regularly Sblrltual falth should be a vltal part of ev ry home and every person's llfe I hope that e ch one of us will develop a st one and 1 stl g fa1+r, and, as a result, a better cnaractcr Pearl Marcy OUR PROBLEM What lS the biggest problem faclng our country today? Is lt COmmuDlSW, depresslon, the Democratlc and Republican partles or 1S it EduC8tlOD9 If you thlnk seriously about the subject, I thlnk you wlll agree wlth me when I say it 18 educatlon that presents the blggest problem to our country, 76 I ,X f ' -7 . . . . . . Q .L . . o 1 0 . . . I f s . . . . . . I . . I C Q 0 L 0 l Q Q - . Q . . . , 1., - f. e- 0 l 'I 0 O O . . 3 . e . . . . . 9 3 41 . . . .G J. - A o . . r . . J. A - 0 C I . . . . V 1 - o . . L v ll 5. I. 5 ,. U 0 O ' 0 Q Q l . A . ., ' f Q .L . f 'I 4, . ,, , . that wlll carry tnem through a CTlSiSn . . all fa e c . . I I . . . Y - 0 D . , , 6 . . . u . .L .L Q . A . , ' ,, 1 . .ef In a I T c h u l il Q - c ' ' , I ' li - ' . . U- 7. U11 A J A ..a nr? J A .L ' J - ' Ula. Q J - N 1 . . - . . . . . A . . c o 1 0 . , J . . . . . . . ' n

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NSA 4? 1955 C7Y7 I' Of OK ESSAYS FAITH II FA r Cla s motto l FXIII, I a 'Faith in whaton Before we can d scuss what our falth 13, we must be ac qualnted with the meaning ol thl lnportant word The dic tlonar says that falth is a firm and earnest belief also trust The Bible, in Hebr ws elev n, one says that, UFaith 1S the substance of tnlngs hoped fo , the 6V1d6UC8 of thlngs not seen We g1V6 GV1dSHCG of falth in trlvial thlngs as well as deep and spiritual things Ev ry time we sit ln a chafr we show that NS have faith ln lt 'e believe lt wlll hold us, so we act accordingly We put the same klnd of material faith ln many other thlnzs every day There are also thinps ln nature ln which we out faith We cannot see tomatoes in the little seed, but we believe a tomato olant will grow from it We also put our faith ln people We climb into the back seat of a frlend's car, Jheth r we realiz lt or not, we are eatrustlnp our llv s to the drlver Whit a terrlble world tllS would be, if 10 one could out hls falth ln other humans In our era, more than ev r, ve need to be able to gove nment woul' fall and the world vould be plunged lnto a state of nrlmitive and anlmal llke chao if w could no Longer put our falth n people But I am lad that e can put our canlldence in Otqol n dole I thlrk that as gradu ates who are lOOklHL forwarl to a new and b oader find of llfe ln the home, COWWJHltf and vorll, ve should resolwe to be the Alnd of people ln who ot ers can place th lr full trust A mo e important falth lS solrltual Ve b lleve that there lS 1 greater dlfference th n a hlghl develooed mlnd betv en man and aHlmalS ie has a soul lhlS thlrd art of man is tne cent r of snlritual falth. In looklng around the forld we can see that there are many dlfferent f3lthS some D ople wor hlp nature They 75 ', vr' rv- -. 1 --- L ,, ' ,, 1 nw ' . -1 Y . Ou .1 Q c L 90 uri, . . . , . . , .L . ,, . . . S I Q 4. ' . . L7 Y . 1 - 5 e ' ' e , 1. . .. . Y. . . ,, I .L . 1 5 gg I . . . . . . f 1 ' - ' 5 0 3 1 . V in 1 ,- . . N . 1 . I g ' - L s Q . - . . A Y 1 I 0 Ll I 0 , . . - V r D - A g 5 1 N ' L I I J Q- - x L f L ' f il . . - ' N . u 3 A. ' - ' Y' ' G . 'I , . . 1 . 3 I . ' L 4 5 if J Q ' C , , . , A . . ' ll 'a I ' 1 J. A v. .L q 1 ' 9 .' 9 . . - have conlldencc ln our fellow men. Banks would close, the . . I' Q , ' '- . Q . . .9 A ' - -I 1 .. ., 9 ' 'Q Lx rv -my 3, 1 . .l A J Jw 5 D L V 0 ' ' , ' f .11 .1 L u w L 4- .1 q . 14 I f ' . . I V-- ' - 7 . Q 1' ' , . ' ' ' ' X 1 ' 1 1 J L A. 1. k L A ul k KA I 4' , . . , , . Ax la - L v fl., - -4 . G I . . . . ,K . 1. T .. -' , , .. S . . I 1 F. 8 . Y ir . . T f-, . . I 9 I of . .L Il , - Q . . .1 4 . 3 J. A, . J ' Q - XII . . 1 Q . 1 Q . H fi ' S g

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C I Qxlvfx 'Q and to all other free natlons all over the world Education 1S a must if we are to keep our country stable, to maintain culture and livlng standards and to contlnue to grow and 1m prove An educated nation is a nation of understandlng, intel ligent people Crime and other social vices are kept at a mlHlmUm bec use of a basic understandlng of right and wrong, and a Wll11lgn6SS to co eperat wlth law enforcement agen clcs An educated nat on 1 hard for enemy agent to pen etrato because irtelllgent p ople a e hard to influence Durlng their ed cation these people have learned that what mlglt look good onivht when one is tlred will look terrible tomorrow when one is rested real SatlSfHCtlOn comes from things whlch are wo k d h3PQ for and honestly obtalned Education develops character and points a way to success for many lndividuals F have not had tb benefit of a nor mal, happy, home llfe A prlme example of what a country is l1ke wlthout a sound educatlonal system 1 Indla Indla has on of the hlghest annu l death toll from disease, merely because they lack doctors Every year the Unlted States sends agrlcul tural expe ts to Indla to lmprove her crop produce The Indlan people, qs a whole, a e super tlt1OuS and vulllble, merely because they have not been lHStPuCt0d. in modern ldS1S Inl1a's cultural, moral and l 1 ng standards are among the lowest, eecause they lack a sound educatlonal program Thls could bapp n te ary country, even the United States, lf suddenly everyone lost hls lnterest ln educatlon al lmprovement How much do you get done when you trrow up your h nds 1U despalr and ey lalm nTt's Ju t too muchH9 We all know that th1s attltdie never yet, tH1S very f ellng lS prevalent States Th1S country could stahl a you don't believe 1t, then, loom at attend town meetlngs, who vote and a CONQllShSd anything, r ght here ln the United Good nouse clelnlng If the number of people :ho who take an lnterest in COMmunltV projects The flgures are rathe depres lng 0 a natlon wide basls, only about 507 of Amer1ca's 61lglb16 vet rs vote In a nearby town, where there are abolt 3200 eliglble voters, only 200 to 250 attend their town meetlng, and when a town prog ot is being dlscussed the turnout is usually smaller Thls is not a very good example of civlc pride and communlty partlclnatlon On almost any street, 77 . . O Q A. .4 . ' . 0 1 1 . . . .. Q 1 .- . . 9. - . . . 1 I- - 1 ' - '7 C' C- - .- 0 ' .L - U K 9 . I ' fx , vs 1 Q .L .1 .1 l 1 Q ' . 1' 'A . w 4, . i A L - u .3 Q r ' ' . , . . 1 . ' F G J Q ' YIY O fm A w J., A -V . . L 0 . Q Q L, 4 1 - -1 -. . . . ' L S , 4 S ' 0 1-4 S . . 0 Q 0 I , .. . . ,T . 1 - . . . . . 1 J -I L I' S C - . A x r . .J . - . , . . f Q ' u L lY 1 C 1 1 Q - A 1 , Q 9 . l C A T O A l D I O - - . 1 Q -V 1 1 - . . . E1 1. -C ' A .L S . . v . . . - . 1 ' C A Q . ,X . . X 3 . . , l Q, A - 2. - ' - . X L 7 -, F . o -1 D 4 ' 0 . 0 1 L n V' . . v . Q . Y, H . A U Q 4. D A Q n . . H . . . . u 0 A .. Q . -A ' T . ' , I ' . . 4 A . . I C . . . 1 0 . Y . . . A 9 1: 'V