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

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M L MO RI AE C 'kfXvVvfx X3 however, people can be found complaining about conditions in the town whlch they find undesirable These Nstreet corner politicians who do not attend their town meetings, what right have they to complain when they were not even inter ested enough to attend and to find out what was going on? This is why I say that America's percentage of civic mlnded voters is very small It is about time that the whole country reallzed that in order to get any satisfaction from community affairs, one must attenl town meetings, get up and express his or her opinion, go to dlscusslonsor various'1bj ects and find out where their money is going and to what use it 1S being put The quickest way to 1HSt111 this civic knowledge into people is through a renovated educational system Education must be made more appealing Youth must be made to reallze that cducaflon is an opportunity and not an ord al This will bc done only when townspeople take enough intere t to eo that better schools with more facilities are provided and that teachers whose methods follow the modern turn are employed People must begin to realize that the old complaint of, 'Teach the child en more reading, writing and ar1thmet1c,n obsolete 1 la trend is to supplement thes basic re quiremcnts 11th nstructions on how to be a better cltizen teacblng, I ask you, Nho 15 more lmportant, a person who is a whlz at math but stay home on electlon day, or 1S it the person wlth the CiVlC mlnd who attends the elections, the town mGGt1UgS and diSCHS3lOD on communlty affairs? Further more future Cit1Z61S educ t d along the progre lVG line, wlll acquire a deep r thir t whlch w1ll lead to the reading of better books and more self education Today's citiren must also reallze that mor money is needed to build better schools, to increase teachers' sala rles and provide the schools we already have wlth modern fa clllties Do rot go around with the thoughts, HI pay enough taxes, teachers get pald enough for the work they do andwhat Nas good enough for me lS good enough for my kids That is entlrely the wrong attldude There are thousands of people in other COdHtPluS who vould bc pleased to pay the taxes we do, just to be able to particlnate in community affairs and ngoy the freedoms which we have but do not appreciate Let us begin to realize how lucxy we are and become unlted in the thought that we are all proud to be Americans Let us 78 U ' Q7 A . O n , A o . o A r . . L, i - 1 I ' . . . . . , J O 5 c 4 g L 3 'J- S . Y 'J ' -I s s e A Q .1 'gf 1 V O . v . ' I' .u 1 A. A . , . 'od y's - . e - .Jn . W' . i L ' , If you are one of the people who advocate the old method of 4. t V 1 . .1 . . ,S . , . . . A. . '. e .' s . ' 4 , ' 1 a'e ss' . ng G S . I. p I 3 1 I ' , 5 . ' Q . O .1 g- 4. 1 ' c 3 - Q 3 ' A . Q . gn 1 ' , Q J ' . , J , 1 ' in A r .7 1 4 . I .4 ' J ' c '. 4 .. 1 O

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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

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