Newton High School - Newtonian Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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And SO, as We leave Newton High School ee be, It if one hundred and eighty-fix yenm since the have come, at last, to concern ourselves with the fu- ture. We must begin, today, to mold the thoughts and actions of an America in which we will soon play a major role. We have already begun. We have taken an ac- tive interest in the world and America's place in the world. We have formed discussion groups, listened to speakers, debated key issues. We have supported a foster child in Italy and have participated in com- munity projects and service organizations. We are growing with our country. Of course we will make mistakes, just as our predecessors made mistakes. But we must look upon our failures only to learn from them, not to be discouraged by them. For even as we reaffirm our faith in the democratic ideal, we realize that it is a high ideal-a goal for which to strive. The importance lies not only in at- taining the goal, but also in striving for it. come part of a greater history, we rededicizte our- selves to the way of life which Americans in the past have sought to preserve. To this goal we, too, pledge our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor. 3 ,ee K e F Q iw sgmfxwij :v sp Q T T ' T yy ed, jj, A Y l be X j V fi 1962. Peace Corpsman rises at five-thirty and walks two miles to the Ghana School to teach English, French, and history for eight hours. He coaches wrestling, advises the Debate Union, and lectures on World prob- lems. Then the trek to his unelectrified home . . . Declnmzion. 1917. Bunting versus Oregon. The Supreme Court upholds maximum hour law. No per- son, male or female, shall work more than ten hours daily in any mill or factory . . . It if one lanndred and forty-one yearr Jince the Declaration. 3

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,Ca 7-1. ' S MM N. 1787. An Ordinance For The Apportionment Of Land In The Territory Of the United States Northwest Of the Ohio River. The territory shall be surveyed into townships of thirty-six sections, each section one square mile, and one section in each town- ship shall be set aside for the support of local education . . . It if eleifen years ,Yl7'ZL'6 the Declaration. The candle flickered as the man at the desk leaned back and replaced the feather pen in its stand. He glanced at the page before him and began to read aloud . . We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of hap- pinessf' Much has happened since that July Fourth in 1776 when Thomas jefferson set forth the principles for a new nation-the United States of America. These principles, passed on from one generation to the next, now rest in our hands in a world whose dangers present great and constant challenges. We must be prepared to meet these challenges, to sacri- fice ourselves in order to uphold, to strengthen, and to further the democratic ideals embodied in the Declaration of Independence and manifest through- out our history. 'Ask not what your country can do for you-ask what you can do for your country, President Kennedy has urged. We are eager to heed his call. We are young, but in our three years at Newton High School we have studied the past and present of our country, and 1857. A poor Kentucky ironmaker, William Kelly, receives U.S. Patent Number 17,628 as a result of his discovery that steel can be made by blowing cold air through iron ore . . . It ii eighty-one years .Vince the Declaration. 2

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