North Andover High School - Knight Yearbook (North Andover, MA)

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JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL group of nations, each greedily seeking its own exclusive welfare, civilization was turned backward. But what of the efforts which have been made to offset this quarrelsome tendency? America has always supported peaceful policies, though she has not adhered strictly to them. Washington, Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, all have favored a policy of aloofness and neutrality toward foreign nations. The Monroe Doctrine, issued to guard America from foreign entanglements, has been our guidepost for the last century. Today we are still trying to follow the advice of the great leaders of our country whose warnings still linger in our memory. We are still trying and must continue to try to gain advantages for ourselves, but not greedily to the detriment of others ; rather we must hope that by our example we may benefit our fellowmen. We must hope that by our policy of friendly aloofness we may further the cause of international¬ ism and peace. No more fitting or wiser words can be found than those of George Washington as he said in his Farewell Address: “Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure you to be¬ lieve me, fellow-citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake. It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world. Observe good faith and justice toward all na¬ tions; cultivate peace and harmony with all.” Mr. Hayes: For four years you have been the beloved and respected prin¬ cipal of Johnson High School. This is the first graduating class which you have guided through its full four years. Because of this and also because in your daily work and cooperation with us you have endeared yourself to every one of us, the class of nineteen hundred and thirty-six hopes, as it bids you farewell, that it has earned a place in your heart, as you have in the heart of, each and every one of us. Teachers of Johnson High School: Without your patient and cooperat¬ ive tutelage, our career at Johnson would not have culminated so success¬ fully. We hope that the passing years will prove that your careful guidance has not been wasted. Parents and Friends: We know that your influence has been an inspira¬ tion to us during our high school course to aim for higher achievements. Your encouraging words have kept us striving onward. This is one debt which we can never forget. We thank you from the depths of our hearts. Schoolmates: As we graduate tonight into the higher school of life, we leave you the heritage of pride in your school. We hope that in your work in the future you will carry on the standards which we have upheld, and improve the results which we have attained. The happy hours of companionship which we have spent with you will long linger in our memory. Classmates: We have reached a milestone in our pathway of life. The thought of separation as we go on, each of us in a different direction, strikes a sad note in this happy hour. May we always remember our high school days, happy and carefree, now seeming so short as they pass fleetingly into 1 history. They are gone forever, never to return. May we cherish the mem¬ ory of each other’s faces and the beautiful associations formed when we .were, happy-go-lucky classmates together. Goodbye, and carry on ! MARY LOUISE GREENLER 22

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1 936 YEAR BOOK VALEDICTORY Internationalism and Peace 3 HAT perfect state of happiness where war is exiled and the peoples of the earth live side by side in contentment and peace! Long has this Utopia been sought throughout the ages, and yet always has it re¬ mained out of reach, elusive to the grasp of struggling mankind. 1 oday in our modern age of advanced civilization man is becoming ever more conscious of that ideal, ever more anxious to attain it. Whenever there is talk of internationalism, most people immediately think of its supposed dangers, its follies, its wickedness. They envision a world with all natural boundaries done away with, all governments made equal, and all those traditions which are the basis of national patriotism abol¬ ished. But true internationalism is so mething far different. It is strength¬ ened by national feeling and pride, but the people instead of showing this patriotism by force and war try to do some service to humanity. In perform¬ ing this service they are proud because they have made their country more notable, but above all they are glad because they have benefited the world and their fellowmen. Peace would be assured by the banishment of national hatreds and jealousies. World peace is extremely important now because we realize the terrible destruction a world war would inflict; world peace has become a necessity because civilized peoples finally realize that if civilization does not conquer war, war will conquer civilization. And yet, since world unity and peace are so clearly an advantage to all, why have they not yet been achieved? It seems a very simple matter to attain them, and the hindrance which has so far prevented them is just as simple. This stumbling-block is human nature. If we should turn back the pages of history to the time of prehistoric man, we should still find human beings struggling against each other. It is their nature and the law of self- preservation to be greedy and grasping for their personal gains. Man has always desired power; man has always been jealous of someone situated better than himself; man has always had the desire for revenge; man has al¬ ways thought that his race, his creed, and his customs were just a little better than all others. These are the conditions which have led to war. They can not be changed. The problem is: Can these natural characteristics be re¬ strained so that people can live together in toleration of each other? Let us see just how much we have progressed through the centuries The first real form of government was the city-state. Athens, Sparta, and Rome belonged in this class. Out of this sprang up the most remarkably su¬ preme government—the Roman Empire. This rule brought the whole world under one head. Even today we have many evidences of Roman culture, perhaps surpassing that of ours, which shows what this magnificent system accomplished. The Roman Empire was the closest semblance to internation¬ alism that we have ever known. But this was possible only because all civil disturbances were restrained by the great power at its head. When this cen¬ tral power fell, the whole structure deteriorated, and the Dark Ages followed. As this era of igmorance and barbarous invasions passed, nations as we rec¬ ognize them today were formed. From that time on, Europe was in a state of continual war and turmoil. So we see that when the world became a 21

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1936 YEAR BOOK CLASS WILL © E the Class of 1936, having emerged victorious after four years of active warfare, hereby bequeath to our most humble successors a few trifles, hoping they will follow the sage advice given in the following ponder¬ ous document. To the faculty we leave our earnest thanks and the re¬ mains of their steel-covered nerves, and to the student body our deepest sym¬ pathy which we hope will sustain them through their remaining years of school. Mary McIntosh leaves her preference for out-of-town fellows, (privately we believe it ' s a good idea) to Ruth Keating. Ruth Dawson leaves a pair of her famous toeless sandals to Mary Thompson. Phillipa Marchese leaves her nonchalant air, (we wonder if she smokes Murads) to Phyllis Pearl who is a little too serious. Kathleen Smith leaves her secret method for keeping blonde hair blonde to Pearl Donnelly. Irene LaPrelle leaves the inside story of her many affairs to Pearl Waterhouse, who we’ll wager could write a fairly good story along the same lines herself. Mary Burns leaves her quiet friendliness and good fellowship to Elineth McCubbin who has made herself popular by these same characteristics. Bill Andrews leaves Paul Bixby a little enthusiasm for the Anti-War League, which he feels, maybe Paul will need before he’s through. Roland Gesing and Everett Bennett leave.with regrets. Carl Olson leaves his intellectual mind to John Patterson who perhaps is, still wondering what the word means. , Dorothy Taylor leaves some of her vitality to Stella Mazurenko who will need it if she doesn’t get a new car. Yvonne Vandenhecke leaves her modesty to Elizabeth Temple. Corinne Lewis leaves her diary entitled: “Memories of a Mo dern Cleo¬ patra” to Marion Bamford who we hope will give the rest of us a chance to read it. We always wanted to know what really happened to a very serious, affair. Bud Cunio bequeaths to Warren Drew his title of Rudy Vallee of the Senior Class. Henry Martin leaves to Frank Murphy his nightly post at Perkin’s Drug( Store with the warning “You can have the post, but not the girl.” Henry Beanland leaves some of his long leggedness and characteristic walk to Everett Woodhouse. Arlene Walker leaves her various hues of fingernail polish to Evelyn Sauvegeot. Use it only with Frankie’s permission, of course, Evelyn. Barbara Mason leaves her ability to talk for fifteen-minute stretches to Dot Rokes, Dot may be able to use this gift when anger takes her breath away. Tom Barron leaves his most successful cure for insomnia, forty-five min¬ utes in an Economics Class to Frank Spofford, and his love of fresh air to Gilbert Rea. Helen Mackie leaves some of the perseverance which has made her one of our best girl students, to Katherine Sheridan. 23