Orange High School - Key Yearbook (Orange, MA)

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THE ORANGE PEALS, JUNE, NINETEEN THIRTY-TWO I OFFICERS OF THE SENIOR CLASS Grabuation Address of Welcome Parents, Faculty hflembers, and Friends: The class of nineteen hundred and thirty-two welcomes you to its Graduation Exercises. Tonight we have reached that goal for which we have been striving the past four years. However, we realize that it is only with the co-operation and encourage- ment of parents and teachers that our game has been won. We are soon to begin a new game, one which will entail greater responsibilities and will be much more difficult to play, but we begin with the assurance that the practice received in Orange High School has start-ed us well on the way to victory. As we enter upon our various careers we shall always look back upon our high school days with a great deal of pleasure, thanks to those who made them possible, and with t.he hope that future victories, like those of the past, may bring glory to our school. Again, the class of nineteen hundred and thirty-two extends a most cordial welcome. Ramona Ford Clay to Mold With Earth's first Clay They did the Last Man knead, And there of the Last Harvest sow'd the seed: And the first Morning of Creation wrote What the Last Dawn of Reckoning shall read. In the poet's mind, even man was modeled from Clay by our First Great FIFTEEN

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THE ORANGE PEALS, JUNE, NINETEEN THIRTY-TWO Many influences have come to bear upon us as we have journeyed onward to our goal. Perhaps those of most import- ance, or at least the first ones, have come to us in our homes. It is there that we first adopted the habits and character- istics which have made us either successes or failures. The home has been the start- ing point, the kernel, from which We have developed. Other important influences have come to us through the church and the community. The former has given and continues to give moral guidance. The latter protects us as citizens and gives us' the privileges provided for in the Consti- tution. However, as it is the school in which we are primarily interested at present, let us think of the many influences and oppor- tunities which this valued institution has offered us. It has been here that the foundations received in the home, church and community have been developed. The school has brought us into contact with teachers and students and thus helped us to overcome the general narrow-mind- edness of childhood. Here we have also made many lasting friendships. If the school educated its students in no other way than to let them gain what knowledge they could from personal contacts with teachers and fellow-students, it would be doing a great work. The schools of today are very different from those of two or three decades ago. A change in the attitude of teachers toward students is very evident. No longer is the student ruled over by a despot of whom he is afraid. The teacher of today is a real companion, encouraging individual initiative and the expression of opinion, rather than the mere learning of so many facts from a book. A change in general subject matter of the school curric- ulum has also come about. Less emphasis is now put upon the purely academic sub- jects, and more is placed upon those which are of a useful and practical nature. F0 URTEEN School authorities have come to realize that it is not the number of facts which a person has stored in his brain that count. It is a person's ability to put his knowledge to some practical use. We, of the Class of 1932, appreciate the opportunity that we have had to attend school under these, now recognized, super- ior methods of education. Without a doubt, our future successes can be attribu- ted, to a large degree, to the solid founda- tion which we have received here in Orange High school, and the truth of our motto Today Decides Tomorrow will be revealed. Els-ie C. Olson Today Decides Tomorrow If Today decides Tomorrow, And Tomorrow never comes, What then-must all our work be done Today? But should Tomorrow ever come, Would we find success at last- Does our work Today decide our fate Tomorrow? Today should be one of preparation For the success Tomorrow brings. Fill every moment with work well done, Thank God for the privilege of school and home- Be prepared to live success. So be content, not satisfied There's a difference twixt the two. Don't grumble at Today's hard luck, Do all you can right now To make your dreams come true. Tomorrow when it comes will be Today Another chance-a new beginning. Find an opportunity in each new day To make the next one better than the last. Future success depends on work Today, For Today decides Tomorrow. Al-ice Dorman Holt '32

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THE ORANGE PEALS, JUNE, NINETEEN THIRTY-TWO Sculptor. The Earth-a living thing was used to aid in the molding of man. There- fore, must we not consider the Earthen Clay as one of the most important things of all life? It was the basic ingredient with which the Sculptor had to workg He molded an object which we must see and use as an example. This took divine inspiration, careful molding and time beyond human comprehension. The sculptor, today, follows carefully the program the Maker initiated. He studies the object which he is to mold. He must know clearly every line, every conture, every point of distinction. Before he begins, he must know his model thoroughly. Second, only to technique, is the sub- stance with which the sculptor works. Clay is his first medium of expression. It must be of perfect consistency. If, at first, it lacks perfection, it must be made perfect. If a child is to be brought up or modeled as the clay, everything must be of the best substance. Certainly, Human- ity is the greatest substance with which we have to work. Now, to compare the clay model with a child. Precious as is this human substance, we may hardly claim that all children are perfect, but they are taught, with the greatest patience, to be as nearly perfect as possible. Imperfect clay must be submitted to a careful analy- sis, whereupon the needed substances can be added and the impurities removed. The child, also, must be analyzed and must have different lessons given to him to bring him nearer perfection. Like the sculptor the parent must have his model. There must be some objective toward which the child's training progresses. The parent should always keep his model in the foreground, knowing every detail intimately. The sculptor always has his model where he can see it at any time. If he did not do this, he might make an error on his figure which would not only cost him thousands of dollars, but might also cost him the loss of SIXTEEN great fame. Ideal impressions must guide the parent in modeling the child. They lead toward the correct development of the ehildfs character. The sculptor sees that his impressions on the lump of clay which he is using are correct. If they are not, he has great difliculty in remodeling his figure to try to correct the error. If one wrong thing is done, it is much easier to continue doing things in the wrong way than to correct them-or even-to start them again. If the parent loses sight of his model, he becomes unfaithful to his ideal. The sculptor must keep his clay malleable continually-so, the parent must keep teaching or modeling the child never letting up . If the parent fails to do this and lets the child go helter skelterl' for several years, the masterpiece will be ruined and the clay settled in the wrong direction. The artist's statue has a perfect found- ation. Now, as time goes on, it is neces- sary, always, to build upon this first foundation. Lives must be worked out in the same manner. Every impression, every word should bear upon what was first taught to the child. The sculptor works for the true love of working. He puts into his figures the best that he has in order that that figure will be the most perfect possible. It has been said, Give to the World the best that you have and the best will come back to youf' So-in molding character, put into it the best you have and, at some time, you will be rewarded. The parent gives the child the best he has. He molds this child because of the love he has for his work and for his child. Not always does he bring up the child for Renown as the sculptor molds his statue for Fame. Yet, Fame, Honor, Respect, and Reverence are just rewards for the parent who has, so carefully, molded the character of his child. Priscilla Claflin, '32