Pembroke Academy - Academian Yearbook (Pembroke, NH)

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1, pTH E oAoAopeM,LgLNp l J, 1' 1 Favorite Song: Favorite Saying: Hobbyg Ambition: Pet Likes: Pet Hates: Usually seen withg Most Most Best Best Best Most Most Best Most Most Most Most Most Most uI've Heard That Song Beforeu That's because I take latin Poultry President of University of New Hampshire Latin, being in plays Girls, cowboy music A latin book Activities: Original Prize Speaking 55 Prize Speaking 4g Senior Play 45 Assistant Baseball Manager 35 Bgseball Manager 43 School Play 30 popular wit popular wit -1-n-nz:-1 POPULARITY ROLL RESULTS FOR SENIOR CLASS GIRL V h boys: Helen Hoague h girls: Madeleine Richard dancer: Bessie Morency looking: Joyce Douillette dressed: Betty MacMillan athletic: Helen Hoague industrious: Harriet Williamson acting: Betty Ann Douillette loyal to school: Harriet Williamson courteous: Madeleine Richard Joyce Douillette talkative: Phyllis Handy likely to succeed: Madeleine Richard humorous: Carmen Ricard quiet: Janice Colby Moodiest person: Doris Childs .EOE Foster Warren Foster Warren Frederick Mindt Foster Warren Robert Dowst Foster Warren Compton French Charles Yeaton Compton French Frederick Mindt Carroll Stevens Frederick Mindt Carroll Stevens Charles Yeaton William Clark

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THE ACADEMIAN Helen Welch V 'Welchien nGuard well thy thoughts: for thoughts are heard in Heaven.W Tall, dark and good-looking is Helen. She is usually seen with her ugang,n being the center of a riotous conversation. She is fun- loving and gay, and will be long-remembered by her classmates. Favorite Song: Favorite Saying: Hobbies: Ambition: Pet Likes: Pet Hates: Usually s een with: nAs Time Goes Byn Woh, you want to be nicein Dancing, sewing, and bowling Secretary Food, soldiers, dogs Coconuts and snobs Norma Cleveland, Carmen Ricard, and Betty Silks Activities: Glee Club l,2,3,4g Home Economics Club 2,33 Music Festival 3, Class Committees 1,2,3. 'lull Harriet Williamson nHatN nNothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength. Harriet is a very quiet young lady with a smile which is readily be- stowed upon everyone at all times. The Senior class has come to depend upon Harriet in many ways, and she has always been ready to help, what- ever the to write ested in Favorite Favorite Hobbies: Ambition: Pet Likes occasion. Aside from her many school activities, she has time poetry, which we all admire. we know,a1so, that she is inter- aviation, so we all wish her Wsmooth flying.u Song: Saying: Pet Hates: Usually s een with: 'my Rosaryn Huy wordln Poetry, sketching, sports To prove by personal acts that WMan is the noblest work of God.W Beautiful melodies, airplanes, ice cream sodas Quarrels, a riotous wardrobe A pencil and the gang Activities: Dramatic Club 3,45 Class Officer 2,3,4: Intramurals 3: Assistant Editor of Academy News 4: Assistant Editor of Academian 4. C-lu-ssl Charles Yeaton V 'Charlie' nLet ignorance talk as it will: learning has its valuesn Charles, the Latin student of the senior class, is very industrious. Off-stage, he is girl-shy, but his favorite acting role is that of the be-flowered lover, proposing to his lady friend. Charles is respected by all of his classmates. Good luck to an all-around boy.

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,,l1,THE q ACADEMlANtL lv, ns, , VLLEDICTORY ESSAY -- CHARACTER AMID CHAOS Madeleine Richard How can an individual during these times of political, social, and economic chaos throughout the world, acquire the qualities which constitute good character? This question is one which concerns every high school student, especial- ly those of us graduating tonight. Again and again during our high school careers, the importance of character has been stressed to us. I think that each of us in this graduating class realizes that the amount of success he will achieve in this world will depend upon the strength of his character. Character is an abstract term which is difficult to define. The clearest and most inclusive defini- tion I have ever seen is that of Walter E. Myer--'Character is a composite of a considerable number of specific qualities, attributes, or habits which, together, consti- tute a good way of life.u A short while ago every student at Pembroke Academy was given a paper entitled 'Characteru on which were found Mr. Myer's definition and also a list of specific qualities which consti- tute good character. As I read over that list, I realized how dif- ficult it is to acquire those quali- ties and yet how much they are need ed in this materialistic and chmdic age. I think it is interesting and worthwhile to analyze some of the qualities listed in the light of present conditions. The very first attribute on the list is sympathy, defined as uthe spirit of the humanitarian.n This is one quality which most of us pos- sess--we all sympathize with those hurt and oppressed by the present world-wide confusion and disorder, and yet what is the position of the humanitarian in this world? Is it up to him to change chaotic condi- tions in the hope of making a bet- ter world? 1 It is evident that the humanitarian needs more than sympathy to change conditionsg he needs to act upon the convictions which arise from his sympathy. The convictions of become his ideals, he If the reach his many other the humanitarian should ideals, and to those should devote himself. humanitarian hopes to ideals, he must develop qualities. He must develop, first of all, courage--Wfortitudeg abili- ty to stand up in the face of mis- fortune and to go forward in defen- se of one's convictions.N If the humanitarian is sincere in his struggle for his ideals, he will acquire such qualities as patience, tolerance, flexibility, vision, and public spirit. Thus, by using one quality as a basis--in this case, sympathy--many other attributes of character may be developed. Two qualities which materialism and war have made most difficult to acquire are reverence and striving for beauty. That fact explains the shortcomings' of our age. We have advanced materially. Big business, machinery, and modern implements of war are evidences of this advance- ment. Our spiritual growth, how- ever, is not so evident. Man's spiritual advancement has been over- shadowed by the materialistic as- pect of life. The decisions of every individual from the cradle to the grave have been dominated and determined by materialism. he have ceased to strive for beauty and for the higher values of life. This, to me, represents one of the great- est paradoxes of modern times. The very fact that man is devoted to ma- terial interests has created most of our modern problems and has over- shadowed the real, simple beauty of 1if9o The present war and the planning which will follow have made it necessary for all of us to possess