Plymouth High School - Pilgrim Yearbook (Plymouth, MA)

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THE PILGRIM 25 PRINCIPAIIS COLUMN A BENEVOLENTLY disposed gentle- - man once asked a young man of his acquaintance this question: My dear fellow, to what end are you directing your life? The reply was To both ends, sir. I work in the only first-class hat and shoe store in town. This was a very clever reply, I should say, worthy of Charlie McCarthy. Apparently he was succeeding in going in two direc- tions at the same time as well as John Brewer did when he went over the North Pole on all fours, or rather de- monstrat.ed how it could be done. But this sort of thing obviously has its limitations. When your parents were graduated from high school, it was relatively easy to procure a job. The college graduate was almost sure of one. Very many, probably the majority, accepted the Hrst reasonably attractive position that was offered. Many a star athlete be- came a bond salesman or an insurance agent, relying on his name and fame to bring him success rather than upon any particular desire for the type of work or preparation for it. But when the Social Security Act went into effect a year and a half ago and every em- ployed person was required to have a code number, statistics from New Eng- land showed that only a little over 5'i! of! those who were working belonged to the strictly youth group, that is, those who were between 18 and 24 years of age. Further surveys have revealed that the majority of unemployed per- sons are likewise unemployable because they are unqualified for anything defi- nite or because they lack adaptability. Cameron Beck, director of t.he per- sonnel department of the New York Stock Exchange. gives an account of an interview he had with an applicant for a position. He was one of those self- confident fellows who could do any- thing. Fine, said Mr. Beck, we need an assistant bookkeeper in the account- ing department. Oh, I never studied bookkeeping , said the applicant. Sorry, continued Mr. Beck, but it so happens that the engineer would like to have someone help him with the electrical work here in the building. Gee, I couldn't do that. I don't know aiiything about electricity, was the re- D Y- .Thus the conversation proceeded un- til finally Mr. Beck declared in a tone of undisguised annoyance. Young man, you go out and prepare yourself for something definite before you waste your ow11 or any one else's time. The day of the jack-of-all-trades is over. You must be a king of one trade. When you are ready, you may come back and see me again. Until that time, good day. A friend of mine stated the same truth in another way. When I was a freshman in college, he said, If you are going to get very far, you must learn to do something better than some- body else can do it. And that's the truth. Former President Arthur E. Morgan of Antioch College states that in order to realize the greatest satisfaction in daily living one must have a well- rounded background of knowledge: must experience growth through practi- cal work experienceg must learn self- direction in study and conduct: and must have a devotion to a life purpose. Yes, that is it-a life purpose, worthy of sincere, high-minded devotion, one worth sacrificing for. Its fruition may require a long, patient, sustained effort but the rewards will be well worth t.he cost. So in this day of uncertainty and doubt, let me say for your encourage- ment that t.here are opportunities ahead for those who have the patience and perseverance to prepare for them. Take every advantage offered by libra- ries, radio, developing hobbies, and, above everything else, if possible, by continuing your education in some sort of institution of learning. And remem- ber that it is far better to aim at some- thing and miss it than to aim at noth- ing and hit it. WAYNE M. SHIPMAN, Prz'nc1'paI CLARION CALL Onward! seniors, mighty army! Let no hazards bar the wayg Fix your eyes upon the future, Onward! seniors, march today! As the conquerors, old, to battle Valiant, marched in gallant throng, Let your footsteps follow after- Courage be your battle song! Forward! seniors, on to conquest! Triumph o'er the sin and strife, Ever in your hearts the watchword, Win the Battle! Conquer Life! JEANETTE I-IATTON

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THE PILGRIM rg 27 -. e.c- K ' - fa- ,' 15? I 1 'M fig W- Wi I X W--, K Lf.oi.l.L,,l,,,,, WHY MEN LEAVE HOME HITS no use. chief, we've got to work all night. With this cheerful message still ringing in my ears, I left for home to eat some supper. At seven o'clock I returned to work and found a weary group of laborers. Some boys had been working all day, and the prospect of struggling all night was just too big a thought to cope with. The town re- port Was due, however, and no matter how my boys were feeling, they had to work, and work hard, in order to get it out. But at the most, I estimated that we would be able to leave at about one o'clock next morning. At four-thirty we glued on the last cover, and then, saying little, we parted company. At five o'clock I stumbled into my front room and turned on the light. This was a radical mistake. There be- fore me, distributed about the room, was every book which had recently been in the standing six-shelved book- case. Reggie, our new pup, had evidently hit it just hard enough to knock it over, and this had frightened him so that, before he left the scene, other embar- rassing things had happened. I was tired, but I knew what Marge would say, so I picked up every book and cleaned the other mess. Just as I was about to go to bed, I remembered that I had not yet tended to the fire, so down to the cellar I went and did my duty. By that time I was so wide awake that I decided to read the paper before I retired. At six, I managed to doze off for perhaps half an hour, but about this time the dog began to whine under my bed, so I got up and locked him in the bathroom. At seven o'clock just as I was about to close my eyes, Sarah, my little girl of three, got up and decided to use some hot water. A few minutes elapsed and then I heard the swish of water and the pipe in the corner of my room started to go shhh-punk, shhh-punk. After a short time this ceased and once again everything was quiet, with the exception of the dog, which, having heard Sarah, began to whine again. At 7:45 a. rn. Sarah decided to come downstairs, so Marge waited until she got way down and then she yelled for Sarah not to talk because daddy was tired and wanted to sleep. Sarah mind- ed perfectly. She didn't make any noise at all with her mouth-no-she just played the piano. But when a neighbor came in and yelled at the top of her lungs for Marge, and the dog stopped whining-and began to bark, and the pipes went shhh-punk, and the piano played, it was then that I decided that it must be time to get up and go to Work- PHILIP GODFREY '38 THAT FRIVOLOUS FRUIT EVERY century, from the first to the twentieth, has had its own form of dance. The earlier ones were, more or less, for a religious purpose-slow and mysterious or fast and frenzied. The stately minuet was the favorite of the gracious lords and ladies of the Colonial era. The Virginia reel, the clog, the cake walk, the Paul Jones, and the two- step were the popular American dances of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. They held sway for a while and then gave way to later innovations, such as the fox trot, the Charleston, and the Black Bottom. The twentieth century welcomes the Broadway, truck- in, peckin, and the Big Apple as the cur- rent sensations. The Big Apple, accord- ing to its creators, is a combination of past and present dance rages. To a rather conservative onlooker, it appears to be, rather, a. combination of ludi- crousness and a mad desire to exercise. The dance was originally intended to be a thing of grace and beauty. The modern dance creators have an extra- ordinary sense of the beautiful. Their dances are a series of violent leaps and whirls, jarrings and joltings, wiggles and shakes, and what not. However, perhaps these dances do serve a pur- pose in their short lives. They do give the dancers some strenuous workouts and many of the lazy muscles are brought into play. Peckin is excellent for the stiff necks and the Black Bot- tom will do wonders in limbering up