Plymouth High School - Profile Yearbook (Plymouth, NH)

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Thrs has become a complex and hrghly technrcal world Frontrers of new oppor tunrty noxv lre rn helds of screntrfic endeavor and research as well as rn the study of the nevx relatrons of the natrons of the earth Basrc tools for learnrng no longer can be conhned to readrng vxrrtrng and arrthmetrc no matter how rmportant they strll remarn To them must be added hrgher mathematrcs scrence economrcs crtrzenshrp hrstory and basrc manual slxrlls llducatron determrnes where a person stands among hrs fellovx men Anythrng else that can be accumulated can be taken axxay by a general change rn government or socrety rf not by threves and robbers but no force can ever change the relatron exrstrng betvx een people who are prepared for somethrng and people xvho are not prepared for rny thrng Great changes a e takrng place raprdly around us Every day some unexpected occurrence startles us leavrng us to xxonder whrt wrll happen next Our generatron rs grateful rn trmes lrke these for the good schools xx hrch are provrded rn our country Good schools grve a better opportunrty for all young people to get an even start rn lrfe so rmportant noxx at thrs most excrtrng trme rn hrstory Lrfe becomes more complex and more exactrng Human achrevements never xx ere more varred more xxonderful nor more frrghtenrng Perhaps rn such a trme the human race may start out upon rts greatest achrevement the marntenance of peace on earth and good xyrll among men The needs of a democratrc government place great demands upon educatron The educatronal system must meet the needs of raprdly changrng condrtrons of lrfe Edu c rtron must contrnue to provrde opportunrty for learnrng rn all helds of human actrvrty so th rt exery rndrvrdual may be prepared to lrxe at the hrghest level of hrs abrlrty Crvrlrzatron stands at the crossroads and a nevx oblrgatron has been thrust upon those xx ho graduate from hrgh schools today XVe clarm to be no stronger than our fathers no fitter than those xxho graduated from thrs school rn former classes Vxfe hope that rn our trme the foundatron xx rll be lard for a permanent peace on earth and an eternal good xxrll among men At these exercrses the trme has come to sry farexx ell rnd that rs not easy Solemnly the bells toll for the end of our school days whrle a merry yangle of events marks the commencement of a drfterent lrfe The door closes baclx of us on pleasant and sad experrences alrke Ahead of us the door of the future stands open to the fulfrllment of every rm rgrnable hope Members of the Class of 46 Be ax.are of the challenge that axx arts you Don t farl for all humanrty rs at stake larexx ell and may good luck attend you MYRTLr DOWNING y . V . a a 7 1 a a 7 4 Q . . . Y . I ' - r . Y . . 1 9 1 , . 2 7 Y. N I Y . . . A . - ' , 1 ' , ' , 4 . , - , - r f , -' , ' f ' v . , x I b . . 1 - i Y. 4 , . 2 , V 2 - y , , V , , , f -. , L , , Y 1 , ' , ' ' 1 . c Y . . , , . , 1 I 1 4 . W 2 ' ' 2 '. . Q . A 2 . 1 . . , f U - . y. , . V' . , . , s 7 -

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Halvhrrtnrg It rs my privilege and honor to present the yaledrctory for the Class of 1946 l am speaking to you all today parents classmates and friends with the hope th rt each one of us realizes that we are most fortunate to be able to come here to graduate rn peace and comfort md with gratitude that our country is one ot the few in the world which has not been lard waste by war It rs with this realization th rt the people of the world must put all their effort into the business of lrvrng rn peace just the same as rt rs necessary to put organized erlort into the winning of a war The winning of a war such as we have just gone through rs a great achievement brsed on mass production ingenuity battle strategy md enduratron The marntrrnrng of peace would be the greatest achievement and rt must be based on the education of all peoples rnd rn understanding among different nations If men are to lrve together without getting into conflict with each other they must learn to listen to crrtrcrsm against themselves and they must proht by rt rather thin just to undertrlce to destroy every body w ho voices rn oprnron w hrch drlters from their own Lrreat men 4 f American history recognized long rgo th rt they could learn much from their enemies 'Ihey lerrned that rt w rs the opposition w hrch grve the best crrtrcrsm Only the opposition would cl rre to mention their greatest faults We the Class of 19 to have re rched the commencement of our lives rn 1 trme and rn a country where there rs an atmc sphere of power reason abundrnce peace and pow er so much needed by the world today lander such a governing influence there rs the hope that man s immeasurable power can be used rn the right drrectron If all of America s potential pow er w ere turned tow rrd peace and brotherhood for the na tions of the earth with the same zerl the same enthusiasm and the same concerted effort that w as used rn w rr the face of the earth could be transformed into a garden of paradise Vyfrthrn the past year we h rye entered into 1 new world of magnrhcent opportunr tres 'lhe greatest war of all time hrs been won In the winning of th rt w rr we have witnessed the greatest screntrhc revolution the world hrs ever seen An entire new world of thought experience rrts incl trrcles will h rve to be dey eloped XVrth all this there hrs to be a ste rdyrng power Amerrcr hrs supplied the mrlrtrry power w hrch determined the outcome c f the gre rtest war rn history Amerrcr h rs gry en the gre itest demonstrrtron of rndustrrrl rncl mechrnrcal rngcnurty Amerrcr has deyeloped r new and revolutionary Source of power It is now up to our country tr use its combro rtron of reason pow er rbundance rncl ingenuity to tullrll the hope of the world for peace rnd for securrty O 1' -, 2 , 2 , y ' y' 2 - 2 A I . ' A I , 7 , ' V v ' 2 2 2 - ' 2 ' ' , A ' , ' ' 2 ' ' . ' 2' ' 2 2 ' ' ' ' ' . 1 ' ri ' l - 4 vi - 1 . A ' r ' ' ' 2 2 ' ' ' ' K . ' 2 ' i '2 A A ' 2 7 , 4 , 2 Z , I ' v y 4 1 I r 7 1 7 1 2 1 Q 1 ' , 1 hope, on which combination of human characteristics we must depend for the steaclying 7 , , Y I 1 , ' ' . v V' 2 7 I I 7 4 Q Q 2 ,i ' 12 , 2 1 , . - , ' ' . ' ' ' 2 ' . ' 2 '2 , , 2 , 2 2 2 ' . ' A ' ' l I K 2 l' Q V. il 2 ' A 1 2 ' ' '2 2 ' 2 4 ' A '. 'rr ' ' 2 ' K ' , ' ' , 2 ' ' , 2 ' K ' f A F ' ' ' 2 ' ' '.

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