Plymouth State University - Conning Tower Yearbook (Plymouth, NH)

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Harry Preble Swktt.

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“Til K CO I N G TO E R I 9 3 0 17 TIIKLMA I.Ol’ISK 1IAI.T, Plymouth, X. II. 4■Thel’' Class Secretary Treasurer (1) (2) (3); Pau-Alhonucum (•I); Knglish Club (I); Athletic Association (I) (2) (3) (4). Sin is i cnttr, sin is shy. Hut then 's mischief in her eye. Sckkk: Two girls seated at a study table upon whieli is a dictionary. Fikst Glltl.: Confidentially, Thelnia Mali is one jolly good sport. (Dictionary sits up and takes notice.) Sk o.vi CiIKI.: Site certainly is right there with the spirit. (Dictionary excitedly flutters its pages.) Kikst (Jlltl.: (To dictionary): Well. Dick, you con- tain plenty of words, suppose you ted us what a good kid she is. (Dictionary stutters, puffs, and filially explodes with a loud hang.) Skcoxd Ciki.: Words fail to express it. FLO I? KNOE G. II AXEL Manchester, X. II. Knglish Clul» (1); Pan-Athenaeum (2) (3). • • Don 't talk too much list• it. ’ ’ Florence is one of our quiet girls, hut we all recognize her intellectual ability. This veil of quietness disappears when one becomes hotter acquainted with her, and she is found to he a true friend. 1IKI.KX G. IIAXXOX Manchester, X. II. “Billy” Baseball (I) (3): Athletic Assoc. (1) (2) (3) (4): Representative (I) (2): Knglish Club (1); Latin Club (1): Pan-Athenaeum (2) (3) (4): Class Vioo-Pres. (3); Class Pres. (3); Chief Councilor. Russell House (4); Business Manager, Class Book (4). “Infinili riches in a little room.” Xo class is complete without one lively auburn-haired member. Billy is a Queen City miss who misses her sleep most of the time. Any day she may In seen no need to relate the rest of the story. Lest you ever feel seriously inclined. Billy, remember the I). D. K.’s and that a life without laughter is a dreary blank, and a light heart lives long.

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“THE CONNING TOWER ' 1930 19 To the Graduates of the Four Year History Course After four years in the high school, four more years are a Ion period to spend on study and training with borrowed time and money. The time and money are borrowed from society whatever the source for the individual. There are young: men and women in colleges who would serve society better by leaving abruptly their institutions to become self-supporting. This cannot hi said of you, because you have worked persistently and well. What will be some of the evidences that your study and training have been done successfully? First, of course, you will have to show yourselves proficient in your chosen profession of teaching. A less tangible result of your education should be a pursuit throughout life of some intellectual interest, an interest that demands skill and intelligence. Such interests are numerous; you will do best to select your own. Another evidence that these precious years have been well spent will be independence of judgment and action. Von have frequently shown such independence in a friendly environment. May you be able to show it in other environments, even if not entirely friendly. You know how to gather facts on which Jo base judgments. If your facts are true and your judgments are sound, your decisions will be all the more valuable for not being similar to everybody clse’s. This does not mean a chip-on-the-shoulder independence; for. along with it will go a social interest and sympathy. I like for an educational inspiration Matthew Arnold’s poem to his father. “Rugby ChapelOf all persons with skill, ambition, and a social sympathy, it may be said as of tin great teacher at Rugby: But, thou would st not oloiir Be saved, my father! alone Conquer and come to thy goal, Leaving the rest in the wild. Persons with such social sense can impart knowledge to others and arouse them to develop their powers as your teachers here have often aroused you. You will also show that you have a world view as every educated person ought to have. This view will be wider than the physical heavens, as wide, indeed, as mind. Don’t be afraid to believe that “the ultimate ground-work of all is friendly and akin to” yourselves. With this philosophy of life you can courageously have personal independence and social usefulness. 11AlUty P. Swktt.