Ridgewood High School - Arrow Yearbook (Ridgewood, NJ)

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JOHN NELSON President SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS ' .1- MARILYN MINTON BARBARA MAASS Secrefory Vice-President WALTER PERDUE Treasurer

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vp, , uUnited We Stand A rebound is taken off the backboard and the ball is passed over to the side. Then a lead pass is thrown up the floor and a basket is made. This was not the achievement of one man alone. The abilities of three men working together scored the basket. Working together is the thought that interests us, and can be expressed in the single word co- operation, Cooperation means unity and unity could mean peace. What a world it would be if we all worked with the cooperation of the basket- ball team. But unfortunately, we individuals are not born with this spirit of harmony. As young children we had to learn through bitter experience to think of others and share with them. Then as we progressed through school we realized more than ever the importance of cooperation-with our families, our QUO In 1918 it was Over There and l94l brought Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition. What will the world be singing in l9592 With such great strides being made by scientists and strategists, who knows what the outcome of the next few years will be? Will there be a war, if so, who will be the soldiers? Black against white? White against yellow? Or Christian against Red? Communism is knocking at the gates of America and is calling in a demanding voice. When the time comes what kind of answer will it receive? Look at the individuals in the group of people to whom this way of life is beckoning. Narrowing the field to three types there are the workers , the followers , and the leaders . Perhaps, in answer to this call, the voices of the workers will be heard. By being alert and active and by using their intelligence they inculcate upon the minds of others their ideas. Rea- lizing that today's children are tomorrow's leaders they are feeding the roots of the trees their poison- ous doctrine. ln addition, there is the follower . Dull, lazy, and neglectful of his civic duties to his town and his state he merely rides along on the work done by teachers, and with one another. Now we know that to live happily in a group we must be able to listen, contribute ideas, criticize constructively, and think in terms of others. After four years in high school we have come to the place where we must consider our part in the future. All around us we can see the results of greed and lack of cooperation. There is unrest and discontent abroad, and here at home dissat- isfaction in government and between management and labor. Perhaps the troublemakers in the world never learned that fundamental truth-consideration of one's fellow man. let us, even if we forget square root and Shakespeare's dates, always re- member to look beyond our individual interests and get together on the iob to be done. John Nelson VADIS? other people and is the first to deride the sugges- tions of others. Keeping strangely quiet when his chance to speak arrives, he can only go along with the crowd . Using an alert and active mind in a different way the leader forges ahead against an evergrowing sea of obstacles. This personality practices what his country preaches-democracy. Here is someone who is not afraid to speak out what he thinks or to take criticism for his actions. He is the man who by thoughtfulness, intelligence, and an inquiring mind will recognize the intruder as the menace it is. The younger generation, the students being grad- uated from institutions of learning all over the coun- try, are the ones who have to take the places of those above them, On leaving high school everyone is momentarily halted at the crossroads of the future. One road belongs to the scheming worker , one leads to the life of the meek follower , and another is the way to a state of independence and a clear mind- QUO VADIS2 Tom Kohler

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TOM KOHLER Edifor-in-Chief f af-VL, 9 ARROW CDFFICERS JANE PARRY Arr Editor 1 I6 RITA WORACEK Managing Editor ALAN JENNY Sports Editor