Roger Ludlowe High School - Fairfieldiana Yearbook (Fairfield, CT)

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. . It is one of the qualities of all life that it is in a constant process of change and never remains the same at any given moment. Life that stagnates tends to die, if the stagna- tion is complete, death has occurred. It follows that life in its moving quality tends to break out of and to overcome the status quo. We grow either stronger or weaker, wiser or more foolish, more courageous or more cowardly. Every moment is a moment of decision, for the better or for the worse . . . What holds true for the individual holds true for a society. It is never static, if it does not grow, it decays, if it does not transcend the status quo for the better, it changes for the worse. Often we, the individual or the people who make up a society, have the illusion we could stand still and not alter the given situation in the one or the other direction. This is one of the dangerous illusions. The moment we stand still, we begin to decay . . . Proposing methods of activation by participation aims at the revitalization of the democratic process. It is based on the conviction that American democracy must be strengthened or it will wither away. It cannot remain static. I - Erich Fromm

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Power concedes nothing without a demand-it never has and never will. Unless there is some sort of meeting of the forces, the force that is it kk,A 'Q Things do not change, we change. - Thoreau dominant will always remain so. Unless you take WS J, . . , . . . A W A fu' some kind of action, you re yust going to continue f s ,yr to have the status quo. So you ve got to push and it Mm 'pgitse y :W W push until you get what you want . . . Those least g g,3 ',,, affected, least involved, the great mass of black I K sq, . . . . Q ' K x A A L ' 3' ,, x is and white middle-class Americans, must involve pg t, -1 fp s p up sw, at NN' themselves . . . that action replace slogans, that i s if t s aww . . W' f 9' , ,-swf ..,., rhetoric be replaced by reality. I- summit we JP as sf ,,, ttat if is s A l k - f my N -- I it cpu- p .1 Juhan Bond K i ,-t. if ..Lk gsm in Q X . fx V sf, V - 'Q xx ' -' as s s t t . Na to isss 'df at use, We ifbws' i vt it we i ,t ssse . gi if si WN iiiiii ww, A ik :ir r ii. V5 L.,. ,,.,. 3 dp I sf Lf U Q ,, , X :Wg :gk fm K -X. . K '- J ai W wa A mp l s itit Q . ttasttssfst, t s ef ,sl s t t as Q diff :ii . A X tt A A p p,.k rr gr ap 3 V V s ,s s i t H' 12 ',.:'- s e ..,, T' esss s s . iiiii - V ,., ...,,. . .,,L: A , ,:,. .tykskgyy ,R , :L ., . .. K K I K li? Q f isl. ,. , t tt 'issr a s , f is at t ssir 4 sssss i, s at - .. t a , st at ss? . -'a..s, ., '-,', 1 in

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14 E Awareness of existing reality and of the possibilities for its improvement helps to change that reality. The need for action is clear. Any hope of change depends on the strength of each individual, on his courage to be fully alive and to seek solutions to the problems of his existence. Education can be only the beginning. If we truly wish to be free, we must accept responsibilities and demonstrate that we have become self-motivated and directed, socially aware and responsive to change. -'Q8.,Q',s?.W , as -Hi