Rogers Hall School - Splinters Yearbook (Lowell, MA)

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ZIRERQ Spring wmber 1958 The stay CECELIA WITTMANN, Editor-in-chief NANCY WOLF, Business Manager - DEBORAH GIFFIN, Art Editor MRS. LOUISE STATEN, Alumnae Editor Miss HILDRED RAMSAY, Faculty Adviser LITERARY BOARD VICTORIA ESTES SUSAN SHWARTZ SARAH HERRMANN DIANE TORREY MARIELLA POMAR JULIE VAUGHAN BUSINESS BOARD LINDA BENNER BONNEY HERRMANN WENDY CARPENTER MARJORIEANN WRIGHT JOANNE COPENHAVER CAROLYN YOUNG

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KN-I f, Vol. 66 Spring, 1958 No. 1 EDITORIAL This is the time of year when we busily shine up the house from aerial to furnace and gaily burn the junk that has been collecting in the backs of closets and drawers for the past year. How paradoxical that we should show such industry in de-cluttering our physical belongings, while com- pletely ignoring the necessity for order and revision in our minds. We burn boxes and barrels of old trinkets, yet we cling like spiders to a web of time-worn ideas, content with 'tlt was good enough for Grandma, it's good enough for mef' Let us not fall deeper into this'bottomless pit of complacency, of self-satisfaction. Let us not be cowards, afraid to stick our necks outg if we stay in our padded cocoon, we will surely suffocate. Our potentialities will be no more developed than the silk worm, murdered in its platinum shell. Must we be wrapped like mummies and prematurely interred under the pyramid of society? Society, after all is merely an in- vention of man, constructed so that he can act, talk, live like everyone else, while his mind and talents often grow moldy with disuse. Strike out at the corrupt aspects of the world - its outdated beliefs, its worthless tra- ditions, its too-convenient caste system. What would have happened if Da Vinci and Michelangelo and Ein- stein had skulked off like mongrel dogs with their tails between their legs at the least breath of public displeasure or misunderstanding? We would still be blowing out candles at night if Edison had not come along with his genius and courage, but They laughed at Edison. By these examples, we in no way mean to imply that we all have the potentialities of a genius. We don't. Nevertheless, we have talents which should not be ignored or shoved carelessly out of the way. Our talents in writing, speaking, art or organization may not make us nationally known figures, but can be of great use in improving both our community and the lives of those around us. If America is to remain prosperous, it is for us, the maturing genera- tion, to set out boldly and seize the new ideas - to advance!