Samuel D Hanson School - Crescent Yearbook (Buxton, ME)

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10 THE CRESCENT Independence or Dependence? How many of you cringe when you hear some, strong, healthy youth say lazily, nwhy work, the government will feed and clothe me. Those of us who were brought up to believe that we owed the government financial support rather than the ngovernment owing us a livingu are asking ourselves some questions that are hard to answer. How important is a self-supporting citizenry to a demo- cracy such as the United States? Have we over emphasized the idea of nworking togethern and not emphasized independence enough? Was family pride discarded as a virtue when the horse and buggy was a means of transportation? If these questions are not satisfactorily solved what will the future hold for us? Let us try to analyze the meaning of these interrogations even if we are not qualified to state a definite answer. No democracy can rise above the citizens of which it is made. A non-supporting group of adults will finally result in a non-Q supporting government. Taxes are a public responsibility for all, not a single class. An adult who wants to earn a livelihood and is not equipped.with vocational training feels himself a misfit socially. We know that square pegs in round holes will cause an efficiency lag in machinery, likewise it does in society. In answer to the question, how important is a self-supporting citizenry to a democracy, I ask you to remember a law of Physics, HA liquid will rise no higher than its source.n From kindergarten through our formal education we are taught the importance of cooperation, nLet's do it together.U nWhy don't Mary and Johnny work it out.N Teachers have said these sentences over and over again. Let teacher remember that we were all given feet upon which to stand- separately. As great as the lesson of Cooperation is the lesson of Independence which teaches the power each of us has alone. Should we not try to bring a balance be- tween these two and try to make youth understand we must live with the group not on the group. Gan it be that'the word npauperu has lost its,degrading aspect? If it has then I say it is too bad. Our grandfathers felt pride A in having to ask financial aid from no one -- his fare was simple, his home not pretentious but it was hip. Can it be that an ex- pensive pear bought by the government tastes so much better than a russet apple purchased by dad? If it does then, family pride has flown out the window. How dark the future looks for democracy if we do not support our families but feel it a social responsibility. Should we not pledge ourselves to the reestablishment of a society that will work together for the common good yet independently accept its responsibilities? This pledge not to go into effect upon gradua- tion from high schook, or upon reaching twenty-one years of age but NOW. For we know that the direction in which a man starts his life-will determine his future.

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SEMUH SWISTIIS HERBERT D. SHORT NHerbn Handsome Dark Silent Baseball l,2,53 Basketball lg Track 53 Glee Club 5,43 Dramatics 2,43 Speaking Contest 2. RUTH E. GREENE HRuthN Rapturous Bffectual Giggling Track 3 Glee Club l,2,5,43 Class Vice-president 23 Class President43Crescent Board 5,43 Valedictorian- EDNA A. MOULTON NEdnaH Earnest Ambitious Mild Vice-president 13 Class President 23 Class Treasurer 52 Speaking Contest 23 Dramatics 2,5,43 Crescent Board 5,4, Editor-in-chief 43 Student Council 5,43 Glee Club l2,5,43 Salutatorian. ROBERT C. EMERY HBGb N Reliable Capable Energetic Baseball l,2,53 Glee Club l,2,5,43 Orchestra 43 Track l,2,5, Crescent Board 53 Speaking Contest 5,43 Class Vice-president 53 Class Treasurer 43 Basketball,l,2,5, 4, Captain 43 Dramatics 2,43 Student Council 43 Address to Undergraduates EDNA M. DOUCETTE NBdnan Exhaustive Merry Daydreaning Melrose High, Melrose Mass. l3 Drrmatics 2,43 Basketball 5,43 Softball 5, Crescent Board 53 Glee Club l,2,5,4, WILLIAM F. MANNING NBilln Wily Funloving Mechanical Westbrook High lg Music 2,5,43 Baseball 53 Basketball 43 Crescent Board 4.