Stetson High School - Oracle Yearbook (Randolph, MA)

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Z bllISON HICH SLHOOI llidrtorllal s DUTY OF THE PRESS HIS w rnter some of us rttended the C,OlLlI'l'll3ll Seholtstrc Press Assoemtlon confer ence rt New York The theme of thrt conference was thfnt the duty of the press w.1s to be free Our school does not publlsh 1 newsprper but we strll feel free to ur our vrews on the subject lt lb the duty of the press to be free lt rs the duty of the press to report news not to m xke news Thrs lb the most 11DpOft1I1t wetpon of peace lt lb so rmportant becruse rt sprexds knowledge md understrndrng of others And unless we know and understand our nerghbors we Cinnot be really frrendly wrth them The best, lf not the only way to spreqd knowledge md understmdrng of others IS through the press And thrs cannot be done unless the press IS free The press must be free of publishers prcjudrees public OplI'll0l'l 1nd government control Nowtduys the newsprper professron needs be lb slered ftnd dutrful ms the medre 11 profession There should be 1 Hrppocrltlc olth for journlllsts where who 1nd whtt There should be no SCflSlIlOI'l1ll5ITl There must be nothlng but cold clexr frets whlch clnnot be misunderstood lnl rt 18 up to the press to lt thls The lllbllL will do rts prrt of lilkllllllv 1nd dlgestlng the flets lf the press wlll only do its pxrt of reporting events lb they really occurred wrth xll guess work rnd ll wlshful thinking lbollshed We hxve no school prper or even 1 column rn the locll ptpcr but we belleye we must do lll we ern to promote rexl freedom of the press We re 1l1Le th If rn dorng thrs we lre lil our own small wry promoting Wforld Pelce md gorng 1 prrt of the long roftd thlt lelds to mrkrng thrs re llly One Wcmrlcl Paul Ilan lg 111 7 Ldltor rn Qllllf l 4 I W. E, . K. 1 1 . o Q Y' , - s 1 s N 'I - 1 ' - 4- 1 ' - s - 'A 1 ' . 1 ' ' 1 ' 1 . . s l x - V - A r 2 7 y ' 1 J , 2 ' 'A' ' 1 '11 ' 1 li ' 1 J ' ' 1 1 1 ' . ' ' 1 1 . ' 1 ' 1 1 ' ' V '. ' 1 gk ' J 11 A 'l 1. A 'J'1 D s . V , 2 1 . 1 1 5 ' 1 1 1 1 ' . A 1 ' '1 ' . ' 1 ' ' 1'1 . '1 ' 1 ' The press IULISI be free to report everything exactly' RIS it happens, how, why, 1 . sy 1 1 Y I ' ' s s Af A K-s 1 ' I ' - D ' Lf , ' ' ' 11 1 1 '1 A 5 , 1 e ' I 1 1 1 2 V ' ' 1 '11 ' Y 1 ' ' ' 1 A ' V y ' - A 1 ' . 1 K- 2 - s y ,Q 1 - - 1 2 ,' 2 .Rf 1 , A ll ' ' 1 ' . A 2 1 ' ' L A 1 1 1 ' I 1 'L 2 1 5 1 s 1 A y 2 'A ' 1 ' '1 1 A 1 I' A 1 ' ' Y 1 ' ' ' 1 , ' '1 ' , 1 A 1 1 . 1 1 ' 1 ' '. 12 ' ' :1 1 1 , '4

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ON LOOKING BACKWARDS S the l1st locker door is s11n1med 1fter the 8 13 bell 1nd IS we scurry to our cl1sses, we begin an ordin1ry l1our If our cl11ly 1ntellectu1l domun Little do we t111nk of the m lily before us in wl1ose footsteps we II'6lLl during four of the best ye1rs of our lives How often do we rec1ll th1t in tl1e p1st hundreds l11vc struggled through blind ing snowstorms to study CICSIF lflcl 51111411.8156 1re If these s1me desks' Let us go b1ck in time back to the year 1847 Here we see 1 man his name is Amasa Stetson signing 1 document of gre1t importance to us for through his generos ity our Town H111 w TS erected ln the lower portion of the edifice is located the high school which is partly supported by the income of 1 fund of ten thous1nd doll1rs 1nd p1rt1y by t1x1t1on Only boys between the 1ges of fourteen 1nd eighteen 1re eligible to secure ID education un1tt11n1ble lf the gflflilli 1r schools T11e Rindc lph Ac1demy is the Hitch Scl1ool is c1lled is under the direction of 1 Bo 1111 of Trustees cc n1posed of three members elected by tl1e voters in the 1l11flLl1l Town curred for the 1c1demy is now coeduc1t1on 11 By 1905 the sc11ool h1s outvrown the building' Becau e of the 1ncre1sed enroll ment l1rger ind more 1L1CqLllIC f1c1l1t1es IULISC be secured for the cl1sses Two ye 1rs l1ter 1 sum not exceeding thirty Ill0LlSll'1Ll doll1rs is 1ppropri1ted tt 1 speciil town meeting to meet tl1e expense of 1 new building The estxte of Doctor Alden is chosc1 1nd p11rch1sed for tl1e sum of eight thous 1nd dollirs XX'hen tl1e brick building is con structed in 1908 tl1e Stetson High School y IL IICL1 tl1e rooms in the Stetson H111 build ing which for seventy years had been devoted to school purposes Thus in the spring term of 1909 we fee the doors being opened for the first school sessron in the new building For fifteen ye1rs pupils enter study If 1nd gr1du1te from this building until it is p1rt11lly destroyed by fire on tl1e nineteenth of une in 1971 Frederick E Ch1p1n then principtl w IS compelled to move b1ck to Stetson H111 the most pr1ct1c1ble building As we look in upon the year 1925 we hear the carpenters and electricians busily' reconstructing the burned section of our school. And sooner than we know it's 1947 and lo and behold '1s we leave these h'11- lowed halls, we hear rumors of 21 new and bigger Stetson to take '1 site not too f'1r from our present location but territically up-to-date in every respect. But we wonder if tl1is newer 'ind bigger schocl could be '1s le'1r to us 'IS mfr .chool is? Let us be more mindful of our duty to continue tl1e history of notre ecolen. Let us remember the fellow ship we find here and the people behind the spirit. As we LllVV'lyS cheer for Stetson we shall look back oyer the last hundred and five years and never forget our STETSON HIGH SCHOOL. Cl'1ire lS11'1C. '-17 1 5 1 7fze efzack RANDOLPH, MASSACHUSETTS 1 ' i -1 1 I ' 1 1 ' ' ' ' 12 ' K' ' I 1 1 1 A ' n ' 1 1' . A ' i A A V 1 - 1 , 1 ' . , A1 1 .-- 11 11 2 ' Q - y , N 2 , k. , ' - ' ' ' 11 1 1 1 '1 ' 1 1' 1 '1 A I 'Z f - ' ' 1 ' 1 ' 1 ' , ' - ' ' ' ' ' i ' 1 1 1 -1 1 ' 1 1 l ' 1 1 ' 1 ' ' ' ' 1 ' 1 1' 1 1 1 1 ' .. 1 3 O1 ',1' ' I' ' '1 ,i' A ' 1 1 ' 4 'F aa A ' ' D 1 2 v election, As we look in upon the year 1862 we find 11 revol11tion11ry change has oc- ' ', 1 1 ' A ' ' I '1 ' 1 . ' ' ' 1 D ' ' ' . Q1 ' ' 1. - , 1 V 1 1 1 1 ' '1 . ' 1 ' 1 ' 1 ' ' 'A l 1 1 1 i 1 '1 1 1 ' ' 1 I a 'A v A I - D ' - 1 ' 1' ' 'Al 1 - 1 ' 7 V y - rl -1 ' 1 1 L ' , , V v L , ' Q K, , - . 1 . 2 . Q w 1 , 1 1 1 , . . . . ' 1 , 1 ' ' 1 ' 1 - ' 1 ' '1 1 l Y , L K L 1 ' ', , 1 , 1 , 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 K 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 , 1 ' 1 1 1 1