Templeton High School - Class Book Yearbook (Baldwinville, MA)

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IVY ORATION Mr Stmson members of the faculty fellow graduates f nd parents ladres and Gentle men Today we are at peace today we have r turn d to nor'nalcy Government controls have been ltfted the draft no longer extsts the O P A ts a memory scarce goods are back on the counters Yes the war 1S over the globe conflrct has been frrtshed for two years Yes we are at peace Let us pause a moment thrs evenrng and look at that great word Peace Peac accord mg to Webster IS a state of rest or calmness Peace as defmed by the Thom1sts IS order 1n tranqurhty Order rn tranqurlrty three wo ds that should be part of our every day l1ves Stop and thmk 1f each one of us here tonlght should adopt these words rf each 1nd1v1dual 1n th Umted States should make thts def1n1t1on part of 1ts l1f 1f eacft natron 1n the world would mcorporate these words 1nto 1lS dally ltves what a change we would experrence tn a world torn asunder by yealousy revenge and confltct The panacea for all 1lls No' But a tart on the road to the construct1on of a pea eful world mstead of a path to destructton People everywhere thought hoped and prayed that the attalnment of an ldeal world was to be accomplrshed by the formatlon of the Umted Natrons Orgamzanon We strll hope that thrs ldeal wtll be fulftlled by thrs great assembly But how can nat1ons work together pomt under d1scuss1on IS not to hrs hklng Such an assembly IS bound to fatl Ideals are attamed through an lnterchange of rdeas not through hasty exrts from meetlngs No ladles and gentlemen peace cannot be accomplrshed by one man or by a group of men peace must be desrred by people Peace must be sought for by 1nd1v1duals A true peace can only be reached through the work of 1nd1v1duals each one from the l ad1ng statesmen of the world to the lowest person from the oldest persons to the youngest all peoples regard les of race creed or color must want peace and must be w1ll1ng to work w1th one another to obtam thrs rdeal before the world can be at peace Peace cannot b obtarned through force peace cannot be found through the u e of atomtc bombs Jet bombs or any other kmd of d structrve forc Peace ts an rdeal that must come from the p ople We Amerrcans want peace The Umted States d legates have gone to Russta to try to sell Amerrcan peace to the rest of the Confer nc Requests from Moscow s em to rndrcate that our rdeals are to be crusued The Umtea States knows tftat peace cannot b had by keepmg defeated nat1ons ln abJect poverty and servrle labor Our delegates reahze that people enclosed by the rron hand and shut off from the rest of the world by tte tr n curtam cannot be at peace Today the Umted States as a leadmg world power has taken the Job that was thrust upon tt to lead the rest of the world back to peace We are trymg to show the Drctators that 1947 IS not the feudal era of the medreval age We are trymg to befrtend all people be they Chmese Russtans Greeks or Germans What we can do to ameltorate thetr lot we are domg what we can do to encourage them we shall conttnue to do so Hrstory tells us of the years 22 . ' , , V , D , ' - , e e , . . , I ' l V if - 1 ' ' 0 . , , - V, I ' I I ' e ' ' ' ' ' ' ' e, ' I ' ' I , I . I . . s ' C , ' ' . , , in a group, if one member takes a daily or semiedaily constitutional from the meeting, if the . . . I I Q . I I I - cs -, , ' ' ' 9 ' , s e , ' . ' e c ' ' e e. e ' ' ' l . ' ' I e ' ' ' ' ' . ' ' l ' o ' .

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ALEXANDER IOSEPH ZALEWSKI Alec Baldwrnsvrlle General Alec doesn t say much but when he do s he usually strcks to rt He has a d lnrt eye for the grr s but 'rate to aclm1t 1t The b st ot luck to you rn your future llfe and good hshmg' WELCOME ADDRESS llr Qtmson members ot the faculty pa ents anol trrends ot the class ot l947 lt IS my honor and pleasure as preslclent ot the senror class to Welcome all ot you to our Class Day exercrses You may be sure that we ot the rracluaung class are exceedmgly glaol to see you here and that we appre clate your mterest We hope that th1s evenlng Wrll be an entoyabl one 1 ans you tor comrng The are two srdes to everythmg even graduatlon has two aspects the lurworous and the serlous 'Vomght accordlng to traclltron me shall at mpt to make you and the graduatlng class laugh What you hear about the graduates past present or future may be true partrally true or not true at all so please keep th1s rn mmcl as we are srmply tryrng to b funny 'lhe program th1s evenmg has been arranged to entertarn you and not to em barrass you or hurt your teelmgs by anythrng that IS sara RAUNO LAMPl Senlor Class Presldent 2l , . l Q I I V ' , . L . .1 1 A . 91 9 A l r D , . 3 , . . o , xv . F , U Y . kJ 1 , L . N 1 1 ,. . f ' - . 9 . -w-Vs 1 - . TQ . . , L .V Z ,,, , . . . .. 7 LL 1 ., . A , , LS L - . 1 . 4 J I ' I I -. . . . . . ., Q , 1 V . .A-

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when freebooters sold tretr captrves 1nto slavery Th1s cannot happen today We know the m1sery of these people We know the meanlng of the word servrle W'e know the lot of the slave To thes shocked people of Europ we are holdrng out a better exrstence a freedom that 1S an mnerent part of eacl' mdtvldual a freedom guaranteed to each rndrvrdual the rrght of lrfe lrb rty and the pursu1t of happtness Stat smen cannot for one moment forget that nattons exrst for the welfare of people that governments exlst for the welfare of the famrly States were made for people not people for the state Wrule t e Unrted States and rts mrllrons of p ople are concerned w1th remedyrng mter nat1onal affarrs we cannot forget our own nat onal problerrs Today rn Amerrca people are restless they are uncertarn as to the future Labor and management are at extremes Prrces contrnu to sprral 1nflat1on rs lookmg at us and to all tndrcatrons wrll be soon confrontmg us Our reconversron to peace has been hampered by the lack of balance between balance and demand True we are all strrvrng for a better standard of lrvrng because the better the lot of the people the better the natron But before thts rdeal can be realrzed agarn we must cons1der rndrvrduals Labor must unde stand management management must under stand labor and they both must realrze that t'1ey cannot and must not rnfrrnge on the rtghts of socrety An understandmg between government labor management and soctety wrll pTOV1d9 the only solutron to nat1onal problems Thls understandmg must be a proper respect for the r1ghts of all rndlvrduals not the r1ghts of a few racral and relrgrous drscrrmlnatron A true prcture y t one that the maJor1ty of people try to overlook or camouflage But such procedure does not solve these problems and as long a they go unsolved so we shall have them The only solut1on to such problems rs a return to the ethrcal concepts of rndrvrduals respect for the rrghts of others governed by rel1g1ous prrncrples A mutual respect and conslderatron IS a fundamental must rn the lrves of all peoples before real peace can be establlshed here tn Amerrca or throughout the rest of the world We of the class of l947 wrll shortly enter a world that IS lookrng for the dove of peace a world frlled wrth sufrfermg war wearrness C1V1l war a world seek1ng balance power sphere of mfluence control over peoples ltves Although we are entertng a battle whrch many older people feel can be treated best by tndolence we must clrng to our rdeallsm and trust rn a greater future a world of peace W have trred to and have succeeded rn solvmg rnsurmountable problems of the past We can and w1ll do our part rn solvmg th1s problem of peace Each one of us you and me can by concerted actron work for or peaceful country and a peac ful world We can accomplrsh thrs ldeal by our part1c1pat1on rn the socral cultural and pohttcal GHCIIIS of our town your state your country and your world Thrs rdeal can be real1z d by actron not by apathy We must practrce tolerance and understandmg rn our own communrty We must partrclpate rn the town government erther as offtcrals or as electors We must part1c1pate 1n our state and natronal governments we must use our god grven r1ghts of freedom to assure a country tl assure a world of equalrty and peace for l1fe ltberty and the pursurt of happmess for all peopl for all natlons b they Amerrcans Hebrews Engltsh Chrnese or Germans If every mdrvrdual rn every land wrll ass rne hrs responsrbrllty of respect for others he 23 g . . . t . e e, A ' J ' ' , e ' A . e , A , I . ' ' ' ' ' ' e ' ' ' - ' ' . 1 . I ' , The picture in America today is not exactly a pretty pictureeestrikers, delinquence, and ' 1 s , . ' ' 14 V I l f T ' ' l I 2 l 1 1 ' f . e ' ' ' ' ' ' U es, ' , 9 ' I I ' ' ' ' ' rr ' T ' ' I