Towle High School - Spirit Yearbook (Newport, NH)

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PAGE 30 THE SPIRIT OF TOWLE MR MR MR MR Second Row FACULTY Left to Right. BUGBEE .......................... History, English Physiography LADIEU ........ ................................... H istory, Coach BURRILL ..... ...... B iology, Chemistry, Track Coach GOLDIN ............................................ Mathematics, Physics Front Row- MISS KELLEY .. MISS CONDON... MRS. FOSTER... MR. PERKINS ....... MISS NVHITE .... MISS HENAULT ........ ....... C olnmercial Wfork Left to Right. nu...-...-......--.... nu- ...--.. French, English, Coach ...............Latin, English English Headmaster, Economics Sociology

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THE SPIRIT or TOWLE PAGE 29 hand. He had to overcome the elements of na- ture, the wild life, and the savagery of the time that menaced his live stock, crops and even his very life. This was a hard life and only t-he fittest could survive. Now let us return to the present days. We have not left the pioneer behind us. Heris still with us, although he has abandoned his musket' an-d uses in its place,-knowledge. Civilization has advanced and life has been made easier, but he still has his great problems and oppositions to overcome. He is embodied in the explorer, the inventor, the laboratory worker and the highly- trained technician. Each uses his scientiiic train- ing to cope with things-to delve into and to solve .the mysteries of our modern frontiers. These frontiers were at first very small and lim- ited, but the pioneer blazed his trails beyon-d them. They were broadened and extended to where they are today. They will be broadened even farther tomorrow. It is inevitable. Consider, for example the world of medical science. To visualize more clearly our advance- ment in this field, let us return if we may to the early days of mankind. Man's ills and afflictions were treated by a witch doctor who knew very little about his applications. If a patient recover- ed from a serious illness, it was really a miracle, for blood letting was prescribed to cure all ills. Today we no longer consider it a miracle to recover from our ills. Thanks to 'the advance of medical science and to the men who made it possible, it is a common occurrence. The doctor of today knows his profession largely through the accumulated knowledge of the pioneers of the past, and thus it is with the explorer, 'the inventor and others. Man is never satisfied with the pre- sent. He is always trying to better it and heighten his understanding of it. The frontier of knowledge is ever broadening, ever advancing 3 -never stationary. The pioneer, by solitary effort, cannot make his work benefit mankind. He must have the people behind him. They, too, will have to possess a general knowledge of his discoveries in order to understand them and carry them out to the best advantage. We must help extend the frontier of knowledge. These retiections which I have asked you to share, were suggested to me by the following thoughtful paragraph written by Horace Mann. Men were not created to live in wigwams nor stiesg but to rise up and to lie down in dwellings of comfort and elegance. Men were not created for alms-houses and the gallows, but for com- Defence, an-d freedom, and virtue, not for thoughtless puerilities and vanities, but for dignity and honor, for joy unspeakable and full of glory. JOHN SNAPE ..l.. .. CGMMENCEMENT WEEK June 12-Class Day June 13-Baccalaureate June -Class Picnic June 16-Graduation June 17-Alumni Banquet X June 18-Senior Reception IN CLASS: Look here, young man, you can't fall asleep in my class! PURMORT: I could if you didn't yell so loud! AIRPLANE PASSENGER: Oh, we're going to crash! What'l1 we do? PILOT: Don't get excited-that's only a rub- ber plantation below us!

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THE SPIRIT OF TOWLE PAGE 31 I! CLASS OFFICERS Left to Right. President ............... ........ R ICHARD PURMONT Vice President ...... ...... N ORMAN PURMORT Secretary .......... ...... B EATRICE ROWE Treasurer ...... ....... R OBERT HURD