Waltham High School - Mirror Yearbook (Waltham, MA)

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MIRROR STAFF

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VALEDICTORY household on a scientific, economical basis, or how to earn her living in the world of business. These and many other oppor- tunities are open to the girl of today, to say nothing of the improvement in the train- ing for boys, yet the pessimists are saying that our public schools are of no help in fitting us for real life! They say, too, that the general tendency of the age is to sink back into the depths of selfishness, and they speak dolefully of the recent calamities which so aptly illustrate their gloomy statements. It is only too true that the loss of some of America's finest men and women through a shipwreck caused by an inordinate desire for speed, and through a flood brought about by selfish greed for money, is irreparable, and so tragically needless. But, as usual, there are two sides to the question, and the optimist's points to improvement. Right in our own city, the generous interest taken in the Day Nursery and in the Animal Aid Society, furnishes ample proof of the prevalent spirit of altruism. And, as straws show the Way the wind blows, so a better spirit in a small city indicates a better spirit in the world at large. The movement for univer- sal peace is a very forcible illustration that we are approaching, no matter how slowly, Christ's ideal of on earth, peace, good will towards men.', And then lVlother's Day- what more direct contradiction of the cynic's view of humanity could there be than the readiness with which people adopted a white carnation as the emblem of motherhood ? Ah, yes, motherhood! We must only be thankful for the world's advance since the preceding generation, we cannot boast haughtily of it, for that was mother's gen- eration, and father's, too, and far be it from us to feel superior to them. Besides, in years to come, we may sit in this hall and listen to our sons or daughters, as they tell how far the world has gone on since their parents' day. T ' ln years to come -that has an ominous sound-I wonder how many of us are as glad to leave high school as we have so re- peatedly and emphatically declared we would be? For those who are going far- ther, regret is softened by the thought of good times to come, but for those who are to begin work at once, tonight has a deeper significance. Few 'employers are so gen- uinely interested in our welfare as are our teachers, or so ready to make allowances for neglected work when we want to be in The Playl' or to go on the VVashington Trip. lt is all very well to fuss and fume when lessons seem hard, but when it comes to the final test, I am sure that there are very few of us who will have no shade of regret as we receive our diplomas, the sym- bol of four successful years. Where shall we be in ano-ther four years? The far and the near sighted are equally helpless, for neither can tell. Yet I am sure that if I say Success to you all, our rela- tives, teachers and friends will answer unanimously, as did the country school com- mittee, Them's my sentiments tew l Cxwk l ' 'L N If ..' -4-usp' -f CX-

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