Waltham High School - Mirror Yearbook (Waltham, MA)

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Valedictor MARGARET PERRY LADIES AND GENTLRMEN: ONIGHT we pause a moment for a glance into the past and the future. and to ask ourselves what in life is really worth while. f'The worldly hope men set their hearts upon, Turns ashes-or it pros- persg and anon, Like snow upon the desert's dusty face. Lighting a little hour or two-is gone. This is just as true now as when Omar wrote it eight hundred years ago. The individ- ual or nation that works for material prosperity alone is building on sand. Vife have an ex- ample of this in the war that is now going on. It is true that Ger- many has developed the 4 greatest efficiency that l the world has ever seen or may ever see again: A the Kultur that has been her watchword for so many years. But the individual has been sacrificed to the State. Germany is one big, efficient machine in which the gov- ernment does the thinking. Our govern- ment is made by and for the individualg theirs thinks only of what is good for the State. what will bring greater efficiency: In the Fatherland efficiency is attained through a multitude of laws which tell the people what they may or must do and what they may not or must not do. And here we can learn a lesson: the laws are obeyed. All over Germany are little signs which read Verboden'l Cmeaning Forbidden J. There is a finality in the word. Any action barred by Verboden cannot be carried out. Then, too, a laudable example of the efficiency of the great machine is shown in the fact that in all Germany there is not one poorhouse, not one orphan asylum. Everyone is kept track of, catalogued, from the time of his birth, and if it is necessary, provided for. This is one of the many things their Kul- tur stands for. The dictionary defines our word culture as the enlightenment and discipline acquired by mental and moral train- ing. Neither individ- ual nor nation can be truly successful without that moral training, together with etiiciency. England is an example of this culture. But while England has cul- ture and philanthropy, the greatest poverty in the world exists in London, for all the land is owned by a few rich. This makes a large, helpless, depend- ent class, in which is warning for us. Another example out of many that could be cited of her lack of efficiency is the fact that there are one million able-bodied men en- gaged in doing the clerical work of the army because of the red tape-all reports are written in long hand for they do not use our efficient shorthand. - XYe, as a nation, need more of the effi- ciency of the one great nation and of the culture of the other both in our schools and in our government. In education in the old days. culture was the main thing thought of. The children

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Katherine Ibrook Eaton SALUTATORY ceive bread from Englandg bitt they love the English Shakespeare. for in Germany more of his plays are acted than in any other country. At this time I consider it a duty and a privilege to make some mention of those who have performed so large a part in our education. Doubtlcss you all know to whom l refer: the teachers. 'llo them wc owe a debt of honor and gratitude for their patience, perseverance, and sacrifice. At times we may have thought them severe and exacting, but now we realize that it was for our good, and we appreciate their efforts in performing such a duty. Un- doubtedly, were it not for their efforts, now that our career in the public schools is at an end, wc could not carry with us such pleas- ant memories of the days there spent. - O O Diploma List, 1916 College Course Marguerite Allen Eaton Mary Josephine Gately Blanche Boyce Greenleaf Beriger F. Anderson XVarren XVorcester Bailey Martin Hamlin Burckes Charles Hubbard Burnham Ernest Dewey Clarkson Carl Ambrose Ellis Lewis Currier Franklin Ruth Gertrude Ashley Thelma Adele Blakely Ruth Eleanor Brodrick Gladys Frances Brown Doris Ryder Cathcart Marion Howard Chapin Esther Blenid Concannon 'Violet Annie Cox Edith Phoebe Daniell Helen Bernadine Donahoe Marjorie Lewis Eccles Lillian Elsie Erwin Edith Randolph Fourtiii Mertie Frances Frost Marion Gill Edith Frances Hammond Gladys Denton Hartley Delphine lnez Haskins Elsa Magnhild Elizabeth Hedman Helen Lavinia Horfses Amy S. Irish Ethel Mae -lanes Florence Mary E. Keefe Marie Emerton Kelly Velma Kittredge Elin Dagmar Larson Leltie Annie McGoldrit-k Gertrude Teresa Hines Nellie Bluebell .Jackson Josephine Agnes Keany Edna Marguerite Leger Ruth Whitney Masters Technical Course Felix .Joseph Geoffrion lYesley R. Gilbert Henry Theodore .Jackson Holgar J. Jenson Frank J. McCabe Raymond Charles McQuiston ciiffoi-fi Haughton Richardson General Course Berniece Laughton MacQueen Alice Esther Manning Ida Edith Mendelsohn Phila May Mills Marion L. Moore I .Jessie Isabell Munro Helen Rae Murphy Mildred Eva Neil Anna Theodora Olson Eupheinia Gladys Orr Florence Augusta Perry Miriam Louise Rand Alberta Emily Sanderson Louise Sewall Clara Frances Sherman Mabelle Rae Spencer Marian Ruth Spencer Margaret Mary Stankard Doris Emily Stanley Gladys Ruth Stevens Julia Elizabeth Swift Gertrude Linnel Taylor Natalie Susan Thompson Mazie C. vander XVyk XVin1iit'red XVarren Vinal Margaret E. XVlllllGIll0l'G Marie Edna Wilson Grace Oakes Winslow Helen Margaret Perry Katherine Robertson Rogers Alice Madeleine Stone Raymond Franklin lViley John Elliot Rutter Nathan Herbert Sanderson, Jr. Ralph Heniineuway Sanderson George Herbert Towne Q Lincoln Lull Turner Lloyd Rodney Wyman Henry Francis Colloton James Henry Colon Frank B. Cornwell W'illiam Wlarren Dearborn Percy VVillian1 Decker Bertram YVillis Eaton George Augustine Flagg Clarence Bates French George L. French Irving A. Garfield M. Phillips Graham Melville XVills Hayden Frank Charles Healey Leon W. Jones Everett Raymond Kefnnedy Carl Oscar Kristenson Lincoln Alexander MacCullough VValter Leslie McGillivray Charles Edward Olney Elliot Chester Paul George Alfred Pickett XVarren A. Rice Edward Roger Rietchel Vaino YV. A. Ronkanten Henry D. Stone Leonard Francis Tracy Robert Mayhew Ware

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VALEDICTORY slaved over Latin, Creek, French, literature and mathematics, without any thought being given to practical preparation for life. Then an education was not so widely ap- preciated as now. For instance, in a small country town a few generations ago, a farmer's daughter obtained permission from her father to attend the fall term of the academy. At the beginning of the winter term she asked to be allowed to go the rest of the year. XYhy, yes, her father thought she could, if there was'anything she had not studied yet. Now ideals as well as ideas have changed. The cultural studies are making room for and giving way to the so-called practical studies. One can prepare oneself to earn a living right in our schools-one can study manual training or sewing, cook- ing'and other practical arts, thus acquiring efficiency as well as culture. How much of these have our four years in High School brought us? It depends largely upon our- selves. So far in life we have been mainly receiving. Now it is our turn to begin to take a share in the worlds work, to give out instead of taking in, For there is no hap- piness in having or in getting, but only in givingf' O O Class Officers Senior Class RAYMOND WILEY, President KATHERINE ROGERS, Vice-President PHILA MILLS, Seeretary-Treasurer LINCOLN TURNER, Auditor Junior Class LAWRENCE MULLOY, President KARLEEN LUDDEN, Vice-President MILDRED MORSE, Secretary-Treasurer RALPH BLANOHARD, Auditor Sophomore Class EUGENE POWERS, President ISABELLE DAUNCEY, Vice-President CLIFTON TAYLOR, Secretary VVINTHROP BARNES, Treasurer ALBERT BENT, Auditor I