Westford Academy - Clarion Yearbook (Westford, MA)

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FAVGRITES PERSONALITIES MCDST VERSATILE CLASS CLASS H EARTBREAKERS George Rogers ffzrzetb Rogers

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MOST ATHLETIC Eileen O'Nei! Ed MeLemm SENICDR CLASS MOST ATTRACTIVE Bill Fletela Pauline Led WITTIEST Red St. O11 ge Mona Hd7'1'flZgf0U

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ALEDICTORIAN ,us 751 XX FREEDOM gf'--1-ff-f-1'r-1 In The Natzon MONA HARRINGTON Freedom by lts yery nature 1mpl1es that those who possess rt are gn en the opportunrty to exercxse their wxll their choice People endowed with th1s blessing are free to decxde for themselves the course of actxon they wrll follow and they are not rmpeded by undue regrmentary restrrctrons They are free to say to wrxte to do to beheve as they wlsh Because of thls freedom to act elther for good or for bad cltrzens blessed wrth democracy must realrze that therr prrvlleges entall certarn oblxgatrons whrch shoud be readily and wrllmgly accepted In other words they must realxze that freedom requrres responslbrlxty In every society however there are those who abuse thexr prrvrlege of freedom erther through m1sgu1dance mrsnnformatron or snmple rnertna Any natnon whnch contams a preponderance of th1s type of rrresponslble rndlvrdual must eventually dls mtegrate from mrsmanagement or another form of protracted eyxl Therefore we as the posterxty for whom thxs country was founded must accept the responsrbxlrty to keep our natron free and to run our government effrcrently Our one duty most dxrectly associated wrth maxntarnmg good goycrnment rs to exer cxse our rrght to vote regularly and wrsely We should provxde ourselves wnth all ay arlable mformatron concerning candrdates for offrce support those whom we belreve con scxentlous and remove drshonest or lnefflcnent parasxtes who are governmg for the good of the few Nothnng fosters bad goyernment more cffectnely than an apathetrc cltlzenry Once our offncxals are Installed rn offrce there are many ways we the publrc can help them provide us with better gox ernment and a better way of lnfe Frrst we can suport them by constructwe crrtrclsm rather than emotronal slanders or outbursts of preyudnced feelmg on subjects about whrch we are probably not as well mformed as they Secondly we can provrde them wrth mformatron on local problems on personal problems affected by federal legxslatnon or by aclyancmg rdeas whrch we beheve mrght prove benefrcral Q' .4 gs., N , 9 ,lv S Ti . 1 - 5 . V, V. V . . . .V .V , . 1 A 1 1 1 1 - 1 . . ...Y . , . 1 1 1 1 ' A . . V. ' 1 1 1 . . .. V . . . ... M . - . . . . . I. Y . 1 . Y I ,Y .4 .. Y .. . . . V . ' 1 1 1 1 1 . .Q . Y - 1 1 . . Y . . . 1