Westford Academy - Clarion Yearbook (Westford, MA)

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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

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

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A thnrd 1nd probably thc most Important way rn whxch we tan hclp our publnt of tltrals to kccp our toun ry ls to perform ID an uasclftsh 1nd lIlfC.llILCI1I mlnncr thc cyery day attxons ot an Amcrxtan utnzcn Wc can fulfrll thc oblrgatnons of our jobs by workrng more ettntxently We can spend or lnyest our money wrscly saung some rt posslble so that we can contrlbute to a healthy economy a great part of a natlons strcngth especnally rn tlme of war We can work to combat crnme and delmqucncy by rarsnng chnldren rn an atmosphere of lose consxderatlon and cooperatlon and by support mg unc programs whxch serye to fostcr a hcalthy sotnal cnuranment tor youth We can keep ourselyes eycr alert and constantly rnformed on the greatest smgle menace to de mocracy and the free world today the menate of Communlsm We can seek to undcr stand 1ts background rts attractrons the condrtrons whrch foster nts growth and 1ts methods of mfrltratnon and conquest so that we can rccognlzc any adwantes rt may be In all of these ways through each of these practices we are proung ourscly es worthy of the t1tle good crtrzen For rn each case we are saylng that we know freedom IS a grve and take proposmon and that we are ready wlllmg and eager to do our part to make each l1ttle sacrrfrte to mamtarn the exrstentc of a free way of lrte We are saying that we realnze what a beautrful and ennoblrng practnce freedom rs and that wlth the help of God we shall ney er let lt be takcn away SALUTATORIA xl FREEDOM In The Home EVA NESMITH Present day society has many elements wrthm Itself Of these the most xmportant and the most basxc IS the home for the home IS soclety s foundatron and 1ts testmg ground However, homes are regulated by the partlcnpants who sometnmes faxl to realnze the re sponsrbnlrtxes whrch are lncurred The neglect of these rcsponslbrlntres could mean thc productnon of a maladjustcd human berng who, wrth rash clenunuatory actron could constrtute a threat to socrety The proper attentron to these responsxbnlntres would nnsure the happmess of the nndmdual and the ady ancement of the natxon - , , y A 1 , I I , ' Y , J - v f ,Y W ' 1 . f - . - attempting to make around us, and resist them as best we can. Y 1 ' 4 ' Y 7. 1 Y ' , , I - I 7 7 U ' 7 I 7 l ' I N l E I A x 1 V y I A f a f ' I if hi 7: -e 7 .Ji- W t y .