Worcester High School of Commerce - Caduceus Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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6lass Orahon 54 A Unesco and Educatwn For Internatlnnal Understandlng By GILBERT GIFFORD One of the mam ways to establish world peace is through the Umted Nations and to be more specific a part of the Umted Nations known as Unesco or the Umted Nations Educational Scientific and Cul tural Organizations Unesco as we will call It deals with many problems One of them rs embodied In the so called Susplclons that we here In the Umted States have of strangers In other parts of the globe We might more strongly say that we are strangled by Preludlce We begun to acquire these apprehensnons of the stranger quite early and biologically this has been a useful protective device More than one species has disappeared because It developed a characteristic that was at first useful and then could not be adapted to changed circumstances The same difficulties con front us for our world suddenly has shrunk Two wars have made us realize how small It rs and now destroy it We have had lust enough Intelligence to see how we could protect ourselves The Umted Nations was founded because of the realization that only through such a medium can we keep the peace Since wars have commonly resulted from mens refusal to allow others the rights they claim for themselves we have adopted the Umversal Declaration of Human Rights But this philosophy wont work unless we are trained Gilbert Gifford. Class Orafor to live rn an atmosphere of co operation and patience There rs no use In seemg what is necessary unless we make a real adaptation in our behavior Because of this conclusion Unesco was founded If Unesco were only an office In Paris its task would be impossible lt IS more than that lt rs an association of some sixty five countries which have pledged them selves to do all they can not only Internationally but within their own boundaries to advance the common arm of educating for peace The International aspect applies because we shall obviously further peace more rapidly and with more mutual trust lf we do rt together This doesnt mean that education ln your school rs to be turned over to some insidious foreign influence that wants to attack your way of life The govern ments that make up Unesco would never have been founded if its purpose had been to make French boys less French Americans less American Japanese less Japanese Being a good neighbor does not mean ceasing to call your home your own and having to re arrange the furniture the way someone down the street might like it Education for international under standing doesnt even mean saying that other people s opinions or ways of life are as good as your own They may not be It means only admitting that others have as much right to their oprmons and theur ways of life as you have to yours lt means mutual respect and mutual help as l sand beang good neighbors Education is involved rn two ways If we are to get along with each other Instead of destroying each other we need to develop friendly attitudes of mind for co operating with people who may not have the same outlook as our own We need knowledge of what these differences are so that we can understand each other and co operate better In forming these attitudes and in grvong this knowledge our activities in school are Important Dlctators who wanted to organize their people for war have always done two things In their schools They have used authoritarian methods In order that children would grow up not as free and responsible persons but as unquestlonlng servants of the dictator s will and they have twisted what was taught about other countries so that hate was engendered Instead of understanding Education among democratic and peace loving peoples will do the opposite of these thungs lt will encourage schools themselves to be com munltles an which children though they have to follow certain rules for the common good will follow them happily and indeed help to carry them out because they are treated as real persons capable of showing Initiative and of thinking for themselves ' I n . . . ,, . ' I I I Q . . . . . . . - ' ' I ' ' ' ' . l . . I ' I I I . I , . . we know that we may, at any moment, completely ' . . ' , . . . . . - . , , . G I I I I , . 1 I ' , , I I I U . . 1 . - . . .

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The first Town Meetung at the Hugh School of Commerce was held un March under the supervusuon of Samuel E Sleeper of the faculty Bylaws and warrants were drawn up luke a regular New England town meeting After open duscussuons students voted on the varuous ussues Frances St Dems was elected the Hugh School of Commerce representatuve to the Good Gov ernment Day Exercuses un Boston Instead of havung the usual Sprung fever everyone at Commerce was bustlung with ac tuvuty the Booster Club sponsored theur first 38 act Varuety Show Later the Blackfruars pre sented a mystery entutled Double Door wuth JoAnne Eaton and Frederuck Goodruch un the leads The well balanced Track team seuzed the cuty tutle On May T5 sorrow once agaun struck Com teacher sunce 1949 passed away after a long ullness She was a brulluant person whose work wuth her pupuls won her hugh regard Once agaun ut was proven that not only does Commerce rank hugh scholastucally and produce great sportsmen but that many of her students have the natural God guven talent so often unnoticed Sux Comrnercutes won natuonal honors un the 26th Annual Natuonal Hugh School Art Exhubutuon un Puttsburgh un a field of l5000 contestants Well September 1953 rolled around and we were embarkung on our last half year of hugh school lt seemed uncreduble once we had watched un awe the prevuous classes preparung for graduatuon and now we would be doung those same thungs Muss Elsue G Moreau typewrutung and ste nography teacher for more than 25 years retured on September 25 The l953 edutuon of the CADUCEUS won first honors un the l9th annual Columbua Unuversuty Scholastuc Press Assocuatuon contest un New York for the llth successuve year The hughlught on the socual agenda was our Senuor Prom held November 20 l953 at the Elks Home The 400 who attended wull long cherush the memorues of thus gala affaur Gulbert Gifford was elected to represent Commerce at the Good Government Day exer cuses to be held un Boston un the Sprung Those who have won the hughest ratung, that of beung a Horace Mann Scholar, are Maruon Hayward, Mary Lou Ruch, Rose D'Elua, Albert Mangano and Donald lnglus Constance Nassar was Edutor un Chief of the CADUCEUS the Senuor yearbook and Rose D Elua served as Edutor un Chuef of The Mercury our school newspaper Gurls who have been awarded letters un the varuous sports are Jeane Allen Januce Clufford Duane Guguere Eleanor Sugel and Frances Taylor The followung were chosen to take part un these unforgettable Class Day Exercises Freder uck Cronun Puanust Helen Dedes Testatrux Rose DElua Hustoruan Gulbert Gufford Orator Stan ley Johnson Vocalust and Reva Sher Musucuan and Composer of the Class Song Maruon Hay ward was the author of the Class Song Thus being one of the last tumes we shall assemble as a class we the Class of 1954A wush to express our heartfelt thanks and appre cuatuon to Almughty God for Hus duvune guldance have made our hugh school educatuon possuble Mr Casey our beloved pruncupal to Mr Tobun and Mr Mannung our assustant pruncupals for their tureless efforts to make our graduatuon a success to the faculty for their wuse advuce and counsel and to everyone who has made our stay here at Commerce such a pleasant and successful one As we set out unto the world we take along our many memorues lastung fruendshups knowl edge gauned and fauth un God we struve to attaun success Rose D'Elia, Class Historian . I . I . . ' ' , . . I . . I . . I ' 1 . . I . . I . . I I . I . A , . I . . 7 . . I E - , , ' 2 , ' - . I . - . . - ' - . I I - I I . - . . . I . . . . P merce as Catherine M. Benoit, office practice our parents, whose understanding and patience . I . . . I ' - 1 I . I . . . I , , I 4 . . I . . I ' I ' ' ' I - Q I I I I . ' I . I ' I . . , I

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Let me QIVE one example of the way In whIch Unesco helps forward such an aIm It IS the duty of the organIzatIon to spread understandIng of Human RIghts It called an InternatIonal meetIng of teachers last year to dISCUSS how thns goal mught be attaIned In schools and Unesco IS publIshIng a practIcal hand book on the sublect thIs year ln both the meetIng and the pamphlet you wIll flnd emphasIs on the Idea that though older chIldren mIght be expected to know somethIng of the UnIversal DeclaratIon Itself the Im portant thIngs are that the Idea of Human Rughts should be encouraged through the teachIng of present school subgects and that schools themselves should be communItIes where Human RIghts are observed The provIdIng of dIrect Informatlon about other countrIes becomes more Important as one goes through school We must have such Informatlon If we are to make Intelllgent decIsIons about what our own country ought to do In InternatIonal OHGIFS Even from our natIon s poInt of VIGW lapart from that of mankInd as a wholel It IS Important that Informa tIon be accurate In fact and that comment be faIr In tone Much of our teachIng concentrates quIte rughtly on tellIng us about the hIstory the geography and the achIevements of our own country ThIs some the achIevements and the ways of lIfe of others There IS now no country so dlstant from us that we may not be Involved through somethIng that happens there In malor dIFflcultIes or In war Itself How many of you knew where Korea was or really understood what the phrase CollectIve Securlty meant untIl the IHVGSIOD of South Korea three years ago? In all these matters contrIbutIng to peace Unesco IS actIve It has meetIngs of teachers from many countrIes to consIder how the teachIng of certaln school sublects lIke hrstory and geography, can help to QIVE us a better understandIng of other peoples ThIs year Unesco IS holdmg a sImIlar InternatIonal meetIng to dlscuss how the grInd of language teach Ing can be speeded up so that we can really use a lOf6IQn language as a key to open an InterestIng cIvIlIzatIon to our mInds Unesco has stnmulated the establIshment of over twenty commlttees of scholars to compare theIr na tIonal textbooks and see If they can agree on accounts of controversIal matters to the extent that all the countrIes concerned wIll be faIrly treated Through a SSFISS of publIcatIons It encourages teachIng about the UnIted Natuons and IlS essentIal role ID keepIng the peace and promotIng the common welfare or mankInd I thInk you wIll agree that these ends are all Important thIngs to fulflll through Unesco lf the work of Unesco IS kept QOIUQ l am pOSIlIVE that before long we wIll be the proud generatIon of people lIvIng under the long awalted WORLD PEACE USS 54 A Ong Words by MarIon Hayward MusIc by Reva Sher do omnzerze Our memorIes wIll eer turn back To the happy days we spent At Commerce HIgh our frIendshIps there, And gust how much they meant Whene er we sIng to Commerce HIgh Our VOICES rIng wIth praIse We spent our happIest days And as we leave the present here To open the future s door Well all look back to Commerce HIgh And the Class of 54 MARION HAYWARD Author of Class Song REVA SHER Composer of Class Song . . U . W . . . I I - ' ' 'A' 69 times leads us, though it need not, to underestimate For 'here' Upon 'hcl l0llY lllllf