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

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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

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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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last Will and Testament of the Class of 54 ll This Class Day which commemorates our departure from Commerce from many friends and acquaintances and from other fond relations happy hours spent here We wish this occasion to remain tn our rnemortes as a symbol of Commerce itself ln extending our thanks and appreciation for all we have gained and for the favors granted us we the Class of 1954 A do hereby bequeath the following First of all to our parents, for their under standing and guidance through our school years we leave our deepest thanks and gratitude Mr Casey, our beloved principal and advisor we leave a program of weekly assemblies for the coming year Mr Tobm and Mr Manning, we leave our heartfelt thanks for their patience and guidance durmg our preparations for graduation our home room teachers, we leave the notes they have tried unsuccessfully to collect the new occupants of the 90th floor, we leave the remainder of our vitamin pull supply to and them in their daily morning climb Also any parapher nalia remaining In our desks the Freshmen, we leave the elevator tn building 3 and our underground pas sageway the members of the Faculty, in appre ciatton for their assistance and un tiring efforts we leave the following Mr Bartlett and Mr Johnson, a couple of efficient secretaries to lessen their trips to the record files Miss Hlggms, our school nurse a lar of Bufferin tablets which act twice as fast as Aspirin. We hope this will cut her work in ha . Mr. Osborn, a U. S. History class which will appreciate his 'however' much as we have. Miss Oleary, a Mercury staff with more interest in journalism than in socializing. To Mr. Creamer, a new curling iron. To Mr. Butler, an underclassman kind enough to clean his glasses each morning. To Mr. Sleeper, our thanks for holding Class Day rehearsals during school hours. To Mr. Italiano, an errand girl who likes to make frequent rounds of buildings 'l, 2, and 3. To Mr. MacAleer, a Broadway cast for his next Blackfriar production. A few members of our Class leave the following Albert Mangano, our Class President, leaves a long list of duties and ac CSSSOI' Jeane Allen, the Vice President of our class, leaves her beautiful hair to any gurl who has exhausted her supply of various dyes Bull Kavanaugh leaves to the Junior class the few pennies he may have muslald as class Treasurer lenore Loprlore, our Secretary, leaves her office practice to a more appreciative SCDIOI' Rose DElla leaves a lust of unfinished as sngnments plus a large supply of pencils and copy paper to the next edu or of the Mercury Reva Sher, Class Musician and Composer of the Class Song leaves her talent and a few worn music sheets to an other accordlontst In the school or chestra Stanley Johnson leaves his fine voice to a future Class Vocalist Gilbert Gilford Class Orator leaves his position as Htoastmaster of Com merce and his ability to make all assemblies successful. Marion Hayward Author of the Class Song leaves a few of her unused verses to inspire other classes. Frederick Cronin, as a result of his frequent rehearsals, leaves a few out-of-tune piano keys to the next Class Pianist. Mary l.ou Rich leaves the honor of being a Horace Mann Scholar for four years. Don Carlson leaves the few broken drum- sticks which he used with too much gusto. Connie Nassar leaves her iob as Editor-in- Chief of the CADUCEUS to any cap- able iunior girl. Mary Cosmo leaves the glow of her dia- mond to those who were not fortu- nate enough to see it. Donald Englis leaves a few inches of his height to a basketball player who didn't make the team this year. 0 I I carries a note of sadness throughout its presentation, ln our performances tonight we display our accomplishments and renew once again the I . To . ' ' companying headaches to his suc- , . To . ' . ' To . To ' . b ' ' , . . . n s A I . , - - . . . . I . 't Il ll To ' - - I To 1 - 1 Q n - To . . ' . 1 ' . I I . . ' ' ll - To . . . I . . . . ll If ' ' To ' ' as To I Il ll I