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THE OCEAN CITY SENTJNEL-LEDGER
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Y, JUNE 16, 1967
Graduates Speak
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. _--^Pj^/ie Opinion
Democracy—
sSaJtitgtorian of the Class of 1967
it is my honor and privilege to welcp|ne
you, our parents and frdc-ndg,
to these Ocitipnencanient Extitisffl.
Tttifjtt wt Awe j for the lust tinw
as u class un led hnnomnv wi? shall
Join you as ireJIvidiiaJs in a complex
and denanding world
We luvc spent Uv> nujoriry at our
Iwelvc ycjirs toffotlwr ns passive
members ot American soclcly—study*
title past and observing the future
as it ILH unfolded before us, In the
j days and yairs to name, however;
j we will assume «n aotdvc role; die
world and its dilfieufties will now
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1$ ^Wjf* # ¥ ' ^4 Y iOf/ the occasion be the rekose
tion. POT tnaii Is tui end In. Mm-
Pf the fewest Gulliip poll Bgans. a
self. This, itheji, Is the caBenoe nt
Murcb-on^WasMtigmrii tdvij nights
c t hSI
sit-in, or a Vietnam peace {jamde,
the importunes of public opinion in
o-_»r sodfiy beoomes appansKt
The AmWioafi JoumoUst EBiert
Pubfaaid once termed the rcsqlt at
JhU> jwrtiicfpaftity demoepwy as
"Government by popular ignomnce."
In same sauMiortj, his abservutlon
may be carrea^ Lootong in rttrospeot.
we qao seq.thstpubUc policies
u$ (hctatod by t^ie m^Sfbttve, upon
occaaon, been Hie nmnc course of
action. A notable example can be
found in the attitude of ttie Amorloan
imbllc to the rise of Wtler. So stronc
was public sentiment against re-arm- j
ument and ackiKwtedeHiicnt of the
Nazi threat that our )eade£$ were
Michael P, Dimon powerless to take any meaningful
stops to stop the Axis raenactt? until
Salutatorian
FtarJ Harbor jolted us into total war.
_ to us. Our generati wUl This is but one illustration Janet Rae Stoltzfus
.enjatemany new pmhlwiis and per- which public opinion has Jjrought eannos easily tie put into a few
telps solve many old one*. I'd eveiy about inappropriate goweinmentnl
generation has faced one common
words. Tte term nay be aniblstnus,
moves. How cun un we reetmdte thte
cbaUenge: rte pnsarvBtion of air
as each particular individual uses
seoruin^ filt fimlt f of our d democmcy? T^i
American democracy,
ft in vnrtoiB ways depmUng upon
me, Hie answer lies In the lost uf the the impressioD it has made on his
Our'theme Uris evenine o< "pern- three foundations til our ptilltitiil phi I life. To gome, democracy fe depleted
ot-mcy in Action" is Ml exact dupji- osuphy—belief in freerfom. O l l
' -_ —' "^^wi". willfully, [ in «s its **s oridnal w m«ming _ as direct
eafe of the Mrnrnsneemat lope there are «her forms of government to dike, » js viewed as _T__
whloh wni presented uppmxiinatdy «*lcn could in some instances have f sentaBve. While one iwiivdual may
tweniy years ago In Ocean Oty Htgh
y
provldpd us with more sound paHeles, "
" ' ' Tlie world has dunged mgm
thnk of democracy ill its liberal
| However, j , tlie the constquejlcls consequenets of of anyor
constitutional sensi-, another may
IiCsin:l.v duiiinft the past hm deawles mistakes or miscalculations of a £o\'
imagtm- its social or economic
I —tor better and for worse. Tonight ernmont of thb type would till upon
pU«Bons, Perhaps the best deflni.
a new KefieratSon rises to tajce eeffi. an innocent poiwlnce which hnd no
lion was given by Aristotle:
mand, one which m eeKBin to parti- vtfee voin i in. thi their adoption. d iIn
a dan,
"A demci:r«ey to a stnU- where
pole agUvely Jn the oongueK of new dominated by public opinion,
the freemeti ansf the noor, belng
horizons and in shspin the poUeiesi ?*."
W *Ro«UM» DIAL JfWIiOa of the Mure, Yet in .all our unaer. I »unlen
takings we shall be gujded by our
—. ^« „« ——u H» BUHtn oy our
(oniiuki.tiiig puWic opinion are the
u ^ M heriase of dffliKjcracy, which flvc of
us shall. jtiUempt to interprot for you priiT of our frevdoni tu i-iipiY
ttaiiRhL
•nure basic eonvlrtons rnoid ttie
foundaiian ol the Ameriram OTiqept
of dnmoaraey: beUel in Vhe inilvlrlmil,
jjeMri in equaUty, and beiiei in
TmiislitiiiK these idea* Into
a single defliritinr! of danremiy is a
rr^t dilflculi ttiskj however, almost
3 any cxplanitLion Is certain lo pluce
* major emphasis on the role at the
indivlduai. il is from (Ms bcUef, and
the two other concepts of democrney
which may be derived fimn It, Uiai
oae arrive at a major factor In any
By the WEEK ». MONTH • SEASON dJieussion of our gos-cminent, Q) thto
ra^detMlDD I h-'ive Otaeai to
to you spsslfloaiJy (onighi
isi£y—PubUc Opinion.
— ORGANS & PIANOS — It is. of course, tte iicnrimrans o(
Don't miss the pl lusic while at
many taSwiiuals wMdi d,t,_-miinc
the Shore. We r
and Organs, Itlie coucse which our nation shall
deliver them to yo
I-Wtow. Ota- Omstitution. like aimUai-
pick them
up when you call.
| (Joeuinecis .of Jmany atiier demoom.
etes. ass. wMn the frameworfc of a
representative govoninient, emto-
Ushad the principle of the rule o/ the I
majoril>-. .Undw tht» system, Bie
JACK LOUIS
MUSIC and STUDIOS
il^pA^ Ocean ^ N. J.f Dial 3M-2W0
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; —sometimes physically or mcntully,
hut morp tttim iitLj
oanoeimey—not Bovcrjimerital ipr
fear and ignorance.
tans, or voting miichines. or par.
liamentary procedures, hit a ami Since the hu*dmiing of time, et- MAU
plete dL-dirailion to mans w-orthilurts have been made lo create an TRAI
ness, .
environment dn -wWoh weak and
In thi;s reg^ni. it may be ielt susceptible man em achieve and
that democracy is an Ideal and not practice HIB conscientious ftee wiU, lint
a reality, for there is very little dig. This Is our lot{ it Is made available
nib' in man's natural Mate, Born sus- to us. But it we ore to take Adi ntlceptible
to all conditiens that cwld vimtage ot such a democracy, wo
hinder his dovdotmient, man must look with a critical eye upon
uchim,>eH dignity tmly In himself Its •cmf-xice-mmv dignfey. B