Biddeford High School - Olympian Yearbook (Biddeford, ME)

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20 THE OLYMPIAN two classes: record photography and pictorial photography. Record photo- graphy is the most common. This con- cerns taking vacation pictures, news pictures and studio work. Pictorial photography concerns the taking of beautiful scenery no matter who the subjects are that are included. What pictures can we take? Where can we take them? There are so few subjects to photograph! is the cry of many amateurs. But these people are lacking in artistic observa- tion. The use of a camera will aid one in improving his judgment and ob- servation. Photography is more than simply taking pictures. It offers one an open- ing for the appreciation of nature and art. Students, workmen, business men, and artists have this for an avenue of pleasure and recreation. Make this your hobby and wonder why you have overlooked it. George Piper, '38. WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK. The human whistle is the most in- formal and delightful of all instru- ments. You don't have to nprimp' and dress immaculately to appear in public whistling. Why, you may even whistle to and from school in every- day clothes! It is a very convenient instrument- always at hand when you feel blue and miserable. You may save a trip to the music room, or wherever the in- strument happens to be: save taking the trouble of taking it out of its case, if it isn't a piano, and save the painful task of tuning it! The operation is very simple. All you have to do is pucker your lips- not too much-place your tongue so that the tip of it rests against your bottom set of teeth, if you have any, and then breathe out. Presto! You have produced a musical note. It may it is be sharp, fiat, or natural-truly natural as you did it naturally of your own accord. Take a trombone, for instance. You not only have to blow so hard that you lose your breath and strength from blowing, but you must hold the instrument up to play on it, a position which isn't very pleasing to the muscles. Then you usually have to watch a music sheet, unless the song is memorized-a rare case nowadays. Therefore, it's whistling for me! Of course, you must realize it doesn't take half as long to whistle as it does to explain about it. Therefore, why not whistle while you work? Janet Dancause, ' 38. FOR MEN ONLY. ls chivalry dead? This question has come up many times in our modern world, but as yet it has not been suc- cessfully answered. l shall not at- tempt to answer that question, but I shall sum up the situation as a whole and try to present equally both sides of the question. Gentlemen, we do not live in an age where we must dress in tin suits with a lady's handkerchief tied to our arms, and ride about on a horse trying to pick fights with other men. Neither do we live in an age where stone hammers, fur clothing and rocky caves make up civilization, where chivalry means to knock a woman on the head with a club and drag her to your cave by the hair. There must be a happy medium be- tween these two extremities. It is up to us to find it. Today women demand more and more to be treated equally with meng yet they are the first to object to the apparent lack of manners in our mod- ern masculine sex. Let us stop and consider. Even though women do like to appear in- dependent, they are still the weaker sex. They were meant to be respected and protected. Men, we must ignore their cries of equality. We must con- tinue to respect them. We must con- tinue to show them courtesy even

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THE OLYMPIAN I9 hour before sailing. But we didn't mind. Some of us went to dinner that night, and some of us did not. Some of us danced and some of us did not. Some of us slept that night, but most of us did not. Anyway, the sail into New York harbor in the morning was beautiful. We lunched in the sunny city of Philadelphia, after which we toured the city, stopping at the art museum and at the famous lndepend- ence Hall. We arrived that evening at our journey's destination, beautiful Washington. ln this lovely city, we stayed a little over three days. Of course we didn't have time to do all the things that we wanted to do, but we visited the most important places: Mount Vernon, Annapolis, the Capi- tol, the White l-louse, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Printing and Engraving, the Smith- sonian lnstitute, the Lincoln Memorial, and many other places which attracted our attention and which were made even more interesting by our guides. The Capitol from the Air The weather was warm while we were there, and it rained the afternoon we went to Annapolis. Of course, we were disappointed that there was no dress parade. Most of the evenings we had free to do as we wished. We left Washington Wednesday noon after a visit to the Franciscan Monastery. In New York, late that evening, Radio City and Fred Allen's broadcast were enjoyed by us, even though we were almost exhausted. Thursday we shop- ped and toured New York. Then we had another evening on the boat. Fri- Waslzinyton Monument from the Air day morning we were in Boston and, finally, in our own city of Biddeford where we dragged our weary feet. Now it is all over but the memories will remain with us for a long time to come. Joan Goodwin, '38, PHOTOGRAPHY MY HOBBY. Have you a fascinating, popular and economical hobby? If you have not, then you should make a hobby of photography. Photography is fas- cinating in that it demands activity, both mental and physical. It is popu- lar and economical because it is with- in the reach of all. lts practice is educational, for it de- velops artistic taste in one's self while one is enjoying himself. It is a hobby that may be considered partly chem- istry and partly physics. Anyone who has studied these subjects will find photography enjoyable, whereas any- one who has not studied them and has much to learn will learn through his hobby. It is very inexpensive. Many people have the mistaken belief that in order to have good photographs, they must have the most elaborate apparatus that is available. This is false for many prize winning prints in national com- petitions have been taken with equip- ment worth only a few dollars. Photography may be divided into

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