Besse High School - Breeze Yearbook (Albion, ME)

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Inventor Do you have an 1dea that could be developed 1nto fame and a money mak1ng sensat1on'7 The U S patent off1ces 1n Washmgton, D C f11e thousands of new 1nvent1ons every year from new vers1ons of can openers to the most dehcate of modern 1nstruments The U S patent laws prov1de that any new and useful art, mach1ne, compos1t1on of matter, art1cle of manufacture, or any new and useful 1mprovement thereof may be patented 1f the act of 1nvent1on IS 1nv olved The people that send 1n the1r xdeas are not all acc1a1med 1nventors or SC18Ht1StS but they are people that feel that they have an 1dea and not afrald of be1ng r1d1culed because the 1dea appears to be far fetched and unreal1st1c The fact IS that the most startlxng 1nvent1ons 1n all h1story are those wh1ch at one t1me appeared to be unreal1st1c Certalnly, twenty years ago most people would have called send1ng telev1s1on pxctures through the a1r at the speed of l1ght and recreat1ng them 1n your l1v1ng room a very far fetched dream Even today some people regard such modern 1nvent1ons as m1racles, but lt 1S dreamers 11ke the telev1s1on 1nventors that br1ng new development 1nto the world There 15 a say1ng, 'Thos who Wonder shall Re1gn Certamly those who create have asked the quest1ons how and why When confronted w1th these quest1ons, the real creator w1ll come up w1th an answer that perhaps w1ll be the forerunner to another great 1nvent1on People Wlth the 1n1t1at1ve to use th1s creat1ve qual1ty, Wh1Ch we all have 1n d1ffer1ng a mounts w1ll cont1nue to advance the c1v1l1zat1on of the world Robert Llttlefleld 56 The Umted States Largest Problem We the people 1n Amer1ca have everyday problems One of the greatest problems we Amer1cans face today 15 the affa1rs beh1nd the Iron Curta1n Nobody can really explam to us Just what Russ1a's future plans are The Un1ted States bel1eves that Russ1a's ma1n 1dea 15 to conquer the world One th1ng that makes us beheve th1s IS the way they have recently started an aggress1on on Formosa an 1sland east of Ch1na The1r ma1n threat IS to set up Commun1st part1es throughout the East and eventually the world We Amer1cans try to get 1nformat1on to these Commun1st people, telllng them of how unfa1r they are be1ng treated Congress IS all the tune th1nk1ng up new schemes 1n order to overthrow the Commun1st party But lt st1ll rema1ns one of our greatest world w1de problems It can't be fought by a small maJor1ty of the people It 1S a problem that must be taken 1nto cons1derat1on by each 1nd1v1dual We don't know just where Commun1st ag gress1on w1ll start next Th1S aggress1on does not always take the form of open warfare but can be any scheme to weaken our soc1al structure, to arouse and 1ncrease raclal pre Jud1ces pol1t1cal corrupt1on and to overthrow 1ndustr1es It m1ght be 1n our town or state so all people should be aware of the fact We should al so know and apprec1ate our present day government and do all W1th1H our power to combat any and all ev1ls that may befall lt Charlle Spearr1n '56 49 0 4 . . . a . . . . . ' H 1 . . . . . . . I . e . H . . - 1 , . . . ' 0 , . 1 , . . . . J , . J

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In Restrospect W1th the nearmg of graduat1on upon me, I look back over my four years at Besse I-hgh School I ask these quest1ons of myself What teachers have taught me the most? What events dur1ng th1s t1me have I learned the most from 'P What have I accompl1shed by play 1ng basketball and baseball? What good has lt done me to hold off1ces 1n our school? The teachers that have taught me the most and the ones that I have learned the eas1est from are Mlss Leola Mltchell and Mr George Ayers MISS M1tchel1 1n my op1n1on has a way of presentlng the subject to the student so that he IS 1nterested 1n It and 1S eager to f1nd out more about lt Mr Ayers 15 a well educated man who knows very much about the subject he teaches Th1s, I bel1eve 1S why lt has been so easy for me to learn from h1m Many other teachers that I have worked Wlth 1n other act1v1t1es and stud1es have taught me very much and I have enjoyed worklng w1th them Whlle I have been 1n h1gh school the events that I have learned the most from are the f1eld tr1ps that I have been on Students can learn very much from these tr1ps To have the process of paper maklng expla1ned to you as you watch lt 1S hlghly educat10na1 To watch and l1sten to our State Leg1slature 1n sess1on 1S enjoyable and educat1onal The accompl1shments I have made 1n playmg basketball and baseball are many I have learned that good sportsmanshlp w1ll pay off large d1v1dends 1n the end I have learned to compete w1th others and to meet other boys str1v1ng for the same goals as I These are very lmportant factors to young men fac1ng the world for the f1rst tlme alone Dur1ng th1s my sen1or year at B sse I have been treasurer of the Student COUHCII Holdlng th1s offlce has been a great exper1ence for me I have learned to handle accounts and money th1s knowledge W111 be useful to me 1n everyday l1fe In ho1d1ng other Off1CeS a student can learn to get up 1n front of h1s classmates and speak w1thout be1ng nervous Be1ng able to speak 1n front of an aud1ence IS essent1al when facmg the world Now maybe you would l1ke to thmk back over your school days What teachers taught you the most? Part1c1pat1ng 1n what events sports or offlces have proved most valuable to you? Karl L Keay '55 Another War? What w1ll the next war brmg 'P W1ll lt destroy the world? Its people should take ac t1on before lt 15 too late W1th the h1ghly destruct1ve bombs and new a1r weapons de veloped 1n an atom1c age another year could be the end of all th1ngs Whatever happens the country that str1kes f1rst has the best chance of surv1val A of now w1th Russla the great opponent, the Unlted States could be the target At t1mes we Amerlcans don't real1ze that there 1S a threat of war hang1ng over us just as a dread ed plague of former years hung over countr1es of Europe, wa1t1ng to sweep over large areas So today we are 1n danger of be1ng destroyed th1s tlme by man made weapons In our age many th1ngs are st1ll a mystery Man seeks a way to Mars but he 15 al so 1n search of God It 1S strange to th1nk that early man also thought about a God who created the world made storms come and go and took people away by death Some p1ctured God as some one who was try1ng to save them and prayed to H1m bS11eV1Hg that they rece1ved help It 1S hard to bel1eve that such a God would create man to destroy one another and the world Through the years man has done great thlngs But wars have also taken place, each one worse than the one before In a way It seems that 1f there were a God He would str1ke aga1nst man's 1deas and come to earth I-hmself to rule the world and promote peace among men Herbert Shores '55 48 . . , , ' I r . . . . C n . , . , . ' I I o , . , . s , - 2 - 1 s ' o 1 - , . I , . . , , I .

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Going To College 'No I'm not go1ng to college I can't afford lt ' I am My fam1ly has saved for years for th1s purpose 'l've got a Job wa1t1ng I m golng r1ght o work after I gradua e These are some react1ons to the quest1on of go1ng to college Before a person de c1des whether or not he IS go1ng to college he should carefully analyze the advantages a college educat1on In th1s age of tough compet1t1on for the best Jobs a college educat1on 1S 1mportant Doctors, lawyers teachers sc1ent1sts and clergymen must be college tralned The buslness and 1ndustr1al world needs men and women wlth a college educat1on for pos1t1ons of leader Shlp Many other Jobs demand men and women who through the1r college tralnlng have mastered the skllls of the1r trades SIat1St1CS have proved that college graduates earn S50 000 more dur1ng the1r l1fet1me than h1gh school graduates One of the most 1mportant th1ngs however that a college educatxon can do for you 15 to help you become an 1nterest1ng personallty Your college courses expand your know ledge and sharpen your m1nd A college educat1on helps you to have a better soc1al l1fe and how to get along w1th other people In college you learn to apprec1ate the better thlngs 1n Today w1th the many scholarshlp and student a1d plans lt 1S POSS1ble for anyone to go to college 1f he or she really wants to and has the ab111ty to learn Whatever you do I don't th1nk there 1S a subst1tute for a good college educat1on Ronald L1ttlef1eld '56 A Moment To Remember It w1ll be a moment to remember when I-Ierble and I take off 1n our space Shlp to the planet Mars We expect to have our sh1p completed on or about the year of 1969 We have not yet begun the actual structure but we have all the blue prlnts and plans We founded our corporat1on back 1n 1955 Last year we test flew a new rocket sh1p for the U S A1r Force Our f1rst stop was the moon There we found a new k1nd of metal that can be heated to a h1gh degree put 1nto shape and hardened Bullet proof t 1S so tough that 1f a space sh1p constructed of th1S materlal should crash lt would not dent or scratch Our next stop was to be Mars but we ran low on fuel and had to come home We don't expect to have d1ff1culty wlth fuel agaln because wh1le we were dolng some research work 1n the laboratory the other day we made an eye st1ng1ng d1scovery We found a new for mula for space Shlp fuel We call lt I-I UMSIF We th1nk our fuel W111 revolut1on1ze the whole f1eld of space travel When we land on the Planet Mars we w1ll send a deta1l report of our trlp back to earth by a superson1c carrler p1geon Roger Lawrence Herbert Shores 55 50 O I ' . ' I , . . , . . . ' , . . t t . . . , of ' I 1 I . 9 3 . . , , . . life such as good books, music, etc. , . . - . , . . . ' 2 , . . , . l , i , . 7 . C , ll ll