Bourne High School - Canal Currents Yearbook (Bourne, MA)

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22 APTUCXET AMBITION A mbition is the spirit which urges men on to do greater things in a greater way. This spirit is always busy, urg- ing men to work harder for higher positions, urging chil- dren to study and work so that some day they may be of some use in the world. The ambition of a child is generally greater than that of a man, as they set such high standards for themselves. For instance many children have the ambition of becoming president some day, or of being like Washington, or Lindy. Even though they do not reach the height of their ambition, it helps them nevertheless. All great men of history had ambition. Abraham Lincoln had the ambition of freeing the slaves, Lindy of flying the Atlantic, and their ambitions were realized. Can you think of any great man who has succeeded without ambition? The people of China are not ambitious. They are content to do things just as their fathers did before them, never trying to better their country or themselves. Today, China is one of the most backward of nations. Man, if he has enough ambition, may overcome the odds against him no matter how great they are, and reach the stand- ard he has set for himself. Therefore if you want to get ahead in this world, be ambitious, set a goal for yourself, and you will reach it. Ralph Ellis THE BRICK CHIMNEY O NE day as I was passing along an old street with a friend I noticed a tall brick chimney standing amid ruins that were now covered with grass and weeds. My friend, seeing that I was interested, offered to tell me the following story: “Once, five years ago, a wealthy invalid lived in the house which stood there. He lived there quietly with no one but a housekeeper to care for his needs. She was a queer old lady and was seen very seldom. One night as I was returning home from work I heard a cry and looked up in time to see a hand waving a green handkerchief from one of the upper windows of this house. Since an automo- bile happened to drive away from the house at that particular moment I took the waving to be merely a farewell sign and thought no more of the incident.

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BOURNE HIGH SCHOOL 21 Donald Fisher and Tom Stockley run a radio station. Donald does the announcing (Miss Dill always thought him a great talker) and Tom signs and cracks jokes! Earle, look! A plane has landed! Do you know who the pilot is? He looks familiar. Why, yes, that’s Dick Jackson. Something seems to be the matter. Please excuse me a moment. (five minutes later) Carolyn, I have some more news for you. Dick just took Har- old Weeks to the Pocasset Hospital. Harold broke a leg and an arm when he crashed in his new plane, but he will be O. K soon, because Helen Roza is his nurse. What a tragedy! Speaking of Dick reminds me of Lester James. What became of him? That’s right, too. Well, Carolyn, I’ll have you to know that B. H. S. graduated Yale’s star basket ball player! We leave here sharply at 2:15 and it’s 2:10 now. There is the plane you are going in. While I’m making my reports, you had better hop aboard. ‘Thanks for giving me all the news, Carolyn. It was a real pleasure. I hope you enjoy your trip. Thanks, Earle, it was a pleasure to me, also. Goodbye. C. F. L.— M. E. C. COOPERATION WITH OUR ADVERTISERS T he greatest source of aid to students publishing a maga- zine is from the business men of the community. These men are the ones who give necessary advertisements and often help the school by buying tickets to various school benefits. The student, however, rarely reciprocates. When they buy clothing, things needed in the home, or even automobiles, they go to the stores of the city whose residents care very little whether the students go to Washington or make the school magazine a success. This is not the proper cooperation which, in these hard times, is more necessary than ever before. The local merchants suffer from the results of this manner of trading. Every high school student should strive to cooperate with those who help them most and are most interested in their welfare. Harold L. Colbeth ’32

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BOURNE HIGH SCHOOL 23 That night I was awakened by a peculiar light, and upon looking out the window, I saw the sky was all aglow. After hastily dressing, I rushed down the street and discovered this invalid’s home a mass of flames. Apparently no one was in the house for there was no outcry. Since the fire had gained such headway before its discovery we could do nothing but watch the house burn. After the fire, no trace could be found of the owner or his queer housekeeper, and the whole matter remained a mystery for a long time. However, one night the neighbors noticed a familiar figure poking about the ruins of the old house. This happened several nights in succession, and finally a neighbor sent a policeman who arrested the person as a suspicious character. Whom should it turn out to be but the old housekeeper! Upon being questioned, the little old lady finally broke down and confessed that she was a member of a gang of sought-for criminals.” ”But what happened to the invalid, and why should the house- keeper have kept silent in regard to the disappearance of the invalid?” I asked. “Well,” said my friend, “that invalid was an inventor, and this gang murdered him in order to secure his newest invention. He knew they were trying to get it, and waved to me that day of the fire, and I mistook his signal. After murdering him, they placed his body in the chimney, and burned the house. Later his body was found by the police, and the housekeeper and her gang were properly taken care of.” Marie Crosby ' 32 C. (a recent bride) : “Dear, it was just lovely of your aunt in Vermont to send us that pumpkin and her recipe for making old-fashioned pumpkin pie, but I ' m afraid I can’t do anything with it.” E. : “Why not?” C.: “Why, the recipe reads: ‘First boil the pumpkin’, and you know I haven’t a pot in the house that will hold that enormous thing!”