Camden High School - Megunticook Yearbook (Camden, ME)

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6 THE MEGUINTICOOK holn one hellcon one dlum and foul mellophones The fllst appearance of the Boys Pand w as made the second week IH Mav of last yeal followlng the 01 ganlzatlon ln ADTII at the Hospltal Carnlyal and slnce that tlme has nlade numerous publlc appeal -lnccs the latest of whlch was the Boys Band Mlnstrels last Februalv glven for the purpose of lalslng funds to purchase unlfolms The entertaln ment w as splendldly supported by the townspeople through then pat ronage The schools of Camden also m un taln a yerv line orchestra ln whlch many of the band members take palt and whlch has furnlshed musl cal programs on varlous occaslons chlef of Whlch deselyes mentlon ls the plogram bloadcasted by them flom WCSH last January Thus It may be seen wlthout furthel lllustratlon how beneficlal muslc ln any folm IS to the lndlyl dual hlmself to the school and to the w hole communlty HERMAN BOWI EY 29 THE VALUE OF PUBLIC SPEAK ING IN THE SCHOOLS I wonder how many students would be able to respond lf they w ere called upon to say a few words at a rally or at some othel meet lllgv I don t belley e there would be vely many Judglng from what has happened at preylous tlmes I feel sure how ever that everyone would llke to be able to speak ln publlc md the place fol hlm to lealn IS lll the school Thele are many ways by whlch students may tram for publlc speak lng w hlle ln school There ale prlze speaklng contests fO1 whlch they plactlce a gl eat deal whlle IQCIIIHQ' ln class affords one the best tram mg along thls llne that I know of Each pupll IS called on seyelll tlmes dullng the dflv to reclte on some sublect and lf he would tly to speak 1 llttle loudel '1 llttle H1019 dlstlnctlv and use a llttle better Engllsh I know the teachers would 'IIDDIGCI xte It xely much and at the same tlme he would be benefltlng hlmself Anothel good chance to learn to speak IS w hen a rally IS held preced mg ft baseball football OI basket ball game Many students when called on wlll not trv to say any thlng because they are afrald that someone wlll laugh at them That IS where they ire wlong They w lll not be laughed at lf they try to sav somethlng but lf they don t get out of then selts they ale SU16 to be lldlculed Publlc speaklng contests ln the school help the puplls ln many ways They teach one to speak forcefully md enable '1 student to glve fl short talk or wllte an ess 1V on some sub lect at sholt notlce Thls tralnlng helps to nl lke better busllless men md women of thenl w hen they gIOVS up and stalt to do somethlng for themsely es The buslness man who IS not able to GXDIGSS hlmself cleal ly w hen explalnlng somethlng about hls merchandlse IS not at the head of a large firm People must be able to speak Well to get anywhele ln the world today If our schools are golng to enable the students to get good IJOSIUOHS thcy must teach them to be good publlc speakers Now students when you go to class spe ik so that the teacher can hear vou When you ale called on 1 , ' I I ' I I ' I v 9 9 - I I I I . ' I I ' I ' ' , I . . I V II 7 ' I ' I 1 I II I I ' J I I 1 II: I I , ' I ' 'I I I I If . I I, I ' 1' I , I 1 I ' 1 , I I, 1 V I , I I I II ' I I I II I1 III, I 1 I, 1 I . 'I I . . I I I I V , I I 4 - . I I I V I 7' I I I I ' I I ' I' I I .'f ' I I I I I 1 1 , I I I II. ' I, , i . V . I I I I I A II . y I ' - , , I I l L 7 A I- II I 1 1 I' I ' I ' I 1 1 I 1 , , I ' I I , I 'I I I L . I I, 1' '- v , L , I ' I I ' I I - . I , I I I I- KI K I , A I . I I 7 I II 'LI I 2 I I I-I I' I I I I I I . I 5 I I ' I I I Y . . , I I ' II 1 II I I ' I I I I I I I I 7 , I 1 I U I I ' ' I I'I . . , I I s I' ' I ' ' I - . . . I I I I ' I I V . . I I I I I I 7 ' I I . 7 I I I , A If Y .4 , I I I ' I 1 1 I 1 I I I' II 1 , I I 1 v I I - . I I I I I' II I I 1 I I I s--Q07 I - E I I I I 7 I II . I I I I II II I I'. II I'I I I I I I I I- I 1 - v I ' ' I ' I I . , . Y 7 . H . V I Y , I I I ' I I I , . I 1 I II I I I I I I I I , , I I I I , I 2' I I I ,I I- KI KI, ,I LI ' T I I I I I I I I I 5 7 , I I, I ' ' LI I - I III, I Z I I I I C I 7 I I ' 1 - - . v 1

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THE MEOI INTICOOK l0YYlfOltllJl8 ln the looms th1S ye 1r We tound 1lso th 1t the desks h 1d ljeell lttflIllSll9Cl the NLllflC9S pl 1ned doyyn 'md the lfuger holes filled All the desks yyele 18 smooth IS nc yy ones As 1 INCL 1ut1on n student yy ho dcf1ccs one ot these must 1epl1ce lt to the school Con sequently thele h IS not yet been 1 m 11k on 1ny of the desks thls yc '1r yy hlch f1ct ls most plc 1s1ng to thc te1che1s lN yy cll IS to the students themsely cs The yy 1lls 1nd celllngs Ill all of thc loonls haye been lennlshed 1nd palnted A neyy stallyy IW has been m 1de yy hlch SQIXQS as an excellent cxlt 111 c 1se of flle 1nd the1e h'lXG becn othcr THIHOI lmploy ements m1de 1ll ot yyhlch h1ye helped to m 1ke OLIIN 1 neyy school ln 1ppe ll It the students '1pp1ec121te these lmproyements they yylll haye f1n op poltunlty to demonstl 1te the11 Ll 1t1tucle by kceplng., the school bllllilllig' tlee IIOIH 1ll malks 1nd ln good condltlon tl'1lOLlg'll0Llt the ye ll JOSEPH TALBOT 30 THE VALUE OF MUSIC IN THE SCHOOLS One of the yyollds gleatest 'IC t1esses Ellen T61ly sald Whenl thlnk noyy at the age of seyenty c1f ht ot the d LW yy hen I walked on t1e st 1ge 101 the fllst tlme my young he11t lflllttfil yy 1th thc yy holc ol llfe betole me I 1sk my sell yy hat yy 18 the scc1etth1t had brought me Ill the loy of success 1nd had filled my llfe yy 1th l'ldIJD1Il9SS Let me put th It scclet 1nto the f01H1 of 1 mes wc to eyely am J1I10Lls boy 1111 Ill AI'llt,l1Ll ll hlle yo11 h lye youth hll mul llie yy1th llblllll tl1lIlgN llsten to 1ll the loyely sounds th It 'lre to be he 11d the songs of the blrds 1nd the syyeet n1us1c of the mastels IVILISIC 18 '1 gleflt SOUILG of yoy ln 1tself but besldes thls there ale m1l1y othel phases of hte yy hlch de pend upon or h 1y e to do yy 1th mu s C eh uacter H101 tl1ty SOClGty '1nd even I12ltl011'll '1f'fa11s The lflet haldly seems posslble but yy hen one hc 1rs p 1t11ot1c HIUNIL he yylll bettel llHCl9lStl.IlClth1S t1ct We 11lv ey Gly one possesses 'ln ln stlnct for IHUSIC VVhen one 18 young thls 1IY1DlllS6 should be de yeloped and one should then lealn to enyov good HIUSIC M my people of coulse 1le not blessed yy 1th good XOILQS Hoyy ey 61 th s IS not 1 obst 1cle yy he11 one consldels lI'lSt1ll does not slng hlmself It yyould be yy ell to tl 11n hlH1SLlf to llsten 1tten tlycly to othcls th lt he m 1y lecoff nlfe 11111 1pp1cc1ate good muslc yy hen he hears It In some schools 1I1StlllIH6Ilt il mu s1c IS taught to the school as '1 yy hole Tl'l1S1S not so IU oul schools but It IS taught to those yy ho espec 11lly cleslre to learn to play some muslc 1l 1nstrument Thc 1I1St1l1 ments ale IH most cases supplled by the pupll hlmself The Camden Boys Band yy as or g21n17ed the second yyeek IH -Xplll of l1st yeal thlough the effolts of Supt Charlesl-E Lord Mr Clalence Plsh md N11 John Taylor and un del the Qflltlellt dllectlon of DIY' Flsh has ploglessed yyonderfully -Xt the present yy r1t1ng the bind ls composed of thllty onc membels fOLl! of yy hom play LlillIl9tS elght saxaphoxles sey e11 tlumpets fOl11 tlonlbolles onc b 1l1tone one bl 1ss 1 1 1 - 1 5 P ' 7 . .2 . .1 A1 1 2 . A., K, 2 V KV A. ' 1 1 1 f 1 1 1 2 . 2 . . 2 2 1 2 , . ,. , ,. ' 'V, 1 1 2 V . ' V 2 11 V ,1' . , . 1 . c .1 1 1 . v 1 1 1 1 ,Y 1 2 . . . .. 1 1 C4 s ly A K A C I C K' ' ' Y 1 1 1 pf . I ' ' ' ' ' 1 1 L. K 2 C ' tl 3 L1 v K. K1 S, I . 1 V , 1 1,1 ' -x , , , , , 'I . 1 I .1 I L' K A 1 - , 2 . . , L - . 1 1 1 1 v f y' . 4 - .- . 1 1- f .1 ,-' 2 ' , 2 ', s , 1 1 f V 1 '1 11 -' 'Y K C ' ' 'f 1 'C 9 1 c c ll. c I V '. 1 1 '1 1 .yr 1' 1 , , , , ,Q , c 1 . 11. A A LL , x 1 'x' 11 '1 ' . -1 . 2 . 2 '. 11 1 1 . ' ' 1-1 ' 1 . C 1 K 1 , f 4 1 av 11 11 1 . c L V .1 1 1 1 ' ' v 1 4 he vc Y s 1 1 1 1 L Cv 1. Y - 1 '1 1 .Y 5 s n A ' 2 V ' 1 .V V V 1 2 7 , . c 2 ' , 2 ' 2 ' 1- 12 1 v ' ' 7 11 x ' ' ' ' 1 . 1 r .. ' f 2 ' v 4 1 Y 4 1 - 1 .. , 1. . 211 2 '.'2 2 '2'- 12. V ..- fmfe- mental IHLISIC. And even lt one . . . . , y I, I , v -E. . 1, . .Y 2 X - V I K K I3- ,.., ' A 71 , 1. .7 1 ' .1 '.. V 1 2 . 2 2 1 ' 1 . ' . -1 -1 4 1 1 1 f . 1 C L I v , ' ' 1 V .Y 1 1, K ' 1 11 1 . 1 1 , . . 1, . c - 1 ' ' 1'. '1 f V 2 1 K K 1 n I V .1 -v 1 . 1 'Ia 1 'Z DV L1' 2 LV .,,--Q-, ,' , ' , ' I ' . 2 .2 , A , - 3 1 . A - 1 1 , . . ., 1 1 11 1 .11 12' sc v Y . . V ' '7 3 7 N . I ' ' v I V- 1, f v 1 l ' L L ' ' ,- ' 1 v v ' 1 ' V 1 V ' 1' I 31 7 C., 4 - A I .1 , ' 1 '11 ' 1 ' . 1 2 . . , , . 1 V - 1 1. l V 1 . V' V 1 ' ' 1 , K 12 2- 1 1 . ' . . , . , . . . . ,. , 1. V. 1 ,Z A . , ' - 12 1 Lvx.v 2 1 Q ' ,' I, ' ' ' Y 1 4. '11 f .1 1 1 1 1 v 2 ,. L . .., c . , . ..' '. V ' V' . ' 11 1 V ' ' ', V . . , 2 , 2 h1,.-, 1 Z ls, 1 A1 '1 V- , ,A,, pro' L l . y c ' 2 h, ' ' .'.1 V ' V 1 1 1 1 V 1 j111'l 1 1 2. 2 1 ' ., . g, - L , yr 2 tu -., 1 2 , ZH

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THE MEGUNTICOOK to leclte spe lk clearly so that thc rest of the cllss and any x1s1tors xx ho happen to be ln the room may hclr xVlth0Llt stralnlng thelr eals This 18 the first requlslte of a public spc lker Don t be l hum ln clam ALDIVFRDE NORTON 30 THE PRESENT MOMENT When xxe forget the lmportance of the present moment forgettlng too 18 e lch moment passes that xxe are nearer The Gre t Dlxlde that ex ery moment oul llxes groxx short er then the tlme has come for us to open our eyes and make each pass mg moment pay Students should brlng this to mlnd perh lps more th ln anyone else be cause at school age we do not real 17e untll too late what we should ent moment 18 the moment WhlCh counts and only that moment I thls present age somethlng nexv IS comlng up all the tlme and unless xve are prepared we are lost A person looks at the clock a doz en tlmes 1n an hour taklng approx lmately txxo mlnutes out of that hour which could haxe been put to good use A recent lllustratlve example of hoxx t1me IS saved and lost lNox ember 12 the Vestrls xvent doxxn Only 220 were saxed 108 xx ere lost through the negllgence of the clptlln vxho dld not lmproxc time On January 29 the S S America plcked up l message from the Ital lan schooner Florlda that she xx as stranded and sinking She was at th It time .350 miles to the south of the S S Amerlcl xx hlch lmm9dl ltc lx put 1b0Llt lnd he ldcd 1n 91 clnectlon Thc next exenlng about sex en 0 clock a radlo message from the schooner stated that she had seen the searchllght of the steamel Approxlmately fifteen mlnutes lat cr the Amerlcl dropped anchor lnd Captaln Fried d1sp ltched filst oflicer Mannlng to man a life boat and speed to the rescue Immedl lte ly Manning called for volunteers Ex ery man aboard responded he chose elght One minute later the life bolt struck the xx lter Thlrty seconds later she was out of sight It xxas snoxvmg and blowlng and the xvaves xxere mountain high Txxo hours later after Captaln Frled had put the steamer as neal the plunging schooner as he dared the llfe boat hove 1nto slght xvlth all of the crew saved It had taken lust two hours If the captaln of vxhen he had first been notltied of h1s shlps danger everyone xvould have been sax ed Hence we see the lmportance of the present moment Let us use It to good advantage for the present IS the only moment 1n WhlCh xve should be interested and ln so do mg our Whole llxes wlll be filled xxlth thlngs of lmmecuate and m llol lmportance IVAN YOUNG 29 THE YOUNGER GENERATION We are accustomed noxv a days to the frequent xoclferatlons of xx ell knoxxn people bexx a1l1ng the decav of modern manners and cr1t1c1f1nf the younger generatlon as lrrex 91 ent lmmodest and so to speak hell bent for perdltlon Modern conduct thcv say 18 IL flectecl ln modern l1te1 lture xx hclc ln xxc find the XOLlHL.,C1 set port: 1-Std .,, y K, 2 . I , K. K , . . l , Y 7 K . . , . LI I 2 LILI I I LI LI LI I I 3 C LILIC II v I 1 1 1 t . . . 12 L' If. L' LI L I. 7 66 77 I 1 .' 1 . 2 z . ' , 2 1 yi I I I I 1 a 1 1 1 - J , L . c c L c L ' , c , - 1 1 N Il L L . K ' ---gqe , ,I L,- . , , J K 7 7 I I . , . . .. , , - 2 L' ' 'z . Y C L C L L L C C c u - 7. , C lf L L. . , S L- L r I v 1 I v A 7 - I L L' , Q 7 . - . 1 ' I Y A - s L L L' I T IL' I It ' ' c 7 1 1 I 1 - ' LI , c L c c L , c K1 K1 L 1- , 1 - LI . L a f 1 - I ' ' ' ' Ih V ' h ff H have done at that tlme. The pres- t 9 957315 ad Put about for Port - ' 1 7 I L I1 1 I ,1 L , . . I1 ' A - f I 1 1 1 I I c LI I L L L c , L L L I y- I , Us ' , L c , Lv . LI - L - 9 L' L L L y - I v I A L L , L - '- . . . Y . c I 7 ' YI I fx I -It 1 I 4 , , . . X I A' I C i I . . ? ' L' L' g on v - Y y '- , L . Y 1 . , .a...., v I 1 K L ' ' K L -Z 2 , r ' 1 v . K v - I Y vf I I . , U Q, . . Q 3 ga I ' 2 SL' - ' r I K- ' ' -- I LI , I L' Ic LI I ' I ' 9 , L , 5 L L 7 . .' ' as ' ' sr L r L . L - , 2 I ' I kv 1 . 3 14 I L L A- ' , y L , L s K . I .Z , 1 ' . I I2 'x- . ' L ' L2 ' L 3 1 ,- J U 2 'IZ 2 x I h - I 'LI v 1- -Lv, Lzvx