Camden High School - Megunticook Yearbook (Camden, ME)

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THE MEQUNTICOOK zs fx flask tot1ng scftnty 3ttl1Gd and 1a77y bunch of boys and g1llQ bold 1n conduct and conyersat1on anc 1ntole1ablv f1esh T h e y ch nge that moral chaos yy 1ll 1esult f1om the den1 tl of modesty yy hlch they clfum the neyy 91 f199ClOIT1 1n soc1al 1elat1ons 1ny oly es Because the glll of today yyea1s less than the one of yeste1 day thlq does not necess'111ly lmplv th tt she 1s lIHfI10d6SlZ The pu1est 11068 and t11bes of mf1nk1nd haye usually been the least clothed and yye should bc lJlOldITl1I1Cl8d enough to ITIQHQLIIL people by yyh It they haye 1n them 11thc1 th1n by yyh it they htye f0l h xy en tb on Modesty 1s not a ques t1on of IT10121lQ but of manne1s The Vounge1 gene1at1on does not deal IH the old st1ffness and hypoc 1 1 s 1 e s we a1e l1HCOHX9Ht10I12lllX ncss ind SUSPICIOH betyy een the men and vyomen of today that yyas 1n he1ent 1n precedmg gene1at1ons and 1n p1og1ess1ng to th1s state of f1esh fr tnkness and n xturalness yye 1c1ch 1 st1te of t1ue n1odesty tncl thc I ilse modestles of the past a1c done ayy ay yy 1th The questlon 19 often asked VVhat IS the cause of these changes of manneusms and hlb1tS9 Is It lINtlllg O1 shall yye eye11tually 19 ye1t to the customs and hab1ts of those yy ho haye gone befo1e us? The l7'lS1C cause of th1s change 1n ou1 n1ode1n l1fe 13 due to the 1eact1o11 to the Wo1ld VV111 As to 1tS last 1ng effect Cubt0I'l1s hablts modes of l1y1ng and d1ess w1ll undoubtedly change but 1n my 0131111011 the younge1 gene1at1on vy1ll not be the lLllH'lt1Ol'1 of ou1 count1y as many yy ould l1ke to bcl1cye RUSSELL CHANDLFR 30 THE VALUE OF LITTLE THINGS Lnfa1l1ng and palnstakmg yy ork mansh1p ma1k the g1eat and true yyo1km'1n The gleatest men 'ue not those yyho detet the day of small th1ngs but those yyho 1m p1oye them the most C31 efully They! st11ye to do the1r best 1n l1ttle th1n TS 1n orde1 that thev may be capable of t'lCkllHg the b1g th1ngs The1e ue '1 g1eat 11umbe1 of us yy ho sllde oy 91 the l1ttle th1ngs es pec1ally IH ou1 school yy ork VVe do yust enough to get by and conse quentlv on the great battle field of l1fe p1oblems se m almost unbcfu Lble s1mply because yye heeded not the l1ttle th1ngs yyhen yye yye1e 111 school Nllchael Angelo yy as one day ex pl lllllllg to a X1S1tO1 'tt h1s Stlldlfl st xtue slnce h1s last y1s1t I hflye 1etouched th1 pa1t pohshed that softened th1s featu1e b1 ought out that muscle glyen son1e ex 1119881011 to th1s l1p and ITIOIQ ene1gy to that l1mb The XlS1tO1 1em11ked But thesc 'ue me1e trlflesl It may be so repl1ed the sculp o but 1emembe1 that trlfles rntke perfectlon and pe1fect1on 1s no t11fle Columbus yy as thought crazy by the people of h1s age thought the yy orld yy as round He noted that yy hen a Shlp can fnst be seen the first yye not1ce IS the D1 1st 'lhen when h1s homeslck Sd1l01S wanted to tLllI1 back he qu1eted thc mut1ny yyfh1ch arose among them by s'1y1ng that they yy ere near the New World all because he not1ced so small 1 n1fttte1 'ts '1 yy ccd flottmg by them because he 8 21' c c 1 ' , 1 c 7' m , c aw sa ' , ' 1 J '1 g Y ,, lg-44?--Y ' , 1 ' v 1 1 . 1 9 ' - - , u , as , ' 2 Q 1 ' v Q ' l l c 1 ' c 1' 1 ' , 1 ', 1 1 1 ' v H W v C ' 1 ' 1 5 c .A 7 ' v - 1 ' ' , as , ' f 9 1' 1,, - 1 1 1, v 7 1,. ' ' ' v ' . , 1 .K1 L 1 V . A . . . as 1 1 1 1 7 ' ' 1 1 1 1 , 1 C 1 W 'QR 1. . I ' ' ' ,1 1 1 c K c 1 I A G .ky D Lv 1 W4 11 kv C N I 1 1 ' v ' c c 1 ' 1' c l 1 ' ' ' ' ' l A , A - 1 v 3 ' ' , , 1 , 1 1 . 1 2 ' Af 1 1 ' A as ,ya L - ' ' 2 Y , U , r K - . V, 1 1 1 1 - y 1 7 1 ' u Y Q 2 . 1 c c ' ' L L Q K Q C - 2 7 y . J 1d .1 -l' 2 1'- ' ,' ' A ' 1 U. . ' 1 V ' 1 ' Q A ' '1 1 U 1, , , , 1, 11 ' A 'x A .. - . w . 1 Y - Y 1 . . Y. 1. 1 .W . 5 ' 11 f ' L C 1 1 f1'21Dk- There IS H0f that Dflgglsh- what he had been dO1Hg' upon a ,Us 2 K1 A1 1 ' L1 2 A, L K, , A, . aa K Y I Y Y K ,. 1 I 1 1 -.-- , ' ' . 1 ' , ' R ' K 9 T1 1 - 1 Q 4 1 1 1 Y T D ' - ' 1' 2 1'1 Z 1 1 , Y ' ,'1' Q 1 ' ' r ' 1 , 1 1 1 - u 12 2 1 I 1 , 2 t l X 2 1l' 1' 1' c 1E ' A 7 1' ' ' 4 ' , H ' Q 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 77 ' t' ' . c 1 . ' ' cc , ' 1' 1 -1 ,H - ' 1 , u N - S - - t 1, ' .1 1' 1 1 1 ' ' f ' , ' ' r 1 1 c 1 . 1 1 , L' 1 1 ' 1 1 Y v ' 7 1 - 1' 77 1 1 1 1 1 v 1 i 'I - v 1 K Y 7 ' . A C .c 1' ' 1 1 ' ' , 1. ' K 1 , ' j 1 '1 1 ' 1 - 1 , ' ' , , ' A 1 - c 1 . ' 1 1 ' . 1 . '1 ' 1 ' .1 '-7 K9 K y 1 ' 1 ' 1 ' Y' 1 w ' 7 1 1 ' 1 s H 4 . . . . Y , 1 9 V, . 1 1 kc 1 ' c ' a 7, s .7 1 1' 1 ' x 1 Y . K1 c 2 K 1 K K1 C 1 1 I 2 ,- sf , 1 'J ,y 1 S , 1, . L .

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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

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THE MEGUNITICOOK Nlanx men before Galrleo had scen a hangrng xx erght sxxrng before therr eves xxrth a measured beat but he xx as the first to dlscox er thc x rlue of the fact One of the xx ork men rn the cathedral at Prsa after flllrng a lamp xxlth o1l xxhrch hung., from the roof left rt sxxrngrng to and fro Galrleo then only ergh teen years of ace xxatched rt crre fully and flnallx thought of applx rng the prrncrple to the measure ment of t1me But he studred the rdea and labored over It fifty years before he completed the rnxentron of the pendulum C rreful obserxatron rs the secret of success rn busrness art muslc crcnce and rn ex ery pursurt rn lrfe Human knoxxledge rs only a collec tlon of small facts handed doxxn from one generatron to another The llttle brts of knowledge are form a great pvramld Benjamrrr Franklrn once sard Take care of the pennres and the dollars xxrll trke crre of themselves To my mrnd the same rder max be applred to human knowledge take heed of the lrttle thrngs and the blg' thrngs xxrll take c rre of themselves NIARALYN HOOPER 30 COURTESY The people of the xxorld today strrxe to be drfferent They call thcmsclxes moderns and they cer t unly are rust th rt wrth therr con xcrsrtron rl xxrt 1nd clexer rnxen trorrs Noxx rf 1 group of people suddenly bcc :me courteous rnstead of consprcuous thex xxould rmme Cl1 tt9lX Gnd thenrselx es THE dlffer ent tx pe Let us consrdcr the old proxcrb Qpeech r srlx er but Srlence r golden Instantly the modcrns coff at the presumable srmple meanrng of these xxords But let them thrnk bevond the Hrst conclu ron a d they xxlll fmd t eu thoughts rn a muddle Frrst xxe xx onder xx hy these xx ords haxe lry ed so manv vears nest xxe ponder on xx hat motrxe they xx ere xx rrtten and thcrr orrgrnal meanrnc Thc lecturer xx alked to the plat form The mob stopped rts mur murrng xx hrle he beamed and smrled upon them Then as though a shot had been fired from a gun the mob secmed to rrse and exerx one began xellrnc, at hrs ncrghbor to make hrm self heard The speaker lost hrs smrle and tr1ed rn xa1n to quret the crowd But he drexx attentron on lv for rn rnstant to hlmself The mass talked on N I drc n Students drd you exer stop to thrnk xxe are lrke that mob? I be lrexe xxe are xx orse Can you as an rndrvrdual or as a body rmacrnc any thrng., more courteous more respectful than on the moment vou cross the threshold of the mam room a rergn of absolute srlence ' Exery one of you xxould be proud to go to such a school NVhx not begrn rn our oxxn'7 It IS a comp rra trxely small thrng rn fact s0 small rt should be understood by each stu dent Do people of today thrnk courtesx and srlence go hand rn hand? I thrnk they dont But rn thrs c :se no one can dr pute rt lt ls perfcct proof of that statement For thc mob there rs an excuse for us no' ll e knoxx our teachers rnd our prrn crp rl also xxe knoxx exch other I rt rn rmpossrble thmg, th rt xxc I I 9 Y I I it I '1 1. v 1 ' 1 I 1 y 1 I 5 I , 1 ,, 5 L. ,I I rr , r r K ,- 'rr Ax 1 ,Q , L, ,V I v 1 I' , F 1 I' 1 I , v I s' .L Y X . 5 v V wg . v - - ' t L, , - 1 1 I ' , 1 ' S , 1 n ' ' h ' 1 ' Y v T I' 1 I I , ' , K. , , v , L. V . L 1 , , C - r ' ' f I, I, ' Z 4 r V I '. . 1 , ' z - ' I ' ' r f ,, , I . V' 3- 2' ' ' J. . r . . 5, - , ,C I - I I ' . I I 1 v K Y I C A v - , 1 I 7' 1 I' . 1 1 , iz - s -1. ': I I' f ' j f. - . . -v V ' I' -1 ' v ' y- ' 1' , ' I .I I., , . , U I - S' 1 ' ,1 v I' . -. 1 . I 1 I' I' , v kv - K K v ' I C n 1 , - 1 1 . v 1 I 1 , I . ' ' s 1 is ' I' 7' 1 1 I I 1 1 O, 1 lt . . . . ' V ', , , H carefully treasured up untrl they knoxx-hrs college-xx hat, hrs son! ' 7 t 1 . 1 I , ' I' . 1 . U . Y . 1 I , 1 , - I w v' . ' v v as I c . , I ,, . . . , , 2 z . I. , S I , . f - fc 2 1 N' 1 Y T ' I', 1 Q I' ' 1 , v v. an 1 ' ' . ' 1 1 I I . , 1 I I . r , Y I , . . Av C nv . 'V . . Y .v q - L Q C ' iioei- ' K , K ' , K' K' r ' . , . A - sa ,rs , , - X I x V I' I, ' ' A ' , ' . ' - f ' ' - -' I ' 1 1 ' I 1 , 1 I 1 . v ,, ' ,' . ' . ' , 9 - - x .2 2 , 2 - . .' -an , ' ' rv ' ' ' l' -f 'I' ' - ' ' I Q 1 I I I I , 1 1 I- , I L. v I .2 I L. ' ks 1 . A, ' l . L. . 5, J , , , K, . I 3 . L., . ' v s. I . ' I ' I ,., , ' 1 L I I - x K - v .' r 1 v v , , , L I 1 , 1 I 1 , A. . 'I' ,I .,. , S ' 2 ' Sky' ' r 2 ,F