Camden High School - Megunticook Yearbook (Camden, ME)

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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

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