Camden High School - Megunticook Yearbook (Camden, ME)

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HEMEGUNTICOOK 3 - . .. . MEGUNTIICOOK BOARD Seated: Dirk Brown, Milton Christie, Lucille Talbot, Karen Hein, Carole Thomas. Standing: Alfred Eaton. Charles Dudley, Charles Masalin, Mary Connelly, Betty Thurston. basketball team is. If you lose a game you don't go crying in a corner, Knot if you are a good sportj so Why should you when things go wrong each day 7 After your school days are over and you are out in the world working for a living, you're going to run up against all kinds of people and condi- tions. That is when good sportsman- ship can be greatly measured. You can begin preparing for that day now. A truly good sport follows all the rules: basketball, baseball football, cards, studies and above all, life. -Lucille Talbot, '50 THINKING The slogan of one of the largest cor- porations in the United States is think,'. Placards on which are Writ- ten this Word confront employees at every turn. lt's a small word, but when we stop to realize how orten we use this word in daily conversation its significance looms large: I think begins many a sentence or 'tl clon't think , bold phrases, more often than not used unthinkingly. To train children to think for themselves is the chief aim of educa- tion. Many times throughout our schooling we have been given assign- ments of problems and writings and have wondered what ever prompted our teacher to give us that. Many times We have asked questions of our parents and we have received the an- swer: t'Use your own judgment. This is all part of the game of grow- ing up and learning not to be depen- dent on someone else to do the work for us. It's the thinkers of the world that are the leaders. Today's leaders did not attain their prestige by someone else doing their work. Everyone has seen pictures of men of all nations seated around long tables arguing

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2 THE MEGUNTICCOT' fze eau PUBLISHED BY STUDENTS OF CAMDEN HIGH SCHOOL The school frstg personal honors last 7wenZ4f-Zfuhcf Annual gzlilfion CAMDEN, MAINE MAY 1950 MEGUNTICOOK BOARD Editor-in-Chie f ...........,. Assistant Editor .,...... J nnior Assistant Editor .... Sports Editor fGirZsj . . . . Sports Editor fBoysj . . . Art Editor ........... Alumni Editor ..... . . . . . Lucille W. Talbot, '50 . . .. Karen T. Hein, '50 . . . Milton A. Christie, '51 . . . . . Carole Thomas, '50 . . . Alfred R. Eaton, '50 . . . Charles E. Dudley, '50 . . . Mary A. Connelly, '50 Exchange Editor .......... .... B etty M. Thurston, '50 Business Manager ........... ...... D irk W. Brown, '50 Assistant Business Manager .... Charles E. Masalin, '51 EDITOR'S NOTE We, the members of the Megunti- cook Board, wish to take this oppor- tunity to thank all the students and members of the faculty who have con- tributed in any way to the completion of this yearbook. We also want to thank the mer- chants of Camden and surrounding towns for their cooperation and gen- erous assistance. We hope you will enjoy this 'issue of The Megunticook. SPORTSMIANSHIP Spiortsmanship, good sportsman- ship, means more in life than you realize at first thought. You say, Oh, I know all about sportsmanship. In basketball and baseball I take wins and defeats alike and try my best to abide by the rules. In my school work I don't cheat. Of course these are all important, but real sportsmanship means more than simply observing the rules in sports. It means, too, following the rules of fair play in life every day. It is easy to be a good sport when everything is going your way and you are riding on the crest of the wave- that isn't the test. The person who can still show good sportsmanship in the face of adversity is the one who has what it takes. Suppose the going is a little tough -it's bound to be at times. Do you sit back and blame everyone and everything for your bad luck, brood- ing and thinking that no one else gets the tough breaks you Ido? That isn't playing the game according to rule- that surely isn't good sportsmanship. You say, But life is different from a game. Why is it? There are win- ners and losers in life as well as in baseball and football. Your life is what you make it the same as your

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4 THEMEGUNTICOOK over today's international problems. They are the thinkers of the world and they are the leaders. Thought once awakened does not slumber. Once you have learned the process of thinking for yourself you will never be satisfied to let someone else do it for you. You may not be a leader, but you can show that you can think for your- self by choosing your leaders wisely. Before deciding what man you will follow, give serious thought to itg and choose the man that is the deepest thinkerg for he is the leader. Carlyle says, In every epic ofthe world, the great event, parent of all others, is it not the arrival of a think- er in the world. -Mlilton Christie, '51 WE CAN WIN Look what we have! We have a strong peace-loving na- tion. We have a strong people's gov- ernment. We have a competitive nation which is waiting for each and every one of us to show what we can do and do well. We are worth what we want to be. We can get out in the world and buck- le down and do something or we can lie around and be parasites off the work of others who are what we should be. To buckle down and work is very easy to say. It takes more than just talking about success to accomplish it. It takes determination and a true will to win. It takes a lot of courage to stick to a goal and obtain its divid- ends in full. Life will be tough for all of us if we really want to accomplish things worth whileg it will be even tougher if we try to accomplish these things in a dishonest way. In this great country of ours, work pays 05. It is not done in vain, and in the end the reward is great for a person with determination and the will to win. --Gilbert Laite, '50 pl ,iq X2 ' QR