Dexter High School - Signet Yearbook (Dexter, ME)

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6 EDITORIAL R R EDITORIAL BOARD Editor-in-Chief, - - - - Assistant Editor-in-Chief, Literary Editor, - - Assistant Literary Editor, Joke Editor, - - - Assistant Joke Editor, Exchange Editor, - - Assistant Exchange Editor, Local Editor, - - - Assistant Local Editor, Alumni Editor, - - Assistant Alumni Editor, Business Manager, - - Assistant Business Manager, CLARENCE BOYD - ELTON TRUE MAPLE PERCIVAL - EVELYN KEENE HAROLD GILMAN ELEANOR HERRICK - OLETA THOMAS - - RUTH FROST - ALMA LAURIDSEN ELEANOR HASTY - FLORENCE NOBLE - ' ISABEL MARSH HENRY PARSONS CARL MOSES, LEO PETERS -F - - BOOSTING MAINE a - Recently we have heard much about boosting Maine. At first perhaps we won- der what there is to boost for we have become so accustomed to our state that we have ceased to think about its beauties or advantages. People talk of the beautiful scenery of California, of the Rocky Moun- tains or of the Hudson valley. They spend much money in traveling to see these places. But what about the scenery in the big woods, around the lakes or along the coast of Maine? Can it be surpassed? Then why not boost Maine by telling peo- ple about its scenery as beautiful as that which they travel miles to see. Everyone likes to go away from home for a vacation but the question often is, Where shall I go? Maine has many summer resorts along the coast and around the lakes. The woods offer an opportunity for hunting and the lakes for fishing and boating. People outside of the state do not know how fine these places are. It is our business to tell them. Maine has three colleges besides the State University. Of these Bates has won international fame in debating. Why not boost our schools and colleges? The people of the West are continually U boosting the state in which they live. One often sees advertisements about California, and the people of Canada send wheat to the New England Fairs to show how fer- tile the farms of Canada are. It pays to advertise. How else can those living in other states know, the advantages and good opportunities which Maine offers? But calling attention to the beauties and advantages of a state is only tempor- ary. It is a steady continual boosting that has the greatest effect and this means than every citizen should strive to be more law abiding. Each citizen should try to keep his own town clean. If everyone did this the result would be a clean and attractive state. He should demand from the legisla- ture laws that are necessary for the pro- tection of the state and should help to es- tablish and maintain libraries and play- grounds that better the conditions of the people. Then a campaign for booming the state would be unnecessary. We who are leaving school have learned this and we will take it with us wherever we go, trying to become useful law abiding citizens. With those who remain rests the responsibility of making this slihool law abiding and citizen-forming. H. S. '25,