Dexter High School - Signet Yearbook (Dexter, ME)

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6 Editorials Editor-in-Chief - Ass't Edit-or-in-Chief Literary Editor - Ass't Literary Editor Joke Editor - - A'ss't Joke Editor Local Editor - Ass't Local Editor Alumni Editor - Ass't Alumni Editor Exchange Editor - A'ss't Exchange Editor Athletic Editors - Ass t Athletic Editors' Music Editor - Business Managers - Ass't Business Managers Faculty Advisors - SIGNET BOARD FOR 1928Q29 9 Donald Palmer '29 Robert Bucknam '30 Doris Hutchinson '29 Orissa Frost '30 - Mary Dyer '29 Matilda Provost '30 Donald Blake '29 Marion Knox '30 Vance iWakefield '29 Barbara Edes '30 Pauline Ramsay '29 Frederick Hale '30 Veronica Clukey '29 Frank Laaughton '29 - Phyllis Worden '30 Ronald Hall '30 Norman White '30 Eldridge Herrick '29 Ernest Percival '29 Roscoe Palmer '30 - Herbert Dyer '31 Mrs. Lois T. Blake - Miss Esther Holt Be Prepared Be 1Prep-sired , the motto of the Boy Scouts is one that everyone of us can use to good advantage. History is, moreover, full of instances of men who lived in ob- scurity, but who were prepared when the great opportunity came. 'Lincoln was still a country lawyer when 'he was fifty but when his time came, he- was so -prepared in mind and soul that he was able to shoulder his great task. .Marshal Foch, who died recently, was an oiiicer and a professor of military tactics, unknown to any-one except military men when the World War broke out. He had, however, so prepared himself that he quickly beca-me one of the most prominent generals of the French army and 'later the supreme commander of the Allied Armies and a lMarshal of France. Pershing, our own great general, was a captain at fifty but when war came, he was able to take command -of the greatest army that the United States has ever h-ad. Let us' see how we can prepare. First, we must live upright and pure lives for 'nothing great can be built on a faulty foundation. Napoleon had much in-fluence on

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SIGNET EDITORIAL BOARD

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14 THE SIGNET the affairs in his time but because of his private life, his memory is not revered, even in France, -as Foch's Wi-ll be revered. Lin- coln's me-mory is cherished by the American people :because of his wonderful character. It is true that, at times, to make his hear- ers in sympathy -with him, he told rough stories but under al'l that, there was a great -soul that saw the right. The second thing to consider is training. Edu-cation is not the collection of miscellan- eous facts. It is the training of the mind to think clearly and conclusively. Informa- tion can be readily found but these 'sources cannot think for us. No man has become gre.at who has not been a deep and careful thinker. Therefore, let us Be Prepared , by having a well trained mind. Donald Blake '29. What Should We Do to Make Our Town Attractive to Summer Visitors What should we do to make our town attractive to summer visitors? 'Should not this be an important problem? Are we of this town, our town, doing -all within our power to make this town more attractive to the thousands of people who visit this state annually? Y-ou can an-swer this ques- tion by placing yourself in the position of a summer visitor. Entering the town by -one of its many no-ads you pass -through it on your way. Does the thriving little village prove 'to be of inltere-st, or is it just simply one -of the many other ordinary towns. This import- ant proble-m should not be le-ft to 'a few but to every individual. Think -of all of the people who could be attracted to our town with but just -a little individual work by ea-ch of us. Dexter has one of the best approaches in the state. The road entering from the south offers an attractive view of nearly half of the town. The many hills covered with pine trees, the large shade trees lining the -streets, the -smoke curling lazily from the hundreds of chimneys into a clear blue sky, all blend together to make the visitor realize that he is -approaching a town of beauty. We should kee-p this realization aflame and not let it be destroyed by slack- ness and carelessness. -One is able in mid- summer to travel through the town -on a smooth tarred surface road or over our other streets which are in good condition. Are the 'ditches of these roads full of leaves and sticks? Are there any dumps con- spicuous frolm the roads? Are our public buildings in good condition and our lawns cut and clean? These thin-gs -may seem like triiies to us who pass by them daily, but how do they appear before the eyes of a visitor who may -bring -trade and prosperity to our town? We are rich in nature's gifts both in scenery and resources. Why should not we uncover these beautiful things an-d' display them to the world? If a carpenter has the lumber and supplies he can build a house. Why can't -we apply this same project to our present problem? Let our citizens be -as the carpenter, our wonderful resources as the lumber and a little energy supplied by us as the supplies. This should be a quesrti-on 'for the present and not the future. Let us have more pride in the appearance of our town than ever before. Let us help in every way the organization working' to beauti-fy Dexter. Raobert Bucknam '30. Haste Not- Right this way. Don't crowd, folks, don't push. Right this way to see the big- gest show in the world. Don't crowd folks, don't push. Have you ever heard a big man with a stentorian voice shouting these words from the top of a box before a huge --Rest Not brown tent? Have y-ou ever he-ard a police- man in a large city call, Don't crowd, folks don'-t push as hfe keeps a way clear for some celebrity to .pass through. They are words th-t make child and adult alike quiver and tremble with delight and excite-