Dexter High School - Signet Yearbook (Dexter, ME)

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18 THE SIGNET riors could ask for nothing better. Serfs and childre-n were satisfied with nothing less. But never since the earliest days has story telling reached the height which it is now attained. Young wo-men are training themselves for the purpose of bein-g able fto stand be- fore a group of children and not only tell a -story but make is so interesting that they may live through the- scenes as they are told. Stories are not for amusement alone. They teach something in a more intreest- ing way than reading the facts in -text. -Every story, if properly and interestingly told, will have something in it which will especially be remembered by the listeners who will later profit by the lesson learned. However, story telling is no-t only applied to children. Anyone who can tell a story is always welcomed in company. 'In every community, especially in the cities where there are so many children, at le-asft one day a week should be set aside for a :story hour under the supervision of the librarian -or some educational society. A good story interestingly told will teach a le-sson and give the children a glimpse of better things, that they might never get in any other way. The children are the lcitizens of the futureg for their sake we' should respect the old arty we should become good if not profes- sional st-ory tellers. Grace 'Call '31. - The Be truthful. Whatever the loss, always tell the truth. By telling a falsehood, the one who lic-s may convict the innocent but the conscience of ithe guilty will always re- main guilty, and th-ere will be a stain on his soul that will never be erased. If we lie in little things we will find it easier to lie in bigger things. Our lives are what we make them and rather than live the life of falsehood, let us live one of tru-th. Probably at some time in our lives we are all tempted to tell a falsehood. Would it not have be-en easy for Washington to have told ia lie? He too probably was tempted but fighting down the temptation, and looking his parents straight in the eyes, he valiantly told the truth. And so, when that temptation comes to us, if it has not Truth already come, let us be able to meet it with an iron will and thrusting it aside, stand up and tell the truth. We cannot all be great mein like Wash- ington, before the eyes of the world, but if we live a truthful life we shall be as great before the eyes of God. It is not for me to say that if Washing- ton had yielded to his temptation he would not have been as great a man as he was, butthat struggle helped him win the great- er problems that arose bc-fore him, which he met always with the -greatest of honesty. On the long road that we must travel the-re will come before us also many prob- lems but they, too, may be overcome, if be- fore us, goes this fwarning, Be truthful. Glenis Merrill '31 Note To In past editions of the Signet there have been published stories, articles, or poems which unbeknown to the editorial board have later been deounced as not original productions. The Signet is not the only paper that has had this troubleg copying has frequently been noticed in many other school publications. This imposition must be stopped for it is in no way fair t-o the aspiring and hope- ful young authors. Alumni The- editors are constantly 'trying to rid the Signet of all such deceits for its aim is to produce a magazine every word of which is written by a stude-nt of the school. In order to attain this success the coopera- tion of the a-lumni is necessary. The editors ask them to read each issue carefully, and, if they discover --any article which is not entirely original, to notify the board imme- dia-tely.

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